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| SCANNING - LEVELING 01 |
This is the image we're going to work with. * Download the page here. Step 1 --> Go to Layer --> New Adjustment Layer --> Levels.  You should see this window at the front of your screen.  You can either type a name for the layer of just simply click 'OK.' After that a new window will pop-up on your screen looking like this.  Meaning of the input levels - 0 = Those are the black tones. The higher the number, the darker the page gets. - 1,00 = Those are the grey tones. The higher the number, the brighter the page gets. If you use a number lower then 1,00, the darker the page becomes. - 255 = Those are the white tones. The lower the number, the brighter the page becomes. Step 2 --> Type in the numbers of your input levels. I'm going to use these. *Note: When you've chosen the numbers for your input levels, use them for the entire chapter!  We're still not done. With a closer look, the page looks like this.  Therefore, we're going to level it again. Step 3 --> Go to Layer --> New Adjustment Layer --> Levels. Click on 'OK.' Step 4 --> Type the numbers of your input levels. This is what I'm going to use.  It looks a lot better now.  Step 5 --> Use the eraser brush and clean the dust on the page.  So far everything should look like this.  Personally I think these grey shades are a bit too bright and therefore I'd like to make them darker. I'm going to do this by using the number 0,8 for greytones.  I'm going to use a soft-rounded eraser brush tool and delete the leveling where I think it turned out to be too dark.  My final outcome can be seen here. |