Using Levels (Individual Controls)

After Effects 5.5 adds the Levels (Individual Controls) effect in the Effect > Adjust category. This effect functions exactly like the Levels effect; however, the Levels (Individual Controls) effect simultaneously displays all the adjustable tracks for each channel. Because you have access to each parameter of each channel individually, you can add expressions to individual properties or keyframe one property independently of the others. To see each property individually, click the arrow next to the channel color to expand it and reveal the options.