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Paperclipping 34 - Working With Levels
In this episode I’ll show you an easy technique that will give your photos dimension and a more professional look.
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I recently started using levels to edit my photos and they look so much better. Plus it is easier than messing with several different sliders.
Thanks for sharing your insights!
Comment by Jackie Wood — March 3, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
Great tips, Noell! I love editing photos… but it seems I spend too much time trying to perfect them and need to SCRAP them, too… LOL!
Comment by Terri Bradford — March 3, 2008 @ 12:39 pm
Awesome tip!! I didn’t know the rule of thumb about taking your slider to the first peak. Thanks for telling us that. I’m going to try it out!!
Comment by Candi — March 3, 2008 @ 1:41 pm
Wow! I just found your site Noell. Nice work. The videos are very professional. I’m glad to see someone stepping it up a notch in the scrapbooking community. Time for me to start reading. You’ve got lots of good info here.
Jeremy
Scrapbooking
Comment by Scrapbooking Directory — March 4, 2008 @ 7:52 am
Noell, thanks for the info about the levels. I use them often and was glad someone else felt that sometimes photos need just a push in the right direction.
Question: What if the ‘first bump’ isn’t until the middle of the chart? If I try to push the slider over to the bump it makes it much too light.
Comment by Charlotte aka charknox — March 4, 2008 @ 4:36 pm
Charlotte–I have dark photos sometimes where the bump is way over to the middle and oftentimes in that situation I do move it all the way over to the rise. But if it makes it too light (as sometimes it does) then don’t do it that far. Remember how in the video I said that is just a starting point and then you feel it out? If you find it’s too light at the rise (even if it’s not in the middle) then slide it back until you’re happy with it.
Comment by Noell — March 4, 2008 @ 6:03 pm
Great topic! I appreciate being able to learn about photography in layman’s terms.
Comment by Sara G — March 6, 2008 @ 5:03 pm