Which Photoshop tool is used to selectively brighten highlights?

• A. Blur Tool
• B. Burn Tool
• C. Dodge
• D. Clone Stamp

Answer: (C)

Selective brightness in specific areas is controlled by lightening those pixels with the Dodge Tool. By painting with the Dodge Tool and choosing a Highlights range, you target only the bright parts of the image, letting you lift their brightness without overdoing the shadows or midtones. Adjusting the exposure lets you decide how strong that lightening will be, giving you precise, natural-looking highlights. This mirrors the traditional darkroom technique of dodging, applied digitally to highlight regions you want to pop.

The other tools don’t fit this purpose: the Blur Tool softens or smears detail rather than increasing brightness; the Burn Tool darkens areas, which is the opposite of brightening; the Clone Stamp copies pixels from one area to another and doesn’t inherently change brightness.