Damien Symonds

As long as you use layers, 50 is more than you'll ever need.

Now you've fixed those two things, make sure you restart the computer before editing again.

Oh, it's a bloody issue.

Yeah, that's not a bad idea I guess. Make sure you have satisfied yourself with the "How aggressively" link (above) before you post, though.

Holy shit!!!!!!!!!! 548 History states??? Are you insane??? Put that back to 50 at most. Also, turn off "Use Graphics Processor".

(I preface this by saying I have no idea what I'm talking about ...) Could you show us a screenshot of Photoshop's Performance preferences?

Oh crap, not the Digital Dog. Ignore anything about placing reading points on the skin. This is too rigid. Only take readings by moving your mouse around.

I have no experience with that, sorry.

I talked about it a bit in the second half of this article: https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_skin.html

Yes, but you have consistently proven that you have no concept of colour reality. I'm beginning to suspect some mild colour-blindness.

I don't understand the question, sorry. Obviously the first one is correct.

What? What on earth does that have to do with it?

When you buy such a huge camera, you have to be prepared to live with consequences such as this.

This is very normal, I'm afraid. You must have a heck of a big camera, and this is the price you pay.

That's right.

Well, please hurry. Your Raw Class is drifting away unused.

Only in cases of absolute desperation. If you find yourself in those dire straits, it really suggests that your monitor isn't very good.

Yes, but on the external monitor you have to check all of its available settings. You can't do that on a laptop.

How is it? A good print match? There are definitely differences in settings.

Oh, I'm so sorry, I meant to give you the link. https://macpaw.com/cleanmymac

No, absolutely not, I promise. It's very safe. Wonderful! Brian talked about the desktop thing at the bottom of this thread.

8GB of RAM is the bare minimum that Adobe recommends for running CC. You should be ok, but be aware that you won't be able to open too many photos into Photoshop or ACR at one time, or you'll find it starts to run slowly. For a computer of that age, you definitely should run a cleanup program. This one is widely recommended. Sorry to hear about your in-laws' health. Have you had a chance to do any shooting lately? If so, have you avoided putting the photos in Aperture, and instead browsed them with Bridge?

And? Which screen is a better match for your prints?

How did it go, @cathm?

Did you follow my exact calibration instructions? Remember there are different sets of instructions for your two different screens.