From the reading I have done I'm under the impression levels and curves do the same thing, just differently. Is this correct?
From the reading I have done I'm under the impression levels and curves do the same thing, just differently. Is this correct?
Curves. I’ve watched several training sessions on them for both Photoshop and Aperture on Lynda.com. I’m still intimidated. I wonder if a Live Training session that includes curves will appear some day. I think AE could do it better than anyone.
Thomas
Thomas,
We’ll get there—promise ;-)
-Joseph @ApertureExpert
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Rob,
I was hoping some other users would chime in on this, and perhaps they still will. It’s an interesting discussion point.
The answer is… sort-of ;-)
Curves were not part of Aperture until version 3, because the engineers felt that you could do the same thing with curves as you can in levels, as long as you enable the quarter-tones [screenshot]. However many felt (myself included) that this still didn’t offer the control and flexibility of true curves.
Fortunately Apple added curves in Aperture 3, and boy did they. The curves in Aperture 3 goes way beyond what you can do in Photoshop (no idea about Lightroom) because of the Range selector [screenshot]. With that, you can get to highlight details that you simply couldn’t before. It’s a beautiful thing.
My money is on curves for most work.
-Joseph @ApertureExpert
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