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I thought I'd come back to this for some practice. I didn't mask precisely but is something like this how you would use colorize to make things a little more similar in color?

Maybe, I’m not sure, just exploring options. Would it just be a colorize layer?

The desired "look" is this: https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/718wwRGGPtL._SL1072_.jpg I thought channel mixer but tried a gradient map with ~4 colors droppered from that above image (and masked off face). I'm mostly happy with it but wondering if there's a better way. He wants that painted look so I stamped everything and did the oil paint filter - applied below but I know that'll be my last step once I get everything else right, but just to give you an idea.

I got these ones: Western Digital 8TB WD Red Plus NAS Internal Hard Drive - 5400 RPM Class, SATA 6 Gb/s, CMR, 256 MB Cache, 3.5" - WD80EFAX . I probably would have gotten a Synology anyway - I love the smaller one I have, also older - about 7 years. And come to think of it, the plastic on that is much thicker. This is the black one you recommend, right? The Xbox/gaming kind? https://smile.amazon.com/Black-Performance-Desktop-Hard-Drive/dp/B0792GSD6N/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&keywords=WD%2BBlack%2B7200RPM%2BDrive&qid=1614621071&sr=8-12&th=1 As always, thank you for your help!!

Hey Brian! I got this DiskStation 920+ finally and set it up with two 8TB WD Red Plus drives for now. I have a question for you about expectations & noise... the thing is loud. The smaller Synology I have is so quiet, but it is a smaller unit. In your experience, does this sound like something is wrong? Link here, starts at second 0:17. I tried it on different surfaces. I played with the location of the disks cause I thought maybe it was a balance issue but it still sounds like that in all configurations. In some cases I can apply some light pressure on top to make it quieter, which lead me to believe something wasn't right with the unit. I contacted Synology and they had me boot it up without any disks - perfectly quiet. So they said it is the disks causing it. They are brand new so I find that hard to believe - especially since it happened when I tried each disk alone - what's the chance of getting one dud but two dud drives? I came across someone on YouTube saying higher end drives will be louder - are they this loud? I think they used the term Enterprise drive which seem to be higher quality than the Red Plus, so I'm deciding on what to do. In your experience, which seems most plausible?

Thanks a lot, I didn’t notice the new model, I’ll look at going for that instead. ?

Hey Brian, I'm looking at finally purchasing this with drives. I was curious if you ended up buying it and if you were satisfied with it's performance?

Nope ?

Yes, got it via Save as and JPEG

Huh? I’m exporting to upload for printing

Doh. Well, I was using a template I used for a card a long time ago, and I know that the final sizes are 2inx2in so I do my sharpening based on that. But either way, even when I export any other PSD file to jpg the dimensions and resolution are still changing when I reopen it. I was exporting a layered PSD for upload to my lab’s ordering software. I even tried exporting from a flattened file but I’m getting the same thing?

Hi Damien, When I start a PSD (I was making a collage out of full size exported JPGs) I have my dimensions set to the exact print size and 300dpi which is the resolution the lab requests. I export at quality 100, 100%, embed sRGB, etc. but then when I open the exported JPG in Photoshop again it has changed to 72dpi and the inches have been scaled up. I can re-enter 300dpi and then reset the inches so that it's still the same but I can't figure out why the files do not open with the same dimensions and dpi as I exported?

I know, I know, it's really bad ? Thank you soooooo much. ? I'm going to sit down over the weekend and make a decision on how much TB to get (and cull more); you saved me from almost going with those Seagate expansion drives which I know now would have been a very poor/wasteful choice. "Beer" sent your way via Damien's PP link. ? Happy New Year! ?

One last question... I know you're supposed to keep drives no fuller than, what, 70% full to protect against corruption. Let's say, purely hypothetically ?, that I only have 170GB left on my 4TB... if I clear up space on that, is the disk then "safe" or have I already put it at risk by filling it to near-capacity once even though I've made room again?

I think I misunderstood this on my first read. If I went this route, I would have to buy two additional drives identical in size to the ones I have, or would that not matter? Having the two RAID1 units would be akin to my thought of buying another diskstation and having the drives appear as two different drives but be in the same enclosure, is that right? So in that case, I'd really only be ditching the enclosure of my original diskstation but the disks I have wouldn't go to waste. If they are red, could the next two I buy be gold?