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Specify the amount of the Skin Smoothing adjustment you want to apply to the image using
the Intensity slider and value slider.
The previously applied Skin Smoothing adjustment is modied.
Working with the Dodge Quick Brush Controls
You use the Dodge Quick Brush adjustment to lighten the area of the image the adjustment is
brushed on. For example, if you have a subject in the foreground of the image that you want
to emphasize by making it slightly lighter than the background, you use the Dodge Quick
Brush adjustment.
Before Dodge adjustment After Dodge adjustment
(lightened the hills in the foreground)
To brush the Dodge adjustment on an image
1 Select a photo.
2 Do one of the following:
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In the Adjustments inspector or the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, choose Quick
Brushes > Dodge (Lighten) from the Add Adjustment pop-up menu.
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In the tool strip, choose Dodge (Lighten) from the Quick Brush pop-up menu (with a
brush icon).
The Dodge Brush HUD appears, and the Dodge adjustment controls appear in the Adjustments
inspector and the Adjustments pane of the Inspector HUD, if both are shown.
3 Specify the brush stroke settings using the controls in the Dodge Brush HUD.
For more information about the controls in the Brush HUD, see Working with Controls in the
Brush HUD on page 395. For more information about applying brush strokes to an image, see
Working with Brush Strokes on page 401.
4 Brush the adjustment on the area of the image you want to lighten.
The image appears lighter where the Dodge Quick Brush adjustment is applied.
To modify the Dodge adjustment after it has been applied to an image
1 Select a photo with the Dodge adjustment applied to it.