Levels and Curves 3

Summary:

Using levels and curves on an image can cause critical parts of the image to be over- or underexposed. You can limit your adjustements to those parts that require the correction whilst excluding the others by using selections.

However, selections might be difficult to do.

A very elegant way to limit your levels and curves adjustments to specific parts of your image is to use a mask. Watch how Karsten Franke does just that in record time.