Damien Symonds

Unfortunately they don't save themselves. You need to save them. Otherwise they only exist, in a fragile way, in Photoshop.

Ok. Are you preparing the whole page layout, or is somebody else doing that?

That all sounds fine. Oh dear. Didn't you save them?

This happens to all of us from time to time. Nobody knows why. You'll just need to re-load your actions. I agree it's a hassle. To be safe, can you do this for me?

Oh, ok. What size does it need to be for that?

Well, what size are you printing it?

Yeah, so maybe add this Channel Mixer layer: R 0, 0, +140, +45 G 0, 0, +150, +20 B 0, 0, +55, -15 Then lower the layer opacity to your taste (I found I liked it at about 55%).

Ok, TB is good.

Hi @1234, I've moved your question into the "How to achieve a certain look or effect" section. Can you start by reading the Posting Guidelines, and browsing the images therein to see if your question has already been answered? If not, include a link to a style you admire here in your thread.

That usually means you didn't get the mathematics questions right. Please don't take the class if simple mathematics is beyond you.

8GB of RAM is the bare minimum to run Photoshop properly. Make sure you don't have too many other programs open at the same time, and don't have more than one photo open in Photoshop at a time. Did you mean TB, not GB? Yes you bloody are. Shut down EVERY DAY. This is serious. Run CleanMyMac right away, and every month hereafter. All of these factors combined definitely explain your lagging healing tools.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/thread1.html

Looks very flattering. I like how you haven't overdone it. Lots of people fall into the trap of trying to remove wrinkles too much, and the outcome is weirdly too perfect. This is nice.

Oh! Good point. Ok, do one layer for the pimples and stuff. Then once that is done, duplicate that layer and do the wrinkles.

I urge you to do all of it on just one copy of the Background layer. Make him "perfect" on that layer (no wrinkles at all), then lower its opacity later.

Is this the method you tried? https://www.damiensymonds.net/patch-tool-for-eye-bags.html

Ok, now we've fixed that, can you tell me what wrinkles you were trying to repair? Is it the under-eye ones?

Oh, this isn't right. Can you post this photo in the Raw Class please?

Ok, show me the photo with the wrinkles.

You can use the Alt key in LR too. It just doesn't work

Histogram, yes. Clipping, no. Very sadly. Correct.

If it makes you feel better, then yes, go ahead and get some new test prints. But I assure you, it won't make a shred of difference. If your screen now finally matches the prints you already have, then I assure you your calibration is correct, and you may proceed to edit with confidence.

It's difficult to say, exactly. As far as I know they represent Melissa RGB, which is the colloquial name of the colour space that Lightroom uses for its internal calculations. It's a huge space similar to ProPhoto RGB. Therefore, Lightroom accurately shows clipping in whites (where detail is blown out completely white) but not accurately for colours.

@Gabriela, where did you go?

It looks like you're not viewing in filename order?