Damien Symonds

You MUSTN'T do this! You're just wasting time and hard drive space. NEVER create jpegs for collages. Only use your master PSDs. I beg you to take the Layers & Masks Class again. It's been so darn long, and if you've forgotten this how much else have you forgotten? As a previous member you don't need to pay full price to take it again. Why are you exporting?

As soon as it arrives, let me know how the calibration goes.

When you do that it saves the screenshot to your desktop. If you want it to save to your clipboard, you need to hold Ctrl as well. That's according to my googling, anyway.

Which method are you using to capture the screenshot?

Ok, great. I look forward to hearing how the laptop calibration goes.

"As close as possible" is the best you can reasonably expect, yes. An exact match is pretty much impossible. Does your home computer match your pro lab prints well?

You would be happy with any of those screens. I don't know anything about video editing. Benq are probably ok but I would stick to Dell, if only because they are known to have a good return policy.

I've never owned one either, so I don't know.

But if you don't have the desk space for that, there are lots of good 24" ones, like this. Remember, whatever you're looking for MUST say "IPS panel". And yeah, remember that you'll probably need to order the correct cable to go from your Mac to your new screen.

Or this one.

Something like this would be amazing.

Well, how big were you thinking?

Not perfect, obviously, but I think it will sharpen up ok. Maybe use some generous Clarity in raw as well?

Definitely not a Samsung. Go for Dell.

So when you click on "US Web Coated (SWOP) v2" to pull down that menu, you don't see "Custom" as an option?

Oh no, that's dreadful news!

@Tarria?

No, dragging won't work because they won't be the right size. You'll need to create them on your own file. The "Dodge and burn" layer, in case you're not familiar with it, is this: https://www.damiensymonds.net/simple-dodge-and-burn-tutorial.html Note how all the layers are clipped to the first one (the Channel Mixer one).

Reproduce them, yes.

Yep, I see you there! You took the class in roughly 2014. That's great. It means you don't need to pay full price to take it again, only the renewal price ($46 for another year). https://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/8494-raw-signup-1/

Hi @Sp2019, yes, Photoshop or Photoshop Elements. https://www.damiensymonds.net/what2buy_soft.html

No, sorry, there's no single method for this. It might be D&B, or liquify, or cloning, or fabric extension, or any combination of those. I need to see the photo.

@Benjamin Anderson, PLEASE post some photos in the Raw Class for me.

@Mummaducka, PLEASE post some photos in class. Don't let your memberships waste away.

You'll need to know, and you'll need to write it down somewhere so you remember it for each monthly recalibration, you know? I fear not But try it. No they don't. The prints are what they are. They are your benchmark. What you mean is that the screen looks slightly cooler than the prints. On that basis, go to the "Troubleshooting" part of my calibration instructions and follow what to do when the screen is a bit too cool.