I've spent the last 4 days experimenting with the good inputs that members have put forth re Photoshop "Auto Levels." I can see how Tony, being somewhat a perfectionist, would reject 9 out of 10 "Auto Level" interpretations. I tend to reject 40-50%, myself. The various comments on the White Point were particularly valid--Auto Levels tends to select a White Point in the blue-white sector, and the results become overly blue as a result. I also noticed that it clips the color points (individual R,G,B) short of the histogram by several values. Whether this would amount to the complete destruction of a picture may be subjective--I don't see how it could "ruin" a picture that may be easily Color Corrected, but then, clipping parts of the histogram might possibly be construed as such, where there is finesse detail. In non-critical correction, I still find Auto Levels very useful and very fast. It's especially useful, IMHO, for neutralizing bad color casts, which can be a real pain in the tuchas to correct with Levels, Curves, etc. As I said before, it gives you a good "start point." Again as in the past, when I tried to use the eyedroppers on a particularly poorly-exposed pic, the thing went bizarrely nuts. Very "Modern Art." Very unacceptable. For my way of working, I prefer the gradualism of sliders, thank you very much. I guess that's why shoes come in so many sizes, styles and colors, eh? :-) For Newbies (and I still consider myself one of these), experimentation is still the best way to learn. There ain't no "One Size Fits All" in color correction, AFAICT. There's just what works best for you. Best regards--LRA _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp