Quick Tip: Vignette Effect

Creating a Light Vignette using Dodge and Burn tool= in a non-destructive way! by PapierStudio Silke

Begin by opening any photo.

• Add a new layer above the photo and fill it with 50% black.
• Set this gray layer to Overlay.

• Choose the DODGE TOOL to easily create a lighter vignette.
• Choose a soft round brush, zero hardness , sized around 500 pixels (this depends on the size of your image and how large you want the borders)
• Set the range to Midtones, and Exposure to 91%.

• Click on the first edge with this round soft brush
• Hold down the shift key;
• Click on the next edge (do not release the shift key); and
• Click on the 3^rd edge and then on the 4^th and then back to the 1^st edge
• Now you can release the shift key!
• Repeat this 2 or 3 times, depending on your image

This will create the light vignette effect!

Let’s play a little more.

• Create a new gray layer. (Add a new layer and fill it with 50% black).
• Download my freebie doodle flower and open it.
• Go to Edit > Define Brush Preset.

We will use this brush (or any other doodle or your choice) to lighten areas of the image with the dodge tool.

• Click on the DODGE TOOL
• Choose the doodle flower brush that you have just created
• Stroke with the brush on your image!
• Ready!

Since this is a non-destructive way of creating effects on a photo or paper, you can always go back to create a new layer with 50% black fill and set it to overlay.

Download my freebie here below the preview.

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