8.7. Exposure
| 8. The “Colors” Menu |

### 8.7. Exposure

This filter is used for lightning shadows and midtones of an image without blowing the highlights. A detailed tutorial can be found at Appendix D, Tone Mapping and Shadow Recovery Using GIMP’s ‘Colors/Exposure’ .

#### 8.7.1. Activating the Command

You can get to the Exposure dialog through: Colors → Exposure…

#### 8.7.2. Options

Figure 16.155. Exposure Options

Presets

  “Presets” are a common feature for several Colors commands. You can find its description in Section 8.1.1, “Colors Common Features”.

Black level

  This option is used to dispense with "useless" shadows and highlight information.

Exposure

  This option is used to add one or more stops of exposure compensation to the image.

Blending Options, Preview and Split view

  These are common features described in Section 8.1.1, “Colors Common Features”.

8.6. Saturation |  | 8.8. Shadows-Highlights

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