Gradient Tool Question

Is there a way to specify the begin and end exposure adjustment on the gradient tool?
What I really want to do is apply an even exposure adjustment to the bottom section of an image. There's a hard line where I want the adjustment to begin, so I don't really need a gradient. I know I can do this with the adjustment, but that requires passing the brush over a large section of the image and, of course, being very careful in lining the edge of the brush up with the edge of what I want to lighten. I'd like to be able to put a line across the image and say "lighten everything below this line" by x amount.
Any way to do that?
Thanks.

You wrote:
"What I really want to do is apply an even exposure adjustment to the bottom section of an image. There's a hard line where I want the adjustment to begin,..."
You apply the graduated filter from the botto up if you want to change the bottom part of the image and you apply it from the top down if you want to change the top part of the image.
"Bottom" and "Top" (where you start the grad filter) means the bottom / top margin of the image and then you drag up or down.
If you don't see the white / light grey lines of the grad filter press letter "H" on the keyboard. You can adjust the transition zone by dragging the lines closer together or farther apart. You can rotate the grad filter: hover with the mouse over the center line and a curved arrows icon appears. Then drag to rotate.
Apart from that you can adjust the Exposure, Brightness, Contrast, etc. with the sliders. You can also apply a coloring by clicking on the small icon besides the word <Color>. You can choose from the preset colors that are like warming / cooling fiolters in traditional (film-based) photography ar you can select a color from the image by dragging the eye-dropper into the image.
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