The Levels command, and its cohort, the Histogram, let you adjust luminance levels on a channel-by-channel basis. The upshot is that you can increase contrast, correct for color cast, and make a bad image good.
Archive for the ‘Deke’s Photoshop Top 40’ Category
Photoshop Top 40 Countdown with Deke McClelland: #9 – Levels
Published by Crystal McCullough, director of editorial | Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Photoshop Top 40 Countdown with Deke McClelland: #10 – Color Settings
Published by Crystal McCullough, director of editorial | Tuesday, February 9th, 2010Photoshop Top 40 Countdown with Deke McClelland: #11 – Opacity Mode and Blend Modes
Published by Crystal McCullough, director of editorial | Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Changing opacity is like mixing a cocktail with, say, 30% active layer and 70% all layers below. Assigning a blend mode is like shining a light or casting a shadow: The active layer infuses those behind it with life. In this week’s Photoshop Top 40 Countdown, Deke shows how to mix and blend layer opacities for best results.
P.S. If you want to see all of the Photoshop Top 40 Countdown tutorials in one place (and maybe want to bookmark some features), they are now compiled in the Online Training Library®!
Photoshop Top 40 Countdown with Deke McClelland: #12 – Camera Raw
Published by Crystal McCullough, director of editorial | Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Camera Raw is an independent application that lets you develop your raw photographs and exploit every byte of the vast information captured by your digital SLR camera. Not just powerful, it is a force unto itself. In this week’s Photoshop Top 40 Countdown, Deke shows us how to tap into its many features.
Photoshop Top 40 Countdown with Deke McClelland: #13 – File Info
Published by Crystal McCullough, director of editorial | Tuesday, January 19th, 2010Photoshop Top 40 Countdown with Deke McClelland: #14 – Gaussian Blur
Published by Crystal McCullough, director of editorial | Tuesday, January 12th, 2010Photoshop Top 40 Countdown with Deke McClelland: #15 – Alpha Channels
Published by Crystal McCullough, director of editorial | Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Much can be said of masking: Masking is the art of using the image to select itself. Masking lets you apply the entire weight of Photoshop to the task of editing a selection. And masking, thy name is alpha channel. Watch Deke’s Photoshop Top 40 Countdown episode #15 to see the steps to using alpha channels to your benefit.
Photoshop Top 40 Countdown with Deke McClelland: #16 – Adjustment Layers
Published by Crystal McCullough, director of editorial | Tuesday, December 29th, 2009
An adjustment layer is an independent layer of color adjustment that you can edit any time you like. It affects all layers below it, consumes very little space in memory, and affords the opportunity for selective edits. In this week’s Photoshop Top 40 Countdown episode, Deke takes us through using one of Photoshop’s oldest and best non-destructive image-editing tools.
