Editing Dodging and burning (section)

==Technique==
{{Main|Darkroom manipulation}}
By using completely opaque material as a cover over the preferred area for dodging or burning, absolutely no light will pass through and as a result, an outline of the material may be visible on the print. One way to prevent obvious cover-up lines is to slightly shake the burning material over the covered area while it is being exposed. Another way to prevent obvious cover-up lines is to use slightly less opaque material closer to the outline to produce a more subtle, faded effect.

===Burning===
[[File:Darkroom_burn.svg|thumb|right|220px|Burning: a [[darkroom]] technique]]
To burn-in a print, the print is first given normal [[Exposure (photography)|exposure]]. Next, extra exposure is given to the area or areas that need to be darkened. A card or other opaque object is held between the [[enlarger]] lens and the photographic paper in such a way as to allow light to fall only on the portion of the scene to be darkened.

===Dodging===
[[File:Darkroom dodging.svg|thumb|right|220px|Dodging: also a [[darkroom]] technique]]
A card or other opaque object is held between the [[enlarger]] lens and the photographic paper in such a way as to block light from the portion of the scene to be lightened. Since the technique is used with a negative-to-positive process, reducing the amount of light results in a lighter image.