Elliot

Hi, I upgraded to CC from CS5.5 about a year ago. Back then, I had a camera that 5.5 didn't recognize, so I converted the raw files to DNG so I can edit in PS/ACR. Now that I have upgraded, I'd like to delete as many of the DNG files as I can -- the ones I didn't edit in ACR. However, I did rate a bunch of the DNG photos. Is there some trick I can use to transfer the star ratings from the DNG to the original raw images so I can then delete the DNG files? Or do I basically have to reproduce the stars by hand? Thanks.

Lol! I just wanted to give it a shot. Thanks anyway.

Yeah, I thought perhaps you or someone might be able to identify said awful import preset. It's water under the bridge, but as I said before, at this point it's mainly (morbid) curiosity. Also, I wanted to validate that it wasn't just me (and my wife).

Not too many. I don't know if it's the light, because I can find another in the same sun that has "that" look. Thanks.

I just looked at the EXIF (I apologize for not doing this before), and I see she used Elements. Just based on previous conversations with her. I'm pretty sure that she does not shoot in raw. I'm pretty sure than any processing is done in-camera, and that she may be using Elements only to crop and change the file names. I don't know if it helps, but I'll show one more. Not all the photos are like this, but a lot are. There are some with "normal-ish" skin. I don't think that she noticed something part way through and then changed a setting. But she did not say anything to me at all about these. So perhaps this is her interpretation. I like your observation that she may be applying some settings that she uses for landscape (most ocean) photos. In the end, I'm only curious. I don't think these can be "saved". I was just wondering. Thanks.

I wasn't sure if I should post this question here, or in the "How to achieve a certain look or effect". What I really want to know is, what did this photographer do wrong? The quick background is that this as at my daughter's wedding, a couple of years ago. The photographer is an acquaintance, given that I of course, as the father of the bride, can't be the one taking the photos. The person we we hired shot jpg and not raw (as far as I know -- I asked, and she said these were the photos she had), and many of the photos have this look, sort of like a Roman sculpture. I have more examples. In the end, a couple of guests took photos with point-and-shoots, and we ended up used many of those photos in the album. Since these were in jpg, I couldn't do too much to save these. Or could I? Do you know what post-processing setting would have caused these undesirable results? This example is an outdoor photo, but I also have examples of indoor photos hat look similar. But not all photos are like this. Is it just over-sharpening? Like way over? The ironic thing is that the photographer takes beautiful landscape photos which she sells in galleries, and has shot weddings before. Thanks.

Excellent. Thanks!

Hi guys, I was poking around Amazon and saw a listing for this monitor: AOC U3277PWQU 32-Inch Class VA LED Monitor, 4K (3840x2160). I looked up "VA" and found "vertical alignment". I looked this up on Wikipedia and it redirected me to IPS. It does say that you get a wide viewing angle, but I get no information on calibration-ability. Is a VA monitor good for photo editing, in the way an IPS monitor is? Do we collectively recommend this, or not recommend it? Thanks!

I don't know if this is appropriate, so delete if it isn't. This is just a public service announcement. I see that Adorama (a respected vendor) has a 27" IPS 1920x1080 monitor on sale for $179. http://www.ebay.com/itm/LG-27MP65HQ-P-27-Class-1920-x-1080-AH-IPS-LED-Monitor-Cinema-Screen-Design-/331832467462. (In the old days, I would have posted to the Ask Damien facebook group. I don't know where in the new forums we post about what hardware to buy.) I have one already (an HP), but I'm tempted to buy a second. --Elliot