Discover why the Curves tool in Photoshop is superior to Levels in this 16-minute video tutorial. Learn about eight compelling reasons to favor Curves, including its advanced controls for color and light manipulation, ability to pick any point in the brightness range, and versatility across various editing software. Explore how Curves offers better contrast adjustment without detail loss, enables manual drawing of brightness levels, and provides more efficient mastery of advanced editing techniques. Gain insights into creating special effects and understand why Curves is a more comprehensive tool for both novice and experienced photo editors.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction and Disclaimer
Reason #1: Everything you can do with Levels, you can do with Curves & More
Reason #2: Ability to pick any point in the brightness level range
Reason #3: Scrubby Hand missing in Levels
Reason #4: Hard to increase Contrast without
blowing out details in Levels
Reason #5: Curves is way superior in terms of special effects
Reason #6: Ability to manually draw brightness levels
and also manipulate color
Reason #7: Learning one master tool with advanced controls
is more efficient than learning basic ones
Reason #8: Versatility and availability of Curves over Levels
in almost all visual editing software programs
Conclusion
Taught by
PiXimperfect
