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Auto Levels vs. User-set Levels

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Mon 04-Aug-03 08:32 AM
This was a traumatic weekend for me. I took several of what I thought might be my better recent shots, negative scanned them and then adjusted them in Photoshop. As has been my custom for several years, I adjusted the levels layers manually, carefully setting white, black and middle points. After I printed up the pictures, I got an idea. What would these pictures look like if I set the levels in auto. Well imagine my surprise when every one of them looked better (mostly more color saturation, it seemed) then my hand tailored levels. Could I have had better pictures all these years.

I remember BJ posting a note on auto levels not always giving the best possible picture, but not much other discussion of this subject. So my question is what do most people do in adjusting levels. Do you try auto-levels first and only if you are not happy go to auto-levels, or what? Your process would be appreciated.
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