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An Introduction <strong>to</strong> Adobe Pho<strong>to</strong>shop<br />

Simple Global Adjustments<br />

Levels<br />

Levels is <strong>an</strong> extremely powerful <strong>to</strong>ol for adjusting exposure problems <strong>an</strong>d c<strong>an</strong> also be used <strong>to</strong> colour correct <strong>an</strong> image.<br />

Fig 4.4 the Levels Adjustment<br />

When you apply a Levels correction you will notice that there is a his<strong>to</strong>gram, this is a representation of all of the <strong>to</strong>nal<br />

values in the image. The black point slider on the left is set at 0 which is pure black <strong>an</strong>d the white point slider on the right<br />

is set at 255 which is pure white. This gives us a complete r<strong>an</strong>ge of 256 possible values.<br />

The middle Gamma slider works differently <strong>to</strong> the black <strong>an</strong>d white sliders. If the Gamma is adjusted <strong>to</strong> the left (<strong>to</strong>wards<br />

the black end of the scale) the image will get lighter in the mid <strong>to</strong>nes <strong>an</strong>d the opposite will happen if you move it <strong>to</strong> the<br />

right, the image will get darker in the mid <strong>to</strong>nes.<br />

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