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Its been a while since I've done this & I'm wondering if the actions have changed?

Yep, for sure. Go ahead and do the raw processing as usual, then show me again.

Hi Damien, Would you have any recommendations for this babies skin?

Yeah, that might be better.

Yes, I can see that now.

That's Brilliant Thanks so much! 🙂

Thanks

Now since you have a new Mac, this isn't turned on by default. So this is what I want you to do next: Open the Finder. The easiest way is to click the Smiley Face on your DockBar: Then head to the Finder Menu (Next to the Apple Menu) and select Settings: Once there, put check-marks next to these items and change the bottom to "Macintosh HD" if you want: Finally, Click the Red Circle in the Upper Left Corner to save the new changes and close the Preferences box. Now when you insert an External HD or Camera Memory Card into a Card Reader, they will appear on the Mac Desktop. With this setting enabled, you should be able to access your various HDs, both Internal & External, along with any Card Readers with the DCIM Folder, making your photos much easier to get to and copy over to a HD/EHD. For example:

Yeah. I'd look to replace it. It's very possible that the HD itself is fine, but the controller board that you plug your USB cable into and the HD Platters interface with is on it's way out. So put it on your list titled, "Expect to Replace these Items, Sooner rather than Later." Here are the instructions to delete the existing partition and create a new one. The screenshots might look different, with you being on a current macOS, but the process is the same. You just have to adapt to the new screens, but you should be able to fiddle your way through it. The process itself hasn't changed since the 1990's. LOL!! Only the various screens look different. Head to Applications Folder >> Utilities >> Disk Utility: From there, select the WD Drive that you are Dorking around with. For my example, I'm going to choose my external Sandisk Drive. Then towards the top, you should see "Erase." Double-Triple-Check you are on the correct HD!!! If you are on the wrong HD, this is a one-way proposition!! Data Recovery on a Mac is a Pain in the Ass!! Now that's settled, Click the Erase Button. A pop up box will appear, asking your what name you want to call the HD, and what Partition Type. Since your EHD is a traditional / spinning external drive, you want "macOS Extended (Journaled)" and make sure you DO NOT SELECT "ENCRYPTED" ANYTHING! Plain macOS Extended Journaled is just fine. Click Erase, just to the right of the "Cancel" Button and wait a few seconds and it should clear things out. Follow the prompts, "OK / Next-Next-Next, Etc., etc. It should take about 10-15 seconds or so.

That's great Thanks! Its a western digital desktop HDD that I would like to use. On the subject of hard drives I have a separate one that I use for my images that has become quite noisy I've also noticed occasionally it doesn't "stop" when I eject it from the Mac, I am assuming its maybe on its way out? Many Thanks Jodie

Once you know the pixel dimensions their website requires, you can follow this: https://www.damiensymonds.net/client-photoshop/

Okay.

Probably not

Will you be watermarking the photos?

Ok will do then create the preset

Great. So you need to find out what size (pixel dimensions) photos need to be for their website.

They are just going to be out on their website Put on their website not out🤷🏼‍♀️ predictive text🙈

It's 15:11, not 15x11. It's a shape, not a size. Before you resize photos, you need to know WHAT size to make them. And for that, you need to know what purpose they'll be used for.

I took some photos at a local car club and they asked if I don’t mind sending them some (gifted). I am just about to send them but was thinking of using your 15x11 size and PS won’t let me put inches instead of px.

Phew! I'm glad I asked! I literally spent hours searching for all the right specs, and my brain was getting fried. I will get that one and remember to turn off the ambient light sensor. I am not a mac user, I am ordering a new PC as well, but I just went to Dell and added in all the stuff you wrote about in this thread -- Thank you!

One more thing!! I just noticed this: We are going to turn that feature off, so be sure to dig through the settings. We do not want your display changing brightness on its own, especially when Calibrating and editing photos. We want clear, accurate and consistent Displays to edit on. AKA, boring and predictable. Leave the "Bad Boy" Displays for others to deal with. Drama is bad when editing photos. We have the posts to prove it.

YEP! DO NOT BUY THOSE. Or if you are forced to, because there are no other options, make sure that you can turn that feature off. Since you are here, it's likely you are editing photos, right? Right. So why the Hell would you have a monitor Dorking around with your colors? Reducing Blues? Hello Cyan, you are a Primary Color. So by reducing blue, to ease eye-strain, you are affecting ALL other colors that have a bit of Blue in them. See why we don't want you using a monitor like that one for editing photos? There is a "Method to our Madness." "Meh." It's more Marketing than anything. You definitely want a IPS Display panel. Yes, 95% or better sRGB is optimal. Matte Screens are preferred, but sometimes are damn hard to find. Now for those two monitors: Neither! DO NOT BUY!!! Believe it or not, you do not need a 4K display. That is Marketing convincing you to get something that you do not need. What is going to happen, is that 3840 x 2160 lines of resolution crammed into the same 27" area is physically going to make everything TINY, to the point that you won't be able to read the menus in PS. Hell, even the Windows Start Button is super-small. So what do people do to get around this? Increase the scaling to 125% or 150% to compensate, which kinda negates the 4K resolution! So this is what you are going to do: Buy this Dell UltraSharp 27" 1440p Monitor while it's on sale, (and while you can,) for $399.99 and be happy. IPS Display Panel? Check Anti-Glare Coating? Check 100% sRGB? Check. 2560 x 1440, which is the PERFECT Resolution for a 27" Display. Check. Now, before you ask, "What about Thunderbolt 4? Should I get that one for $100 more?" "Meh." It's up to you. If your computer has a HDMI Port, it's not needed. Thunderbolt 4 is really meant for the new Macintosh Computers...but honestly? 4K looks terrible on a Mac! Mac Computers really-really-really want a 5K screen. They do not scale 4K that well and things like text look terrible. So if it were me? I'd probably get the $400 model and save a few bucks. Now if my computer only had a DisplayPort for video, then I'd fork out the extra cash.

Yep! You just need to delete the existing partition and create a new one. Is it a traditional spinning HD or a SSD / Flash Media Kind? The reason that I ask is it determines which partition type you use. It's easy. Takes like 5 min. Just let me know what HD type and we can use it on your new Mac Studio.

Yep! For what purpose are you resizing?

Hi Damien is there anywhere on your site that you explain how to batch resize images thanks