Levels - Video to Computer After Effects preset

This is what the built-in Levels - Video to Computer preset does. It is in the Utilities folder of the After Effects animation presets, and it works on footage, a photo, or an adjustment layer above them.

Click the preview to copy the name.

Where: Effects & Presets › Animation Presets › Image - Utilities
Works on: Footage, a photo, or an adjustment layer above them
Comes with: After Effects. Nothing to download.

How to apply Levels - Video to Computer

Select your footage, or add an adjustment layer above it (Layer › New › Adjustment Layer) and select that.
Open Window › Effects & Presets, paste the name in the search box and double-click Levels - Video to Computer.
Fine-tune the look in the Effect Controls panel.

On an adjustment layer the look applies to every layer below it and is easy to switch off. Each effect the preset added can be changed or removed in the Effect Controls panel.

Where is Levels - Video to Computer in After Effects?

Open Window › Effects & Presets and go to Animation Presets › Image - Utilities. It is quicker to type the name in the search box at the top of the panel.

Do I need to download Levels - Video to Computer?

No. It is installed with After Effects; this preview was rendered in After Effects 2026. On disk it is an .ffx file in the Presets › Image - Utilities folder inside the After Effects application folder.

How do I change Levels - Video to Computer after applying it?

On an adjustment layer the look applies to every layer below it and is easy to switch off. Each effect the preset added can be changed or removed in the Effect Controls panel.

Levels - Video to Computer After Effects preset

How to apply Levels - Video to Computer

More Utilities presets 14 in this folder

Levels - computer to video

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