This does bring up a follow-on question. This advice seems to depart from the guidance that I’ve seen from the write-up and video tutorials (including your excellent 3+ hours on Filmic and Tone Equalizer), where the recommendation is to first set exposure and then adjust the mid-grey slider. Would setting Filmic middle grey to 18% followed by exposure compensation give me a different result than adjusting the middle grey slider alone (that assumes the original exposure is already satisfactory)? Just trying to understand the best way to use these tools… thanks in advance.
I’m not completely sure I agree with that. I understand the argument of having one control in one and only one place. But in the same light I would think a better workflow for a module is to have all the necessary controls for a module within that module - even if it does cause some redundancy elsewhere. However, your suggestion of placing the exposure and Filmic module in close proximity within favorites is a pretty good work-around
I would only argue for keeping levels, while redundant and possibly limited compared to other modules, because its a standard tool that most reasonably experienced users recognize and use and is therefore helpful for newcomers to transition to DT.