Lighten selection

[newyawka]

How can I lighten a portion of an image?  e.g. if part of a photo has been underexposed, can I select it and lighten just that part?  I have not found the answer in Help  or Forums. I'm new to PhotoPad so I hope I'm doing this right. I admit I've only done a fast read on working within this forum, and I'm not that familiar with Forums anyway. I have a feeling I'm doing it wrong.

[elk]

If you want to adjust the exposure of a particular area in the picture, first, you need to go to Select menu > use any of the selecting tools to select the area > once the area is selected > click the Color menu > click Exposure > you should get a message asking to if you want to apply the effect to the selected area or the entire image, please click Selected Region > in the right side panel, you will see the options for that particular effect > move the Exposure slider to the left or to the right to adjust it.

You can also try the Levels or the Color Curves effects under the Color menu. For more information about these effects, please read this articles:

http://help.nchsoftware.com/help/en/photopad/win/layer_exposure.html
http://help.nchsoftware.com/help/en/photopad/win/layer_levels.html
http://help.nchsoftware.com/help/en/photopad/win/layer_curves.html