Editing Dodging and burning (section)

{{Short description|Photography terminology}}
[[File:DodgeBurn.png|thumb|right|300px|alt=An example of dodge & burn effects applied to a digital photograph|An example of dodge & burn effects applied to a digital photograph]]
'''Dodging and burning''' are techniques used during the printing process to manipulate the [[Exposure (photography)|exposure]] of select areas on a [[photographic print]], deviating from the rest of the image's exposure. In a darkroom print from a film negative, ''dodging'' decreases the exposure for areas of the print that the photographer wishes to be lighter, while ''burning'' increases the exposure to areas of the print that should be darker.<ref>{{cite web |title = Kodak Consumer Education: Basic Darkroom Techniques, Meeting 6 |url = http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/darkroom/fullCourse.shtml |accessdate = 2012-01-28 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120104050352/http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/education/lessonPlans/darkroom/fullCourse.shtml |archive-date = 2012-01-04 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

Any material with varying degrees of [[opacity (optics)|opacity]] may be used, as preferred, to cover or obscure the desired area for burning or dodging. One may use a transparency with text, designs, patterns, a stencil, or a completely opaque material shaped according to the desired area of burning/dodging.

Many modern digital [[image editing]] programs have "dodge" and "burn" tools that mimic the effect on digital images.