Damien Symonds

Didn't you already have prints?

And I deleted it. Email is not the place for these discussions.

How are you going with this, @cathm?

I don't care what you and other sickos call it, it's pornography. It's the absolute lowest form of photographic art. You prove the adage "Many photos of beautiful people are mistaken for beautiful photos." Your work requires the least amount of skill of any photography.

It's bloody porn. Don't give me that fine art bullshit.

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The electrical outlet is this method: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/10/role-of-masks-when-cloning.html But the cupboards are not so simple. They'll have to be this method: https://www.damiensymonds.net/preventing-banding-in-backdrops/

Gee, it'd be better to get something a bit bigger than 512GB hard drive, I'd say. Also, I'll be interested to know what Brian thinks about 16GB of RAM. 16 has been good up til now, but I reckon when I buy my next computer I'll get 32 to be future-proof, you know? (When I buy computers I buy them with the intention of keeping them for a long time.)

I assume you're wedded to Macs, but just in case you're not, I highly recommend the Asus Republic of Gamers line of laptops.

Glad to hear your update. I would definitely explore a new lab before diving in to a new calibrator. I've no reason to think there's anything wrong with your Spyder5.

I'd anticipated that you'd paint it on a bit heavier than that. But yes, definitely an improvement. You haven't cropped your PSD, have you?

No, the exact same area of hair. Please note that I said "Background layer" not "background".

The same way that I showed you on another photo, I think. Duplicate a chunk of the Background layer, set it to "Multiply" mode, nudge it down a bit, then mask it on gently.

@candyK, calibration questions here please.

Then conversion DEFINITELY won't help. I really need to see that screenshot.

No, if you have CC, conversion shouldn't be necessary. What file format are the photos?

Ok, may I see a screenshot of the error message?

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/06/faq-help-my-raw-files-wont-open.html https://www.damiensymonds.net/dng-video

3% opacity.

Yeah, you removed too much for sure. It's really only the lower circle that needed to go. Download PSD

Holy crap! No, that's awful. You have to leave SOME shape there!

https://www.damiensymonds.net/calibration.html

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/04/the-handyman-method.html

I'm pretty sure Brian would tell you that your hard drive is just too small to have sufficient capacity to run the CC suite well

It sounds like it's doing everything right. Are you following my instructions here? https://www.damiensymonds.net/cal_S5P_mac.html The "Target" of 120 is not important. What's important is the "Current" number. What does yours say?