re: the dreaded Auto Levels - for those who have limited knowledge of
how to use curves, the Auto Levels can be a little less intimidating
and still give satisfactory results. much better than doing nothing
at all, at least. Choose the Levels option, hold down the Alt key and
click Options, then you can adjust the clipping points and try various
settings before giving the machine too much freedom. By adjusting the
clipping points over a range and then clicking the Auto button, you
can get a very good idea of what your image really looks like. This
is of course not as fine as good curves adjustments, but some
beginners don't even realize that they can change the settings that
Auto Levels uses. It's also very good at getting rid of color casts
once you find the right white clipping point. (this way you don't
alter the color relationships by trying to correct with the color
balance feature)
--James Hill
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Sleep" <TonySleep@halftone.co.uk>
To: <filmscanners@halftone.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 7:27 PM
Subject: re: filmscanners: Vuescan blue anomaly
> On Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:35:20 -0400 rafeb (rafeb@channel1.com)
wrote:
>
> > "Auto Levels," IMHO, gives far too much freedom
> > to the machine -- the freedom to screw up my photo.
> > No thanks... <g>
>
> :-) 9 times out of 10, I follow Auto Levels with Ctrl/Z.
>
> Regards
>
> Tony Sleep
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