Here's an image I have open on my screen: And unlike the Brightness/Contrast adjustment in Photoshop CS3 and higher which doesn't give you a great deal of control and relies mainly on your own personal opinion of what looks good, the Levels adjustment is what the pros use for accurate, professional quality results.ĭownload this tutorial as a print-ready PDF!
In a previous tutorial, we looked at how to fix both tone and color cast problems at once using the Levels command, but a more common first step in a good photo editing workflow is to simply correct any tonal problems, brightening highlights, darkening shadows and adjusting the midtones, leaving any needed color corrections for later steps.Īs we'll see, the Levels adjustment makes tonal correction so fast and easy, you'll be turning dull, lifeless images into ones that seem to pop right off the screen in a matter of seconds.
In this photo editing tutorial, we'll learn how to quickly correct overall tonal problems in an image using the Levels adjustment in Photoshop.
