copy form gerti67 post (with his authorization)
see the fantastics results using "levels":
"The picture in the middle is the original dark scene,
on the left is the picture with the "Tweak(0,1,20,1)" setting
and on the right is the one with the "Levels(0,1.3,255,0,255)" filter.
Decide for yourself which you prefer.
But you can easily see the difference.
The black bars stay black on the right one.
Greetz,
Gerti"
http://free.pages.at/gerti67/pictures/tweak-levels.jpg
thank you very much for this special link, your attention
and great explanations Gerti