Damien Symonds

Yeah, I don't know how to smooth that with Photoshop, sorry. I think Portraiture has a free trial period, so you can try it out. https://imagenomic.com/Products/Portraiture

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/09/grabbing-700x700px-100-crop.html

Yes, that's right. May I see a 100% crop of the skin?

The most regularly-suggested option is the Portraiture program. Have you ever tried it?

I'm so sorry, I don't have an easy way for this. It would have to be insanely painstaking cloning.

Hi @cathm, what else have you been working on lately?

Please read Modules 4 and 11 of the Raw Class again.

Hi @alyssamattphotography, you'll use the "Macs and Laptops" instruction set.

Hi @BrittanyCollins42, what kind of subject matter do you shoot mostly?

Hi @OrlaO, Brian will be along to give you some specific advice before too long. In the meantime, here's a thread I found: https://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/23973-best-recovery-software-2019/

Have you successfully calibrated this screen with this calibrator in the past? I mean, is this a new problem?

And you're following my exact instructions here?

Where did you go, @fstoplife?

This can't be right. Can you check your hard drive capacity again? (The one inside your computer, I mean.)

Hi @Marcela Serna, while we're waiting for Brian, could you do this for us?

Which calibrator?

Yes, I'd say it might be possible.

DON'T RESIZE AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Send them the whole files. Period.

Are you still there, @photopro?

I'm happy to play with this one too. Can you link me to a suitable example photo (with a white or near-white background)?

Are you interested in seeing my PSD file so far?

Well, I'd rather not waste either of our time editing photos that you don't actually intend to use. Since you like this photo of the two girls against the green backdrop, I'd prefer to concentrate our efforts on finding a style that works for them.

Maybe this is more what you had in mind?

Can you link me to an example with a plain dark background like your photo has? Rather than a busy background like the example you've given?

It's not HDR. Everyone makes that mistake. It's called "tonemapping". Google will find you lots of info about it.