Nikon 25338 User Manual - Page 143

137 Adjust Menu Chapter 22 Adjust Menu levels (brightness), and color balance to make maximum use of the tone range and color gamut offered by a particular output device, such as a printer or monitor. The Levels & Curves feature provides you with controls to make tonal adjustments to specific portions of the active image's tone range for either the entire image or to specific color channels, making it possible to enhance the image while preserving detail. Please note: Tools that apply only to RAW images do not appear in the menus. Tools specific to RAW images are available in the Base Adjustments Step. Light Levels & Curves The Levels & Curves feature combines two of the most often used tonal enhancing features into one easy-touse editor. The Levels & Curves feature enables you to adjust contrast, tone Within the Levels & Curves dialog, you are provided with the option of first selecting which channel, or portion of colors, that you want to affect. The Levels & Curves Editor begins by default editing all of the channels (Red, Green, and Blue) within the image simultaneously. If you would like to change this, simply click on the Channel pull-down Menu to select one of individual channels, Red, Green, or Blue. Hint: You can access each of these