Damien Symonds

What did you decide to do, @Teresa?

Well, here's the irony. The truth is that bigger megabytes usually means it's a BAD file. Because noisy files are bigger, you see. Lovely clean files are smaller. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/08/about-jpeg-file-size.html

Terrific. So, when you're saving those files for the clients, I recommend choosing Level 10 quality (on the 0-12 scale).

Levels and Advanced Levels. And to a lesser degree, Channel Mixer. All of those classes require a fundamental knowledge of layers and masking, so if you don't have that knowledge, you'd need to take the Layers & Masks Class first. You can read its description of topics covered to see if you'd need it.

Yes, this is correct. To confirm, you don't include a resolution when you crop?

Sorry, I need more information so I can help you properly. When you say "printing", can you tell me your process? Are you sending files directly to the lab yourself?

No, the thread in the raw class please.

You've done it perfectly, well done. You can go and add this to the thread now.

NO, Jenny. If your screen doesn't match your prints, your screen is WRONG. Sounds like you need to calibrate again with slightly higher brightness?

So the blacks are too black on screen, and the skintones are too saturated?

Well, there's no single answer or article for that. All jpegs must be saved for a specific purpose. It might be printing, or web posting, or selling to a client, or archiving, or sending to a graphic designer, or whatever. So, can you tell me the purpose for which you are saving your jpegs today?

Can you elaborate on this a bit?

Have you dabbled with the Lens Correction tab in Raw?

Thanks. I've moved this into Brian's section where I hope he'll be able to impart some wisdom.

Can you show us the shot data with these photos? What lens, what focal length, what aperture, and so forth?

Oh, don't worry, I never thought that. Your question is completely understandable.

Also, if I may say, don't forget that the two classes you haven't taken yet - Channel Mixer and Advanced Levels - are the ones that give you the most creative avenues.

Gee, my classes aren't designed to stop you being creative!!!! They're to give you consistent clean edits every time, so that the creative editing you apply afterwards is also consistent and controllable. Yes, imitating is perfectly fine.

Bummer. I don't know, sorry. I've never heard of this before, sorry.

If you still have the originals, can you try converting again? To see if it was a glitch?

And when you open one ... ?

In your action, record yourself adding a layer. Any layer at all, it doesn't matter. Then record Layer>Arrange>Bring to Front. (That will ensure that the layer you just made is on top. If it was already on top, great!). Then, record yourself deleting that layer. I hope this makes sense.

Again - I really can't answer questions about backdrops until I can see the backdrops. This is MUCH too dark.

Better do it before you go any further.

Well ... there's a lot that bothers me about this photo. How long since you last checked your screen calibration? I mean, actually compared the screen to your pro lab prints?