| There is no doubt in my mind; Adobe Photoshop | | | | Image, then select Adjustments, then select |
| is the greatest Photo editing program in the world. | | | | Levels, or if you are a ctrl key fan click 'ctrl l'. The |
| Whether you are a novice or an expert | | | | histogram appears; the sliders at the bottom |
| Photoshop is the program for you. Photoshop is | | | | control brightness and contrast while the sliders |
| used by my children and by the movie making | | | | above control tonal values. I said we were going |
| industry. So what exactly can I do with | | | | to keep it simple so let's use the sliders at the |
| Photoshop? The better question is what can't you | | | | top. They appear as 3 small triangles. Start to |
| do with Photoshop? | | | | play with them. Move them left to right and right |
| Today I would like to talk about the simple little | | | | to left while watching the changes you are making |
| function in Photoshop called 'Levels', the first step | | | | to the photograph. When you are satisfied the |
| to improving the appearance of a photograph. | | | | picture appears optimized click OK. Budda boom, |
| There are 4 basic steps taken to enhance, | | | | you're done. How long did that take? |
| brighten or retouch photos are Levels, Brightness, | | | | That was really easy and effective. If you feel |
| Variations, and Saturation, in that order. | | | | adventurous repeat the process above. This time |
| "The Levels dialog box lets you correct the tonal | | | | when the levels menu appears double click on the |
| range and color balance of an image by adjusting | | | | eyedropper and target your tonal areas. |
| intensity levels of the image's shadows, midtones, | | | | Here's a couple of helpful tips while working with |
| and highlights. The Levels histogram serves as a | | | | Adobe Photoshop: |
| visual guide for adjusting the image's key tones." | | | | Click the 'tab key' to clear all tool bars. |
| Adobe's official description of levels | | | | To save an image for the web click 'cntrl, shift, |
| Screen example here: | | | | alt, S' |
| Use levels to set to darkest and lightest points or | | | | Learn how to use the 'automate' feature and |
| sharpen the picture. From the top menu select | | | | save valuable time. |