Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The first thing people need to find out is that Brightness/Contrast are destructive controls, and should never be used. The second is that Adjustment Layers are Adobe's greatest gift to photographers. You have a technique for controlling upper and lower tones without using Curves? I'd love to hear about it. Paul - -----Original Message----- From: Tim Spragens [mailto:info@borderless-photos.com] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 12:36 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Trying to improve my scans On 11 Mar 2001, at 20:04, Steve LeHuray wrote: > I played with the 'levels' then the 'brightness/contrast' Any > suggestions > are welcome. Agreed, it is much better. I'd suggest staying away from brightness/contrast, nothing there you can't do in levels. If you can't get what you want moving the middle grey pointer, I've got a technique that gives more control over upper and lower tones. Let me know and I'll write it up.