Hi,
I wonder how best to brighten up darker parts of a photo without effecting the rest of the photo?
In Lightroom I use the gradient filter to select the area I want to brighten and increase the exposure of that part/area.
It's not perfect either as it brightens all the parts from the selected area and below.
I have tried to use the paintbrush and gratient filter in overlay on Paint.net and it kind of works but the result is very noisy on very dark parts.
I have also tried to use the lasso selection to select the only part I want to increase brightness on but when the area is deselected there is har edge around the selection.
How do I avoid the hard edge and get a more smooth transition?
Is there a tools for changing exposure in Paint.net similar to what Photoshop and Lightroom has?
Is there a better way than what I have tried above wich will give the best result with minimal noise?