Elana

Lol, okay, that's what I was wondering...if it was just pixelly because I was zoomed in...so it won't look pixelly when I print it? This picture shows it when I did place embedded instead of copy and paste. This first picture is 100% with place embedded and the second picture is the same thing but at 300%...I'm good to go then, right? I'm not blond...just so sleep deprived!

Weird...my pictures above don't appear pixelated...When I zoom in it looks like this: Okay, thanks, will do!

Hi Damien, I have some photos that I'm putting into a 5x7 collage for a client. The photos before I put them into the collage look nice, not pixellated etc. As soon as I put them into the collage, when fit to screen they look fine but when I zoom into 100% they look pixellated? I have been doing the zoom with command + as you told me before so are these just appearing pixelated because I've zoomed in making a tiny (each one is 4cm big) image really big on the screen? I just want to make sure it doesn't print pixellated. One picture below is the 700 px x 700 px crop.

Oh okay. Thank you!

Hi Damien...so just today I noticed that some RAW files I was opening seem to have visible pixels...not sure if it's just my eyes though but I've noticed it in two RAW files I opened directly into Adobe camera RAW. Do you know what might be causing this? Screenshots to show you what I mean. On the baby one, when I zoom in one more, it seems to disappear. The baby one is a jpeg (not sure where I put the raw) but it's a huge jpeg. The first one is raw. Thanks!

Also, I just noticed that the inside of the girl's right arm has a bulge that shouldn't be there. I'll fix that too.

Okay, I'll try and tweak in the morning. Thanks!

Not when I tried this morning but trying again now. This was from my phone and it worked... Awesome.

Hi Damien... I think I sent you my edited copy this morning. Did you receive it? A friend suggested adding shadow but I have no clue how to do that and make it look realistic. Am I fine to leave it shadowless?

Okay, I'll continue in the morning (11 pm here). Thanks!!

Okay thanks! Just not sure about the best way to work on the background... I read your gradient post but we'd lose the hearts (which isn't a deal breaker but they contribute to the Valentine's theme...). Should I just do some cloning? Levels adjustments? Thanks for your feedback so far!

Here's what I have now...I want to make the background more uniform without looking like the kids are cutout...any suggestions? Plus there's some areas that are just weird because the red from the hearts was reflecting on the the white, wrinkles in backdrop etc. What do you think of the masking, etc? I swapped most of the boy and the older sister's right arm. I'll send same way as before since it's not letting me upload.

ah...touche. You're right. I'm just especially anxious because this was the first paid shoot I did for a stranger...granted only $45 but I still want what I give her to be worth that much.

Sent them, thanks!

Sorry for the confusion...I like the big sister's left arm in the first picture but the right arm looks nicer in other photos...in the first it looks chopped off at the elbow but I like that she's not covering so much of the baby.