Project 5. Contrast
2012
The problem with Brightness/Contrast If you have been editing your images for some time you will understand that ‘Levels’ is a superior option to enhance the brightness of your image than the Brightness/Contrast feature. Adjusting the brightness or contrast of an image using the Brightness/Contrast adjustment feature can be very destructive, e.g. if you want to make the shadows brighter and elect to use the Brightness/ Contrast control, all of the pixels in the image are made brighter (not just the shadows) - causing the pixels that were already bright to fall off the end of the histogram and lose their detail or become white (level 255).