Amy Claire

Thanks so much Damien

Ok thanks. So if I want to do this look I should have done fill flash in camera. If I want to try it now, in ACR should I expose the people right then in photoshop darken the background?

Ive read through fully once the raw class. Do you go into detail on how to use the buttons along the top of the raw viewer? Does that come in the deluxe class? I was just thinking is there a way the targeted adjustment tool could be used to adjust different exposure settings for the people and backgrounds? Or is this all done in photoshop and those buttons ignored? Thanks

Ok I just have a wedding I need to edit but I will keep going with the class!!

Hi Damien, I am hoping you can shed some light on how I could get my photos to look similar to this edit. When I process in raw should I be keeping the images dark or exposing for the people? I am into module 4 of the raw class so still lots to learn! Thanks so much Damien

Ok we finally got a close match. Actually had to get a less wattage globe and then it seemed to work. It is a closer match in person than when I try to take a photo. Thanks

I'm sorry to keep bothering you. Do not adjust white point also didn't help. This is the calibrated and uncalibrated view. Any other suggestions on what I could try? The uncalibrated is a much better match to my prints, its more obvious in person.

Do not adjust for white point and brightness?

This is at 5000K. The prints are so much more red. I don't know what you mean by native though?

Already done. Its on warm

Ok I am about ready to throw my monitor (my husband says hes ready to kick the screen). I have brought all new prints in the correct colour space sRGB but they are still not matching. The screen appears to blue. These photos are off my iPhone so are exaggerating it even more. I am in a very small office with only one window and block out blinds with a 1350 lumens 4000K globe. I calibrated with the lights off as per instructions. My uncalibrated screen matches my prints more than the calibrated one but I want to take the raw class so I know I need to get this sorted. Any suggestions? Thanks so much

Thanks so much for the advice! I will definitely be changing it to sRGB!

I know in Photoshop the colour space needs to be sRGB but the in camera settings, should I set it to sRGB or AdobeRGB? I have the Nikon D610. Sorry if this has been asked before. Thanks!

Also I had to up the brightness of my monitor more than I thought matched to get it between 70-100 as Damien says. Could this be what affected the match? I would have to have it down to about 40 for what I thought matched my prints. But would the brightness be enough to make the colour wrong? My prints are so much more red, while my screen seems too green. Thanks "At the top it will tell you the Target brightness is 120. This is a nonsense in-built target which is too high for everybody, and I wish Datacolor would wise up and change it. If your screen matches your prints at 120, your office must be lit by football stadium floodlighting, and your power bill must be horrendous! Don’t worry, what we’re doing here is setting a new target, based on the adjustment you made to your screen before we started. So your Current brightness reading should definitely be lower than 120. You can see mine is at 98, because my office is quite well-lit. Generally speaking, yours should be between 70 and 100. If so, press “Continue” right away"

I did all steps in part 9 and none of them worked. I did however j\get a bit confused with the temperature in Kelvin step. I changed the settings in my calibrator 3 different times but I didn't change my screen manually? Is this correct. As in when it says try 5000k or 6500k I pressed the buttons in the program but didn't change my screen? Bummer I will look into getting new prints soon. I am going to start all over again on the weekend with my calibration and see if I have any luck. Thanks!

Yes all but the one in the photo were AdobeRGB. The one in the photo was sRGB. The photo is me comparing the prints using the calibration program as per Damien's instructions but even when I look at them in Photoshop the prints are always much more red. They matched closer before the calibration. Yes I followed all of Damien's instructions and performed it multiple times. Still no idea how to fix it. Sorry I did not realise it would be this hard and sorry for late reply. Thanks heaps

Hi I have a brand new VX279 LCD monitor for editing along with my laptop. I am trying to calibrate the monitor with the spyder5pro and I cant get my prints to match the screen. The prints are much redder and darker. I realised I used old photos from my pro lab that were in RGB colour space. Only the photo below was in the correct sRGD colourspace. Do I need to buy all new prints or can I just go of this one? I have a 4000K bulb that is definitely bright enough for my size room and have put up block out blinds so it is the only light. Prints are from Atkins Pro Adelaide, Australia. What am I doing wrong? Thanks