Comments | good_tutorial: Understanding Histograms, Levels and Curves

nomadicwriter in good_tutorial

Understanding Histograms, Levels and Curves

Jan 03, 2009 23:32

Program(s): PSP 7+, GIMP, Photoshop Elements.
Involves: In-depth explanation of how Levels and Curves work, covering:

- What an image histogram is, and how to read one
- The principles behind transformation tools such as Levels and Curves
- How to use the Levels tool
- How to use PSP's Histogram Adjustment tool
- How to use the Curves tool

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Comments 9

gingerloop January 4 2009, 03:28:54 UTC

very useful.
thanks so much for this tutorial!

jukeboxxed January 4 2009, 05:37:30 UTC

i have never understood histograms, but this has been extremely helpful :)
thanks!

moodswingers January 4 2009, 16:56:39 UTC

Thanks so much for this one! <3

piquing_tom January 5 2009, 04:30:22 UTC

This is really helpful and well-written. Thank you!

scatterheart January 6 2009, 12:08:41 UTC

I never really thought about the theory behind curves more than "if I drag it here, it gets darker/lighter", so that was really interesting. Thank you!