Adjusting lightness of images

What is the best way to adjust image lightness in FCE 2?
a) To make an image lighter I can choose between the filters for a) lightness and b) gamma. Which one should I use i.e. which one results in less noise in the adjusted video (at least if I want to increase lightness)?
b) In case I choose gamma, how should I do the adjustment. I have adjusted thousands of images in the "curves" of Photoshop, but the settings of the FCE gamma filter don´t look clear to me. Should I just change the gamma setting or also the input and/or output settings? First I tried changing just the output setting but with little effect. So finally I ended up changing the gamma value (I suppose I was then changing the gamma curve)... That offered a quick help, - I think also the contrast was changed as a by-product but that was not a problem.
c) In case I want a darker image, I can also drag down the image rubber band in the timeline. What about this method in comparison to the two others?
All this is everyday work for a pro editor - how would you pros do this?

Thanks for a clear answer. And sorry for confusing some people by saying that I have used "curves" in Photoshop thousands of times. You can of course use curves too, but actually I meant to say that I have used "levels" in Photoshop regularly.
In relation to that I could continue the discussion by asking why that same tool is not included in FC? When a pro photogpraher starts working on a still image in Photoshop he normally goes to levels and sets the white and black points and after that uses the slider to set the overall lightness of the image. Or are you guys setting also the white and black points every now and then in FC? Would you do that by using the color controller?

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