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Mavica Digital Camera Tips:
Cleaning up the colours: Levels and Curves
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Photo #1: Original
This is the original wedding wreath taken indoors with a skylight above
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Photo #2: Levels Setting
For this adjustment I only used the Image Adjust.. Levels and dragged the middle grey triangle to the left where the largest average (highest peak) was.
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Adjust Palette:
I usually always start with the Levels setting before all others to get an over all adjustment.

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Photo #3: Curves Settings
Image Adjust.. Curves gives you a little more control to specify which range of light and dark you want to change. In that way it is similar to using the "soft light" layering technique.
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Adjust Curves:
The curves dialogue gives you a little more control on which ranges you want to change. For greater contrast, turn the curve to a gentle "S". For less contrast, try and inverted "S".


© 1998 Ernest von Rosen (ernest@amgmedia.com)