Article · Lenscraft
How to Adjust Levels in Photoshop (Improve Exposure and Contrast)
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2026
About this lesson
Photographer and author Robin Whalley explains how the Levels tool reads a histogram and how to set the black point, white point and midtone sliders to fix exposure and contrast, then covers the less-understood Output Levels controls.
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