{"id":5169,"date":"2013-02-14T02:42:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T07:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theartofretouching.com\/blog\/?p=5169"},"modified":"2024-04-27T22:13:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T05:13:02","slug":"tonal-range-levels-curves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theartofretouching.com\/blog\/tonal-range-levels-curves\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonal Range, Levels and Curves | Digital Fundamental Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Photoshop Tutorial &#8211; Tonal Range, Levels and Curves<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>This video is available <strong>Free for Everyone<\/strong>.<\/em><br \/>\n\t<em><strong>Running Time<\/strong>: 10 minutes<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is an Adobe Photoshop Video tutorial that explains Tonal Range, and the difference between Levels and Curves. While each of these topics is technically different, they each work with the same basic principals, so I thought it would be helpful to understand them, if I covered them all at the same time. 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The Tonal Range of an image is comprised of Absolute Black, all the shades of grey, to the Absolute White.<\/p>\n<p>The combined Tonal Range of an RGB 8-Bit image, is 256 x 256 x 256 which is 16.7 Million Colors.<\/p>\n<p>The combined Tonal Range of an RGB 16-Bit image, is 65,536 x 65,536 x 65,536 which is Trillions of Colors, conceptually.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartofretouching.com\/blog\/photoshop-cs5-5-tutorial-difference-between-8bit-16bit-color-space\" title=\"Bit Depth \u2013 Difference of 8-Bit and 16-Bit in Photoshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">8-Bit vs. 16-Bit Depth<\/a><\/strong>, follow the link.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Levels<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In Short, Levels will compress the Tonal Range of an image. By moving the starting points of Absolute Black, and Abosolute White, you will visually create contrast within the image. On the down side, you are clipping off parts of available data. You are effectively throwing away data. Levels are limited to 0 (Black), 1.00 (MidTones), and 255 (White).<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theartofretouching.com\/blog\/photoshop-cs5-5-tutorial-levels\" title=\"How to Use Levels in Photoshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Levels<\/a><\/strong> in detail, follow the link.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Curves<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>While Curves can also be made to create contrast, and still clip off data, it has more flexibility. Rather than being limited to Black, MidTone, and White, you can also alter the 3\/4 and 1\/4 Tones. 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