Levels Quick Reference Guide

John Dickinson of Motionworks has created a handy Quick Reference Guide for what-does-what in Levels.

I confess that mastering Levels took me many years, some of which were included the occasional over-the-shoulder tutorials from the guy who invented it. So you are not wussing out if you set this image as your desktop wallpaper. Nice work John!

Comments

[John Dickinson]

Thanks Stu, that's a great compliment coming from you. I'm planning a Curves version next. JD

[Arvid Niklasson]

Good post Stu and good work John!
There are some very nice tutorials about both levels and curves (and a whole bunch of other sweet stuff) over at http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials.htm

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Stu. /Arvid

[Aaron Shaw]

Nice image! I really liked Christiansen's book but I'm not sure I like the idea of using levels for grading... Maybe you can shed some light here Stu. Clipping data has never appealed to me and while I can see the use when matching composited elements I'm not sure I would use this methodology for a digital grade itself.