Adjusting levels (contrast/color leveling)

This is an important and useful step to improve a photo that looks washed out and faded or seems to have lost adequate contrast.

• Pull down the Image menu and select Adjustments.
• From this submenu, select Levels.
• Make sure the preview box is checked.
• Drag the left and right triangles inward to where the first spikes of the histogram's color range begin.
• If you want to try to adjust midtones, drag the triangle (The gray triangle under the middle of the Input histogram) until the midtones look right.
• Click OK.

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