Last night I released my new e-Book on Photoshop's Curves. It is part of my 'Tonal Adjustment' set of e-Books.
Perhaps you feel that learning Photoshop isn't for you, or that you are very happy with Lightroom's toolset. It is a really nice software package after all, and easy to get to grips with.
But Lightroom only goes so far, and I find the controls rather too broad (as I type this in July 2018).
I've prepared some on-line tutorial videos for my Curves e-Book which are included as part of the purchase. Above is an excerpt from the videos. I hope it will show you the power of the curves adjustment tool for doing nuanced edits.
There is also a message in this tutorial that has nothing to do with Photoshop. I discuss very much how the eye can be tricked into thinking an image is bright enough when it isn't. So if you edit in another software application, it is still worth watching.