Kim Fearn

Damien, it is unbelievably kind of you to help me and to do so much for all of us, thank you so much, you're incredible 

I will attempt this now, I'm so grateful. 

omg this is sorcery!!! you are amazing ❤️ 

Hi Damien, 

I have a few images where there's a bra strap showing and the bra shows through the tulle quite a bit. I didn't think it would be so hard to edit but all my attempts are not good enough. Would you be able to advise me about how to tackle it? I've attached the part of the image that's the problem, image hasn't had any editing.  Classes I've purchased have been RAW, bridge & layers & masks. I can't attach the raw but I've put two crops of the area and would be really grateful for any advice

thank you

thanks! 

Hi Brian, did you think of anything I could buy off the peg or should I start building? :-) 

I definitely don't need bling, lol.

Thanks so much Brian 

My video I think will be limited to short clips of drone footage and short educational videos (My day job is lecturer and riding instructor). No movies or weddings and the reason I'm not already doing any video is I simply can't do anything with these huge files on my current system. I often make small compilations for clients and end up using my phone which is crazy given the equipment I have. 

So yes I can compromise the video as I doubt I'll ever be income dependent on it or ever win film maker of the week. So long as I can open and edit a video file without my system crashing in protest. 

wow thanks, that video is a real eye opener! I didn't want to move to Apple if possible, I will be taking some video with my camera and my drone - both large raw files so I'm worried. 

I could stretch to $3000 USD, that's £2300 GBP. I think that would be the limit, I'd rather pay than 'buy cheap, buy twice' 

I must say I'm a bit disappointed with Adobe after watching that video, I use most of the suite. I will take your advice here completely, your reputation precedes you very much. 

I would settle for a store PC as I'm no techy. I just want the best I can really, I don't mind going a little over budget but I think £3000 would be pushing reality, is there a store option do you think that would suit me? 

thank you so very much, so kind of you  Damien to give us such dedicated help, I really appreciate it, I'm off to build a PC :-)

Hi, id like to buy a new pc built to my owm spec, my budget is £1500 / $1900/ aus$2700, give or take a bit either way.

I'd like a super fast pc that can run bridge, Photoshop, I usually have chrome running with about 30 tabs open, maybe ms office spreadsheet or similar open. I will also be using video editing software (not chosen yet but the video files are obviously enormous). 

I like to multitask, photography isn't my main business but it's my pc priority. I'd like a PC that won't be obsolete any time soon and can be upgraded with more ram and anything computer-y in the future. I don't do any gaming and I don't care what it looks like.

Would you be able to point me in the right direction for the best spec to meet my needs? I currently have an 8yr old 1tb i7 Samsung with only 6gb ram that can't be upgraded beyond 8gb so is sadly going to laptop heaven soon. Thank you for any pointers, I'm very greedy for up to date technology and will increase my budget or wait for new releases/ price drops if it's worth it, I'm hoping if you're in Aus like Damien there's not too much difference in it products. 

Thank you very much for your time. 

thank you Damien, there's a new pro model just out and one with an additional paper model, I think I'll get the medium for £380 (AUS $625) I can't wait, thanks again. 

is that so only the pen can activate the tablet and I can't accidentally do things with my hand? 

That one is a lot cheaper than I was thinking I'd have to pay which is good new, some of the medium tablets are £400+

I was thinking anything around 8" upwards unless they become unaffordable, I've never used one so I wil likely become accustomed quickly to whatever size I start with - I hope! 

I'd just really like to buy one before I run out of funds, I'm very excited! 

Hi, I saw Damien's wacom advice was last updated in 2015, can anyone tell me which is the best I should be looking at now it's 2017? I really want to buy the right one and can't afford to get it wrong (£££)

following the thirds rule - my screen is an LG widescreen 29" (much wider than tall)

do I need any accessories with it to get the most out of it?

I'd really appreciate any advice from members so I don't make a mistake and regret it, I know Damien still uses his ancient one and probably doesn't have up to date advice, thank you

thank you! 

apologies, I didn't think to share the photo. It's actually a blooper to show three dogs that just wouldn't sit together but I want to include it and edit properly because I know they'll find it funny. 

I find the white in the background really distracting and I've had a similar issue before so I'd like to learn how to deal with it, thanks so much for the response, I'm reading it now. 

Hello, I've never removed anything from a blurred background before and it's harder than I thought, everything I have tried so far is rubbish and it would be really helpful to know for future photos which method is best here, could anyone advise me please? thank you for any help. I've attached a 100%