Auto Levels.

[hugh]

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]

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 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]

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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Martín Crespo
http://latinphotography.com/

 

[Charles C Lloyd]

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]

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 .

hugh

 

[hugh]

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]

[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 .

hugh

 

[adrienne]

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]

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]

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]

I like it Hugh!

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

Toad

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]

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]

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]

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

Regards,
Paul Callahan

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]

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]

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 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]

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]

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

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.