The simplest way to make a photo brighter using the Curves feature is to click-drag the midtone part of the curve upwards. Dragging the curve downwards makes the photo darker. Using curves to perform this action means that both the shadows and highlight tones are left untouched by the changes.

The Shadow/Highlight feature provides some brightness control using the Shadows controls as long as the Tonal Width value is kept pretty high. Moving the Amount slider right brightens the darkest portions of the image.

The Brightness/Contrast feature provides a quick and easy adjustment of the overall brightness of the image. Pushing the slider to the right lightens the midtones.

Moving the Midtone Input slider to the left increases the brightness of the photo.

From camera or card reader (Standard)

Menu: Bridge: File > Get Photos From Camera

Shortcut: – OS: Mac, Windows

Version: Bridge 2.0 See

also:

Adobe Photo Downloader

(APD)

Select the From Camera or Card Reader option from the File menu, or select the bridge option from the pop-up dialog that is displayed when the card reader is connected to the computer. Choose the Standard dialog.

After fi nding and selecting the source of the pictures adjust the Import Settings. Browse for the folder where you want the photographs to be stored and if you want to use a subfolder select the way that this folder will be named from the Create Subfolder drop-down menu.

Finally, choose what other actions Bridge will take after downloading the fi les. Here you can select to open Bridge after the transfer is complete, automatically convert the images to DNG format and even make a backup of the originals to another drive. Clicking the Get Photos button will transfer your pictures to your hard drive.