Chapter 20— Adjust Menu |L ight > Levels & Curves 181
Chapter 20
Adjust MenuAPlease note: Tools that apply only to RAW images do not appear in the menus. Tools specific to RAW images are
available in the Develop step of the Edit List palette.
Light > Levels & Curves
The Levels & Curves tool combines two of the most often used tonal enhancing features into one easy-to-
use editor. The Levels & Curves tool enables you to adjust contrast, tone 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 tool provides you with controls to make tonal adjustments to specifi c 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.