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# Backlit and too dark: lift the subject
alcedo-cli --session gui call editor.batch_set '{"changes":[
  {"field":"exposure","value":0.65},
  {"field":"highlights","value":-42},
  {"field":"shadows","value":28}],
  "note":"agent: lift the backlit subject"}'
{"applied":3,…}

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