Separating/'lifting' dark from light in an image in Pro X6

[Grazie]

Ken, thanks for that. I'd been interpreting "lift" or "lifting" as bringing more illumination to the dark areas.

Yes, it would be good to hear back from the OP.

Grazie

[joelwhyte]

Thank you to everyone who has posted in response to my original post - your thoughts and expertise are all greatly appreciated. Apologies for the delayed response, was off the grid for the weekend and have just returned to a computer / Internet. Cannot thank you all enough for your input - it certainly answered my original question thoroughly and accurately. Joel

[alexhuang888]

I tried to use "Magic wand", with

"Match mode" = Brightness
"Contiguous" = unchecked
"Feather" = 0 - 2
"Tolerance": 10-15

then, in working area, click on dark area, magic wand can pick dark area. you can adjust "Tolerance" to pick more/less area later.

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