JudyM

Not sure whether this one would work.  I just took it today of one of my grandsons.  I tried the matte.  I also added a solid colour layer than masked most of it off.  I also used curves, contrast, and hue & sat.  Here  is my attempt.  Ignore the 3rd photo, uploaded in error and I've tried to delete it but it won't go away 

Hi Damien, I would love to know how this photographer achieves this effect.  Looks like matte (I know, vomit lol) but I think there's something else....can't put my finger on it

Here is the link 

I signed up for the levels Deluxe.

I applied the cooling filter at 50%

 Hmmm.  Ok I lightened the baby.  He looks quite bright to me but it's evening here and when I calibrated, I did so in afternoon light.  And I'm still learning lol.  

I was thinking of upgrading to the Raw Deluxe class.

There was a bit of a shadow in the foreground so I lightened it a bit.  I know the backdrop needs a bit of work along with the wrap he is in. I think the rest is good?

Hi Damien, I photographed a baby that was so jaundiced he was orange!  I have completed my raw processing and now am trying to fix his colour in photoshop.  I am using using colour balance as well as reducing the saturation.  I've also tried to use curves.  Do you have any suggestions as to the best way of obtaining a normal skin tone for him? PS Not all of the photos have his sister in them.  For the photos of him alone, do you recommend using the colour saturation/luminance slides in raw as a starting point, then finishing in Photoshop? This image is SOOR.

Thanks!!!!

I ordered some prints from a reputable printer.  They are considerably darker than my screen.  I have not calibrated yet.

The printer specifies to submit in RGB colour space.

I use sRGB as you had recommended previously.

I use a Mac.  When I go into my system preferences/display/colour there is a list of different colour space choices.  When I switch from sRGB the colour on my screen is much closer to my prints.

I'm totally confused so just trying to figure this out before I actually calibrate.  If I calibrate but remain in sRGB and my printer wants an RGB profile, my prints are never going to match my screen are they?  

And when I calibrate, I thought that the process was to match what I see on the screen to what I see on the print?  I've read your instructions for a couple of different calibration devices (I haven't purchased one yet) and I don't understand how the screen gets matched to the prints

Oh my yes there is a flatten step.  I feel like an idiot lol.  Thanks for your help

I don't think so, I don't remember this happening before when I used them.  How do i see the steps of the action to verify?

Hi Damien,

When I run an action, the rest of my layers disappear.  How do I get them back?

I have a Mac laptop running Yosemite and Photoshop cc2015. It is under 2 years old, and has 8GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 114GB free out of 250GB. The last time I shut down was more than 24 hours ago. I run a cleanup program about once a week.