So generally for wrinkles like that I would duplicate the Background layer, then use the Patch and Clone tools to get rid of the troublesome wrinkles entirely; then lower the opacity of that layer to let the wrinkles re-appear slightly in a natural-looking way.
Just to check, have you read this?
Doesn't go against it at all. You'd just make the Blacks slider your very last step, and move it as low as you wish to get rid of detail you don't want. Just be VERY careful not to get rid of detail you do want.
Holy crap.
Firstly, are you aware that Microsoft has now (as of a few days ago) stopped supporting Windows 7 with security updates? So you will be increasingly vulnerable.
But anyway, 4GB of RAM is far too little to run Adobe software. You MUST invest in a newer computer pronto.
As far as raw processing goes, you'll enjoy more powerful batch-processing capabilities from Bridge than you ever had with PSE. Do you have Bridge installed?
But mainly, it's the Levels Class you need to read again. It's all different.
Correct.
Not just our favourite prints, but ALL our prints.
Once you're calibrated, you can have confidence with your editing. When you're editing a photo, you know that it will print exactly the way you're editing it.
This is not because they printed badly. The lab faithfully printed the exact files you sent them.
The reason you don't like the colour of your prints is because you EDITED them badly.
Once you have good calibration, you'll never edit badly again.
So, calibrate again. Make the screen match the prints.
It doesn't matter that you don't like the colour of the prints. You have to make your screen match them.
Once the screen matches your prints, you'll know that you don't like their colour BEFORE you print them, don't you see?