Damien Symonds

My understanding is that eyes are usually enlarged slightly during this kind of editing; so I hope you don't mind that I did that, and a little bit of facial sculpting. What do you think of this?

Gosh.

I hope I don't offend anyone by saying this, but I think race is important here. Can you choose a sample photo of somebody with a similar complexion to your subject?

It's the "Download PSD" link earlier in the thread.

Examine each of the layers to see what role it plays in the outcome.

Oh my goodness. What degree of optimism is there for his rehabilitation?

How did you go?

@Melissalile, where are you?

I'm always very concerned about using lamps. Their light is so ... directional, you know? Just to check - have you read this? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/01/light-around-your-computer.html

Phew. As it happens, you got lucky this time, because we do need that duplicate layer. You need to apply some Gaussian Blur to it - just enough to get rid of the distinct fabric lines, eg around your hand. I think about 0.6 will do. Then mask that layer too.

Geez, you don't make a habit of this, do you? Don't double the size of your file for "no real purpose"!

There's a bit more we need to do. First, can you tell me what the "Background copy" layer is for?

May I see a screenshot of the Detail (noise) panel from ACR for this photo?

It's not black-and-white, don't you see? It's pant-colour.

If there is a problem with your pants, I don't understand why you wouldn't assume the solution would involve masking to your pants?

Um ... duh. Now mask it to the problem area only. (Your pants).

@Jenny_11, talk to me about your screen problems. In what way does your screen not match your prints? (Cooler? Warmer? Darker? Brighter?)

Try this Channel Mixer layer: Red 0, +70, +30, +1 Green 0, +70, +30, 0 Blue 0, +70, +30, -4

Bing isn't a browser, though. It's a search engine.

Gosh, that's odd. No, no problems with Firefox and Windows 10 here. Does it crash immediately when you launch Firefox, or randomly while you're browsing later?

No, it's to dangerous to put it on Duplicate, sorry. Leave it on Extend, and try making it the main display as I suggesed. Sure, maybe that would help! Don't worry about this. As I said, the computer will know.

Just instinct and experience.

Perhaps not quite as good as the others, but still easily a pass.

Good.

Good.