The histogram can be confusing to a lot of new digital photographers, but it doesn't have to be! In this tutorial you'll discover what the histogram is, how to read it, and why it's important to you when shooting digital photographs.

Three elements need to be considered when making decisions around exposure on your digital camera. This tutorial unpacks them all.

Far from being voodoo, manipulating levels is a very powerful way to quickly improve an image's tonal range and color balance. In this theory-based tutorial you will learn how they work, and realize how mastery of Levels functionality will make you a superior-level Photoshop user.

Far from being voodoo, manipulating levels is a very powerful way to quickly improve an image's tonal range and color balance. In this theory-based tutorial you will learn how they work, and realize how mastery of levels functionality will make you a superior-level Photoshop user.

This tutorial will show you how to easily touch up the levels in your photographs using photoshop making for much better picture quality with minimal effort. For this tutorial, I've chosen a particularly dark photograph from a concert:

Working with Levels Enhance your digital photos

You may already know the basics of the levels adjustment tool, but in this video, Geoff Riggs will show you a neat little trick you may not have known. Using this method you'll be able to very quickly and effectively adjust the brightness and contras

In this tutorial we will learn how to work with Levels on a very precise way by finding the exact white and black point in our photo.

Don't delete an over- or underexposed or blurry image until you try this tip. If you don't have the benefit of professional lighting or fancy camera settings, sometimes your digital photos will come out too dark, too light or a little fuzzy. Photoshop to the rescue! Learn how to use Levels and Unsharp Mask to adjust the lighting and sharpness of a photograph.

Simply follow these steps with the levels command to even out tonality in your images.

A simple process of color correction by balancing the tonal range between the darkest and lightest points in an image.

Learn how to use Levels and Unsharp Mask to adjust the lighting and sharpness of a photograph.

Tutorial for working with Photoshop levels to improve image contrast. Includes example, and precautions to exercise working with levels command.

Part 1 of our photo retouching series. This first section covers using levels to alter the color of an image

When it comes to editing images, the very first step should always be to fix any overall tonal and color problems, and the Levels command allows us to quickly and easily fix both problems at once!

Learn how to add contrast without over-exposing the photo by using layer blending modes.

Create abstract light streaks in motion. This animation simulates the effect of a long exposure photo taken with a moving camera. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create streaks of light from a photo and learn several basic animation technique

Learn how to end up with the perfect exposure by automatically taking multiple shots at a time.

Learn how sensors handle light, and the relationship between film light sensitivity and f/stops. Also, learn how aperture and shutter speed should coordinate.

Learn how to compensate and adjust a camera's automatic exposure settings so you won't lose color.