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Using Curves
- [Instructor] Let's see how to adjust the contrast in an image using curves. To open the curves dialogue, I'll choose colors, curves, and if you watched the movie on levels, some of this might seem familiar. By default, we're working with values in an image, or luminosity, but you can also choose specific color channels to work on with this menu, and we have a histogram of the values in the image from the lightest ones on the right to the darkest ones on the left, but now, instead of working on a one-dimensional slider, we have a line on a two-dimensional graph that we can adjust to change the image, and we have two gradients on the horizontal and vertical axes of the graph. The horizontal gradient represents the values of the pixels as they are in the image right now. The vertical gradient represents the new values that you're applying. So, for example, if I click on the point in the bottom left corner, this represents the darkest point in the image. If I drag it up, it goes to a…
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Color Balance and Colorize3m 48s
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Using Levels5m 21s
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Using Curves5m
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Adjust hue, saturation, and brightness3m 34s
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Sharpen images4m 25s
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Blur images3m 39s
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Create motion blur effects2m 41s
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Dodge and Burn2m 15s
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Adjust image details with the Clone tool4m 14s
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Adjust colors with the Clone tool1m 54s
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Create patterns with the Clone tool1m 38s
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Healing tool2m 40s
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