I'm wondering if there are any camera settings anyone can suggest that would allow soft, darker lighting to be brighter while simultaneous preserving the brights already in place so they do not become solid white or grow?
3 possibilities, all of them in Render settings:
Reduce "contrast", to 0 if necessary.
Increase "soft clip effect" beyond 1.
Increase "gamma correction".
Fourth possibility, but this is lighting:
Increase Enviro Light strength.
Oh wow, these seem to offer a lot of control. Thank you!