Don't blow out highlights

I wrote this tutorial because I'm sick of it. I'm so sick of seeing photos with horrible highlights. This tutorial doesn't go super-indepth about about how to edit photos really. It basically just explains about highlights. I hate really blown out highlights and everyone else should too.

Read this if you are:
-curious about using the levels tool
-fixing highlights
-adding contrast
-preserving details
-lists of more ways to increase contrast
-bored as hell


Don't read this if you are:
-an expert using levels
-looking to learn curves
-interested in depth discussion of the histogram