Lara

2 hours ago, Damien Symonds said:

Beautiful.  @Lara, check this out!!

Wow, that is stunning! 

If you can provide a crop of the shirt that doesn't show the subject's face then he won't be identifiable, hence there is no need to worry about a model release.

Because you shot in RAW, when you edit the images, you can give them the sRGB colour space.

Yes, it's possible in Elements (including 14), but Damien doesn't have any tutorials on it.  You should be able to find quite a few tutorials via Google. 

All the tutorials are here: http://www.damiensymonds.net/tutorials.html

You can find the "multiplicity" tutorial here:

http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/05/what-do-you-do-for-kicks-on-weekend-i.html

27 minutes ago, Damien Symonds said:

Do whatever you like.  My methods are only for making photos look good.

Don't mind him, he is just not a fan of the film look and prefers clean edits. Damien also hasn't used the Mastin presets.  If they can't easily be used later (after global adjustments) then I'd say they don't really fit with Damien's recommended workflow, but experiment a little and see.

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Sarah, is it just that one troublesome file?

If you taper a shirt, you take out some of the bulk and make it fit more firmly. 

I observe this on my laptop too, but to my eye it's a brightness shift.  If it really is a brightness issue, there could be a solution to your problem here:

http://superuser.com/questions/471073/how-to-prevent-laptop-screen-brightness-from-changing-when-un-plugging-battery-p

The process is to enable Powershell commands, make a script (i.e. copy text into a notepad file), save the notepad file in your Windows folder and make a shortcut in your Startup folder.  The script ensures that even if the power source changes, the brightness of the screen will not change.

So sign in as an administrator and follow these steps:

1. Run Powershell (search your computer for "Powershell"  and run the desktop app).  Check your current Powershell policy setting by typing Get-ExecutionPolicy.  It will probably return the result Restricted.

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3. Make a notepad file containing the script.  It looks like you need to combine the two scripts on that superuser thread (copy the script text from user Jacopo Irace's answer, then DrNT007's answer).  My notepad file ended up looking like this:

4. Save this file into your Windows folder.  Give it a file name with no spaces in it and make the extension of this file ".ps1"  Make a shortcut to this file in your Startup folder.

If you try it and this doesn't fix your problem, reset your Powershell policy:  go back into your Powershell desktop app and change your settings back to Restricted by using the command Set-ExecutionPolicy Restricted.  And you can delete that script file if you want to.  

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Hi, take a look at this article and see if it helps: 

http://www.damiensymonds.net/2014/03/how-aggressively-can-i-crop.html

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My understanding is that there aren't image size choices for RAW for Nikon, except for 12 bit or 14 bit compression, which is set in the NEF recording area.  So maybe the medium setting is greyed out because it's not relevant if you are shooting just RAW (?)

You can, however choose to shoot RAW + Jpeg, and you would have the choice of small / medium / large for the Jpegs.

As for changing settings, try pressing the Qual button while turning the rear dial to choose RAW or RAW + Jpeg etc.

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