This tutorial breaks down a simple, reliable way to match the colour of a subject to a new background using Levels. It’s aimed at those moments where a composite technically works, but something still feels off.
Rather than reaching straight for heavy colour correction or LUTs, this focuses on using black and white points to bring elements into the same contrast range, often the quickest way to make a shot feel cohesive.
You’ll learn how to:
Use Levels to balance black and white points
Match contrast between foreground and background
Read an image more objectively when colour matching
Make subtle adjustments that help sell a composite
This is a practical approach I’ve relied on countless times in real projects, fast, controlled, and easy to tweak without breaking the shot.
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