Assassin - The Photoshop: Professional Retouching and Compositing Tips, Tricks, and Techniques - page 520

Figure 11.24
Ordinarily at this stage I would enhance the image details by converting it to a Smart Ob-
ject, and then using a third-party plug in such as Detail Enhancer in Nik Color Efex Pro
4, as covered in Chapter 4 . But for this image I will enhance details using the Photoshop
technique, and because this is a destructive process I will wait until later in the retouch.
Dodging and Burning
Using the dodging and burning technique covered in Chapter 2 , we'll now add depth and
dimension to the model.
1. Click the Layers panel tab, and then add a new 50% gray layer by going to Layer >
New > Layer. Name this layer dodge and burn , change Mode to Soft Light, and
select the Fill with Soft-Light-neutral color (50% Gray) checkbox ( Figure 11.25 ) .
Click OK.