Mike Ryan Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 (edited) This tutorial is available as a PDF. Click here to view or download Download the 'PDF' from Mediafire! Welcome to LEVELS A How To on Using Levels Where is the Tutorial? Effective as of May 17th, 2008 many of my tutorials will be reformatted into a higher standard '.PDF'. Because of this, I have more control over the file itself in the case that this thread receives any damages - such as being locked, deleted, or corrupted. As well, this adds mobilization to my tutorials and allows for the tutorials to be read offline. Edited March 31, 2019 by Woodsy Fixed PDF link 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncfan51 Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Wow. I didn't realize it was good tutorial week. First, PrettyDarnNeat's "Something Happened on the Way to Purple", and now this! Just. Plain. Kewl. 1 Quote +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ I am a disco dancer. +_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+_+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 Good to hear you like it :wink: I didnt think it would be fair to only be able to map color levels onto an image, you need to atleast be able to increase the levels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I wasn't aware that you could maximise the Levels dialog; you can't in pretty much all other Adjustments and Effects, so I didn't think to look for it here. This small detail is immensely handy, indeed. Thanks Mike. Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattBlackLamb Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I'm sure that the K from CMYK stands for Key not Kill, but aside from that there's some very hand information in there, thanks very much Quote dA Son, someday you will make a girl happy for a short period of time. Then she'll leave you & be with men that are ten times better than you can imagine. These men are called musicians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrochild Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 CMYK stands for Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Kill (Black). You sure about that? Very good tutorial, though. I now understand Levels! (Levels has baffled be to this day... mostly because of my unwillingness to learn it ... ) Quote ambigram signature by Kemaru [i write plugins and stuff] If you like a post, upvote it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 Thanks for pointing out the mistake with Kill instead of Key. I am guessing that is what you were refferring to, Pyro? Also, glad to pass on the knowledge of Levels with others! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I'm quite happy that my call for "More Tutorials Like This" has produced such rapid results. Sticky'd!! Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 Thanks for the sticky. I have another tutorial but I have to wait for PdN v3.30 final to come out. Stay tuned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cspan Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Thanks Mike, This kind of info helps a newbie like me. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 Glad to be of assistance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrettyDarnNeat Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I just worked through your tutorial. Very good. Well written and easy to follow. I learned a lot more than I ever knew about "Level". I'm probably wrong, but it looks like adjusting the "Key" is pretty much the same (but better) as adjusting with the "Brightness/Contrast" command. Thanks for your time and effort, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I'm probably wrong, but it looks like adjusting the "Key" is pretty much the same (but better) as adjusting with the "Brightness/Contrast" command. You're not wrong, in fact. Levels is much more useful and adaptable than Brightness/Contrast. :-) Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted March 28, 2008 Author Share Posted March 28, 2008 Yes, much more adaptable as it allows you to adjust your input amount of brightness and adjust it appropriatly via your output brightness. I might include this into this tutorial later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Not to mention that you can control the brightness as it relates to individual color channels. :-) Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 This has opened up Levels to me, and is proving an invaluable tool. From the tutorial itself to what you and David have been speaking of, I can see this being used more frequently as time passes, and my comfort with Levels increases. Thanks once again, Mike. Quote How to Save Your Images under Different File Types My dA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Brown Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 what you and David have been speaking of What have they been speaking of? Do you mean that mysterious forum random users seem to mention but no-one seems to know anything about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 No, Sabrown, we are speaking of using Levels as an extra powerful Brightness and Contrast tool, not a mysterious forum with a known purpose or level of understaning. What are you talking about? Speaking of this tutorial, it will be reformated soon including sources, more screenshots, more information, and a few extras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topezia Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I wish to thank you again for unveiling the misterious paths of levels (it really helped me a lot with an image I am making) and, if I may suggest something I think yours, Pretty Darn Neat on Curves and I remember also a tutorial from David Atwell about gradient mapping (not sticked?) should , besides being sticked, have their own section (Use of PDN tools, effects or something) as far as I hope there will be more and more tutorials like this, Ciao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Really glad to help you out Topezia. I might post my next tutorial in the lineups tonight. As for the dedicated section, as much as I agree, a mod or admin will just say that is what the help topics or the wiki is/are for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted April 14, 2008 Author Share Posted April 14, 2008 A few minor updates have been made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingearl Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Hi. I am new to Paint.net and to all other photo manipulation software, for that matter, so bear with me. I have a series of black and white photos which I have taken over the years. I am now going to have them in a gallery and they all need to be approximately the same shade of gray. That is to say, because the photos have been taken with different film stocks and under different lighting, they all look just a bit different. Is there any way to find out the exact saturation point for one photo, and then copy it to all the other photos? I have tried looking under "Levels," but it doesn't seem to give me the RGB reading for a photo, just the histogram, but no numbers associated with it. This may be a basic question, but please help. Kelly Williams http://www.kelly-williams.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Unfortunetly there is no basic way that has been released (*Cough* Pyrochild *Cough*). At the moment your best bet is to play around with the 'Key' Levels and try to match but this could be difficult and tedious. I am sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moeshere Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 Mike I would like to thank you for making a better understanding of the levels... Quote Captain need more power. Are more PDN hehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 I am honored to have helped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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