Auto Levels.

hugh · Sep 29, 2002

Hello all,

Did you ever wonder exactly what Adobe had in mind with the "Auto Levels" adjustment?

Click on the image to see it full frame.

Thanks,

hugh

Robert M28897 · Sep 29, 2002

Wow, I can definitely relate...."Auto Color" in PS 7 is a notable improvement, but I still have to correct its corrections, assuming I even want to use it.

Looks psychedelic, certainly.

Robert

hugh said:
Hello all,

Did you ever wonder exactly what Adobe had in mind with the "Auto
Levels" adjustment?

Click on the image to see it full frame.

Thanks,

hugh

Martín Crespo · Sep 29, 2002

Hello Hugh:

I gues Adobe thinks about these guy who always says "good photo, but too dark for my taste"
Or maybe who says "I want to kill the histogram"

Nice shot this, In my mind I'm doing edit/undo

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Charles C Lloyd · Sep 29, 2002

hugh said:
Hello all,

Did you ever wonder exactly what Adobe had in mind with the "Auto
Levels" adjustment?

[snip]

I recently starting using PhotoShop Elements and have found the "Auto Levels" to be of significant help for almost all my pics. I wonder if its camera dependent? [I use a Canon S100]

Charles.

hugh · Sep 30, 2002

Robert M said:
Wow, I can definitely relate...."Auto Color" in PS 7 is a notable
improvement, but I still have to correct its corrections, assuming
I even want to use it.

Looks psychedelic, certainly.

Robert

Hello Robert,

Thanks for the comment. I try it almost every time, just to see. I only use it when the effect works. I just thought this result was funny enough to share. And, yeah, for a moment I was back in the 60s

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hugh

hugh · Sep 30, 2002

Martín Crespo said:
Hello Hugh:

I gues Adobe thinks about these guy who always says "good photo,
but too dark for my taste"
Or maybe who says "I want to kill the histogram"

Nice shot this, In my mind I'm doing edit/undo

--

Hello Martin,

Thanks for the comment. Auto Levels can do some nice things, but not this time. By the way "Ctrl-Z" works to go one step back too.

hugh

hugh · Sep 30, 2002

Charles C Lloyd said:
[snip]

I recently starting using PhotoShop Elements and have found the
"Auto Levels" to be of significant help for almost all my pics. I
wonder if its camera dependent? [I use a Canon S100]

Charles.

Hello Charles,

Thanks for the comment. I try Auto Levels with most of my pictures. I only use it if I like the results. This wasn't one of those times

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hugh

adrienne · Sep 30, 2002

Hi Hugh,

You mean this isn't how it really looked?

I used to try autolevels on every photo, but I kept the Control-Z handy. I admit that I haven't even tried auto for a long time. It surely gave an interesting look here...

adrienne

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jacques · Sep 30, 2002

Hi hugh,

Well Ithink we ought to love all of the 'auto' and the plug and play' as well.

What are you complaining about, it's well exposured outlooking, the colors are marvelous, you couldn't have done it better,

jacques.

All with ;-)))

hugh · Sep 30, 2002

adrienne said:
Hi Hugh,

You mean this isn't how it really looked? I used to try
autolevels on every photo, but I kept the Control-Z handy. I admit
that I haven't even tried auto for a long time. It surely gave an
interesting look here...

adrienne

Hello AC,

Without CTRL-Z, I wouldn't try it at all, but with it, a look can be worthwhile. This one was just silly

.

hugh

Toad · Sep 30, 2002

I like it Hugh!

How did you do t? I have a hard time believing "auto levels"

Toad

hugh said:
Hello all,

Did you ever wonder exactly what Adobe had in mind with the "Auto
Levels" adjustment?

Click on the image to see it full frame.

Thanks,

hugh

hugh · Sep 30, 2002

jacques said:
Hi hugh,

Well Ithink we ought to love all of the 'auto' and the plug and
play' as well.

What are you complaining about, it's well exposured outlooking, the
colors are marvelous, you couldn't have done it better,

jacques.

All with ;-)))

Hello Jacques,

I caught the grin. Sometimes, just getting some part of the scene in focus is a difficule chore. So, I guess I shouldn't complain, it gives me a chance to learn.

hugh

hugh · Sep 30, 2002

Toad said:
I like it Hugh!

How did you do t? I have a hard time believing "auto levels"

Hello,

It was taken very early so the light was just a bit off, but all I did was Auto Levels, and resize. It's pretty far past what I'm comfortable with, but it is certainly different

.

hugh

fnord77 · Sep 30, 2002

I find myself using auto-contrast more often than using auto-levels. AFAIK, auto-constrast doesn't mess up colors.

Regards,
Paul Callahan

hugh said:
Hello all,

Did you ever wonder exactly what Adobe had in mind with the "Auto
Levels" adjustment?

Click on the image to see it full frame.

Thanks,

hugh

hugh · Sep 30, 2002

Paul Callahan said:
I find myself using auto-contrast more often than using
auto-levels. AFAIK, auto-constrast doesn't mess up colors.

Regards,
Paul Callahan

Hello Paul,

I have several techniques to deal with contrast, and levels as far as that goes, I just thought this result from Auto Levels was kind of interesting, or strange.

Just for fun, try adjusting the black levels of Gray, White, and Black in Selective Color.

hugh

ChrisRphoto · Oct 1, 2002

I think what the idea is, is that it'll take the lightest "item" in the shot and consider it white. Then it udjusts all other colors according to your supposed white. If there is no white in the shot, you'll get some very funky things happening.

Chris.

hugh said:
Hello all,

Did you ever wonder exactly what Adobe had in mind with the "Auto
Levels" adjustment?

Click on the image to see it full frame.

Thanks,

hugh

hugh · Oct 1, 2002

ChrisRphoto said:
I think what the idea is, is that it'll take the lightest "item" in
the shot and consider it white. Then it udjusts all other colors
according to your supposed white. If there is no white in the shot,
you'll get some very funky things happening.

Chris.

Hello Chris,

I'm not sure how it does it? I assumed it looked at the brightest area to assume White, but, anyway, yes, it can produce some strange results.

hugh

ChrisRphoto · Oct 1, 2002

hugh said:
ChrisRphoto said:

I think what the idea is, is that it'll take the lightest "item" in
the shot and consider it white. Then it udjusts all other colors
according to your supposed white. If there is no white in the shot,
you'll get some very funky things happening.

Chris.

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Hello Chris,

I'm not sure how it does it? I assumed it looked at the brightest
area to assume White, but, anyway, yes, it can produce some strange
results.

hugh

Hugh,

That is the way it works.

Try it! Set up a shot of something....say........a person wearing something colorful against a colored background. Take the shot. Now have the person either put on a white shirt or keep the same clothing and stand infront of a white wall. Take another shot. Now have the person put on a light (but not white shirt) against the clored wall. Take that shot too.
Auto level the three shots.....see which one comes close to the real thing.

Chris.

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