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[Warren Young]

On 8/5/2011 11:50 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> You could also try moving the gamma slider, either alone, or in
>> combination with the above to keep the blacks where you want them.
>
> I don't understand this.  If I do that, the black C and especially the
> highlights in the C are getting whiter and chunky,

This is due to not having a layered document.  The levels move is 
affecting everything, not just the glow.  Lacking a layered document so 
you can modify the glow in isolation, you're back to needing a good 
selection to start with.

Riffing off the Hue-Saturation tip from the other message, you could 
take essentially the same path but move the lightness slider in addition 
to the saturation.  Between this and Andy's "select wedge then invert 
selection" you should get a good result.