Easy Burn Technique with Photoshop

People have been using the burning technique to darken a particular area in a photograph since ages ago. I still remember my photography teacher taught me how to do this in our school’s darkroom when I took photography class in high school. With Photoshop, now we can do this technique with 6 easy steps from our comfy bedroom.

Step 1.

Open up your file by go to file>open or ctrl +O

Step 2.

Create new layer by go to Layer>New layer or Shift+Ctrl+N.

Step 3

Choose Gradient Tool, and edit the gradient

Step 4

1. Choose the orange-yellow-orange gradient, then 2. change the colors to black-white-black by clicking on a little box then 3. change the color in the color box.

Step 5

Apply the gradient to the new layer

Step 6

Change the layer to ‘linear burn’ and adjust the fill and opacity of the layer.

That’s it, here’s the before and after photo again