{"id":7552,"date":"2014-08-07T17:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T21:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theartofretouching.com\/blog\/?p=7552"},"modified":"2024-04-27T22:27:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T05:27:16","slug":"levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theartofretouching.com\/blog\/levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Levels | Photoshop Beginner&#8217;s Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Photoshop Tutorial &#8211; Levels Adjustment Layer<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><em>This video is available <strong>Free for Everyone<\/strong>.<\/em><br \/>\n\t<em><strong>Running Time<\/strong>: 6 minutes<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When you want to create tonal changes the easiest and simplest way possible, your best bet is to use Levels. Simply go over to the Adjustments palette (or if it isn\u2019t open yet, go to Window \u2013 Adjustments). There, click on the icon that says \u201cLevels\u201d. Another way would be to go to the Layers palette and click on the Black\/White Circle icon that says \u201cCreate new fill or adjustment layer\u201d. 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Any change you make here will be permanent, because it doesn\u2019t create a new layer for the Levels adjustment. Rather, it applies your changes directly on your original background image.<\/p>\n<p>The reason these are here is mostly out of old legacy code that adds to Photoshop\u2019s bloat. However, there is actually a rare occasion an advanced user would want these. So, they serve a purpose, but for you, it\u2019s just added confusion. <\/p>\n<p>Because we don\u2019t want to apply this kind of destructive editing in our retouching, it\u2019s not recommended. Please ignore it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Working Non-Destructively (Good)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>To make sure we don\u2019t permanently damage our base image, let\u2019s go with the first three methods. 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Normally though, when we brighten up the whites, the image gets blown out and a lot of detail is lost, so we generally try to avoid adjusting the whites too much.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Regaining Lost Detail<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>If you have a darker image and you want to manipulate it by adding more detail, you can simply adjust the levels.<\/p>\n<p>In the histogram of a darker image, you will notice that the Black and the Shadow Tones already have too much image data contained in them, meaning that the image is darker and less balanced. <\/p>\n<p>In order to bring back the detail in an image, you can grab the gray triangle and slide it to the left, effectively bringing back a lot of what was lost in all the darkness, and open up the shadow areas. 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