Re: brighten foreground without abrupt edge?

In article <8s3hk.272$DS3.264@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "peter" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
wrote:

> I have a photo with people in foreground and sunset in background. The 
> exposure of sunset is good, the people are too dark (see sample photo
#0) . 
> I want to select the people and brighten them.

Don't select the people. Instead, just use the Curves command to 
brighten the darker areas.

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