What Does the Exposure tool do?

The exposure tool simply adjusts the image's brightness.  Photoshop has 6 different settings for the exposure.

Here is the original image without applying any changes:

Click on the Exposure tool on the left side of the screen under the Basic tools, this will bring up the screen where you can choose from the different exposure settings.

Here is how the same picture will look with the different settings:

This is the picture with the first exposure setting applied.

This is the picture with the second exposure setting applied.

This is the picture with the third exposure setting applied.

This is the picture with the fourth exposure setting applied.

This is the picture with the fifth exposure setting applied.

This is the picture with the sixth exposure setting applied.

As you probably noticed, the settings are arranged from darkest to brightest exposure.

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