Photo Editing #1: The Magic of Levels [PhotoShop]

Perhaps the most useful tool in Photoshop when enhancing or editing scanned photo's is the Levels tool. You can quickly enhance a photo, adding depth and richness. This works especially well with old images.

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[freetutorials]

Good tip, thank you. [Although it's Image > Adjustments > Shadow/Highlight] -- unless that's been changed since CS2. :)

I still prefer the simplicity of Levels, but another method [if you prefer the "automatic"] is IMAGE > ADJUSTMENTS > AUTO LEVELS. (You can also do CTRL+SHIFT+L)

Anyway, thanks for the reminder Chris!

[TheTruGshot]

i know no one hasnt commented in a while, but can u have two images on one photoshop pic. im so confused right now and theres no tutorials on it..

[effects69]

Thanks!

[Antimoron2]

Thanks for the vide, but I have a problem and I couldn't find the way to work it out. I have an old image and there's a blured shadow in the corner, which covers an important part. By clicking on auto contrast, then on auto levels and by using the marquee tool I did a nice job, But I have no idea what to use to clear up this shadow so that it has the same bright as the one in the image. Does anybody know???

[tailya1]

Thank you!

[ChrisPwns]

Alternatively, folks, you could also use Filter > Adjustments > Shadow/Highlight and mess with the settings. Usually you get a pretty good effect automatically.