Dodge & Burn layer

Dodge brightens and Burn darkens with brush strokes. Both tools use one toolbar slot. Tap to arm the displayed tool, hold to choose the other, and hold Option (Alt on Windows) while painting to temporarily reverse it.

If no suitable layer is active, the tool creates a Pixel layer configured to Soft Light and names it Dodge & Burn. There is no separate add-layer button because this is an ordinary Pixel layer with the correct blend setup.

Set Strength in the Brush panel, use a soft brush with low flow, and build the result gradually. Separate broad shaping from fine corrections into different layers when independent opacity control will help.