Capture One Pro - All About Levels

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A fairly comprehensive tutorial on using the Levels control in Capture One Pro. I describe what the tool is doing to your tones so that it is easier to understand why the levels tool is useful.
Again apologies for the crickets on crack outside my office window...I live in a wonderful area with lots of wildlife... but that wildlife doesn't abide by my filming schedule.
timeline and chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:45 Difference between contrast slider and Levels
02:51 What Levels does to the image - understanding black point and white point
06:53 Second example image with lack of contrast
08:15 Black point and white point pickers
09:36 Using level control to colour grade (adjust colour)
10:18 Adjusting the midtones while retaining black and white point
11:47 Third example image - full edit with levels control
14:12 Auto levels adjustments
15:59 Adjusting auto level settings
17:02 Conclusion

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@uwegroe9344 Ай бұрын

Great explanation! Thank you very much, I‘m glad about finding your channel!

@emilvonmaltitz Ай бұрын

Thanks, and thanks for watching!

@jorgecarrasco868 11 күн бұрын

Emil, I just listened to your videos on both Levels and Curves. I found them better than the Capture One resource videos on the same subjects. I especially appreciated your focus on why certain adjustments are made instead of only discussing various adjustments to levels and curves. I also appreciated your differentiation of both tools. Look forward to applying your recommended techniques. I would certainly encourage and support more material on Capture One editing tools. Thank you.

@emilvonmaltitz 9 күн бұрын

Thanks Jorge. I appreciate that. Will be doing some more C1 videos soon. Let me know if there's something in particular you'd like to hear about.

@jorgecarrasco868 9 күн бұрын

@@emilvonmaltitz Emil, I was interested in adjusting colors using Levels and Curves in C1. I believe you mentioned in one of the videos that you were considering a video on this subject. Thanks for your response.

@Ragnovlod 4 ай бұрын

Your videos of Levels and Curves are very well done. Thanks!

@emilvonmaltitz 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad you found them useful.

@grandegulo 3 ай бұрын

The best explanation of the levels I have ever seen!

@emilvonmaltitz 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I appreciate the comment 👍

@alanp253 7 ай бұрын

Great vid on Levels. Please do more CO vids on more advanced CO editing. AlanP

@emilvonmaltitz 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Alan. The intentions for the year ahead are definitely to create more tutorials. Stay tuned for more! Thanks for watching

@billboswell4509 7 ай бұрын

Just wanted to mention that even though I've used CO for 4 years I never understood the separate Red, Green, and Blue Levels. I was recently working on a sky which had a very slight green color cast. A very slight adjustment of the Green level successfully fixed it and made it more Blue. What a great technique you taught. Thank you.

@emilvonmaltitz 6 ай бұрын

Absolute pleasure Bill! Will be doing a turorial on curves soon and the individual colour channels are even more malleable there

@aleepinhophoto 3 ай бұрын

Another great video. I didn’t understand how levels worked before but now I am excited to use it. Also very good to know the difference between adjusting the contrast knob itself and levels.

@emilvonmaltitz 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Ale!

@martinoberstein8431 6 ай бұрын

Profound and clear description - very instructive. Thank you ever so much, Emil!

@emilvonmaltitz 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Martin. Glad you found it helpful.

@goldfinch2283 7 ай бұрын

Great tutorial; thanks!

@emilvonmaltitz 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Laikeen 6 ай бұрын

Very interesting, thanks so much

@emilvonmaltitz 6 ай бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching

@reclaimyoursecurities 7 ай бұрын

Thanx much. Very helpful

@emilvonmaltitz 7 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

@billboswell4509 7 ай бұрын

Very clear and well presented. I’ve used it for 4 years but still learned a few tips. Looking forward to more from you.

@emilvonmaltitz 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Bill! If New Year's resolutions are something to go by (they're not) the intention is very much to spend time on creating videos now that I have resigned from my college teaching post...stay tuned for more...hopefully ;)

@vegasplayer7387 7 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial! Being a new user to C1, I learned a LOT here! Absolutely subscribed! Can’t wait to try this out today with some photos I took last night.

@emilvonmaltitz 7 ай бұрын

Brilliant, gald it helped! Thanks for subscribing!

@keithpinn152 7 ай бұрын

Hi Emil: Thank you so much for creating and sharing this video. Your detailed yet easily understanding explanation of the Levels panel is exceptional. I have subscribed to your channel in order to understand more techniques in editing. Cheers, Keith (Canada)

@emilvonmaltitz 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Keith. Glad you enjoyed it and found it useful... The intention is to spend some time in the next year developing the content on the channel so hopefully there will be more!

@micheljodoin531 4 ай бұрын

Another brillant video ! Thanks a lot !

@emilvonmaltitz 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Michel… and thanks for watching

@ChrisWhittenMusic 6 ай бұрын

Great video. Something similar on the curves tool would be great.

@emilvonmaltitz 6 ай бұрын

In all likelihood in the next month. Currently full with work at a tradeshow but have a curves tutorial near the top of my todo list! Thanks for watching Chris.

@Lazybetdotcom 2 ай бұрын

superb Thank you.

@emilvonmaltitz 2 ай бұрын

It’s a pleasure. Thanks for watching.

@rodneyturnerphoto 6 ай бұрын

Very informative

@emilvonmaltitz 6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

@numinoos 7 ай бұрын

Excellent, thank you. It took me at least 2 years to get up to speed with C1. It has a very steep learning curve but it is extremely powerful. Your Levels tutorial is very clear and I can only recommend it. I look forward to a Curves control tutorial of the same calibre if you intend to cover it later. Wish you a bright 2024 year.

@emilvonmaltitz 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I am very much hoping to create more videos through 2024 and Curves is on the horizon (or on my to-do list to be more accurate). Compliments of the season and the best for the New Year!

@almostgreen9498 5 ай бұрын

At 12:50 you say "The opposite of blue is red." Isnt it yellow? Shouldn’t you be using the opposite of blue, i.e. yellow, by moving the slider the opposite way?

@emilvonmaltitz 5 ай бұрын

Verbal typo. You’re correct that on the colour wheel the opposite of blue is n’t red, it’s orange (purple/indigo is the opposite of yellow), but if you want to counteract the blue you’d need to add a warmer red or orangy red in this instance.

@almostgreen9498 5 ай бұрын

@@emilvonmaltitz Glad you will be doing a tutorial on the individual color channels. You are good at this!