Comments on: Levels vs. Curves http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/levels_vs_curves The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Mon, 07 Jul 2008 03:26:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: FT'e http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/levels_vs_curves#comment-46379 FT'e Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:20:09 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/levels_vs_curves#comment-46379 I used to use Aperture once upon a time. But I switched to Lightroom months ago (mostly because of the better Photoshop integration at the very first). I find the tone curve (Lightroom) much more intuitive and usable than the curves tool in Photoshop or Levels in Aperture. Levels comes second. I was never fully comfortable with the curves tool, not because of the principle (same as tone curve), but because of the usability. It is not well suited to experiments, you have to move many anchor points... Levels is definitely better, and the tone curve even better. I would love a Levels tool capable of displaying the resulting tone curve. That would be great. I used to use Aperture once upon a time. But I switched to Lightroom months ago (mostly because of the better Photoshop integration at the very first).

I find the tone curve (Lightroom) much more intuitive and usable than the curves tool in Photoshop or Levels in Aperture. Levels comes second. I was never fully comfortable with the curves tool, not because of the principle (same as tone curve), but because of the usability. It is not well suited to experiments, you have to move many anchor points... Levels is definitely better, and the tone curve even better. I would love a Levels tool capable of displaying the resulting tone curve. That would be great.

]]> By: Anthony http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/levels_vs_curves#comment-46374 Anthony Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:07:01 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/levels_vs_curves#comment-46374 I think "real world situations" is the key phrase here. If you use the <a href="http://onebuttonmouse.com/ramblings/aperture/">quarter-tone controls</a> in Aperture's levels palette you end up with the same amount of control that you would normally make use of with curves anyway. And it's certainly more intuitive, at least for me. I think "real world situations" is the key phrase here. If you use the quarter-tone controls in Aperture's levels palette you end up with the same amount of control that you would normally make use of with curves anyway. And it's certainly more intuitive, at least for me.

]]> By: Fernando Lins http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/levels_vs_curves#comment-46371 Fernando Lins Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:12:50 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/levels_vs_curves#comment-46371 Levels. Just because curves don't make much sense in my head. It's like HSB vs. RGB. "How much blue goes in dark brown?" vs. "Brown is just a dark red-ish orange." Levels. Just because curves don't make much sense in my head. It's like HSB vs. RGB. "How much blue goes in dark brown?" vs. "Brown is just a dark red-ish orange."

]]> By: Infosec.Specialist http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/levels_vs_curves#comment-46369 Infosec.Specialist Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:23:42 +0000 http://nslog.com/2008/03/03/levels_vs_curves#comment-46369 I fell I have more control with curves but levels is more intuitive and I get almost the same result much quicker - valuable if you have a lot of pictures to work on! Erik - good site and blog! I fell I have more control with curves but levels is more intuitive and I get almost the same result much quicker - valuable if you have a lot of pictures to work on!

Erik - good site and blog!

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