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jojoschka
Joined: 14 Sep 2009
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 Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 4:44 am Post subject: Levels or curves ?? |
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Hello I'm trying to develop my skills in photo manipulation and color correction, first question is what is the difference between the levels and the curves ? do I have use the curves before the levels or we don't have a theory here, it's just according to the case we have?, thx a lot for ur time
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combiBob
Joined: 11 Mar 2008
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Location: Florida
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I'm pretty sure the end results are the same, but I think it's easier to see what percentage numbers are moving around when you use curves. It's just what a lot of people are used to using. (Especially old timers)
In the prepress/printing environment, curves rule. The test we give new prospects here (publisher) requires saving all adjustment layers so we can see how someone goes about doing corrections. When we see levels, we know that person hasn't worked a lot in printing. |
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artd
Joined: 06 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:17 am Post subject: |
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If you just want to adjust the black and white points you might say that Levels and Curves do about the same thing. However, the real difference is that Levels gives us only three points to work with - a black point, a white point and a single midtones slider. Curves, on the other hand, gives us as much control as we want. We can add up to 16 individual points along the curve for pinpoint accuracy when adjusting brightness values!
Here's an excellent web page (link below) that does a nice job of explaining the difference between Levels and Curves.
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/levels-curves/page-3.php |
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