Damien Symonds

Can you confirm these two figures. The first seems unlikely, and the second is obviously impossible.

I didn't provide a fix or a file. Only the link which I've provided again above.

If so, can you do this for me?

@Jodie Williams, this is the problem you're having too, right?

Any screen at all.

Ok, then don't worry about any other labs. You have all the evidence you need. Now we're in "very good friend" territory. Do you have one who would let you borrow their computer screen for a day so you can attach to your computer and calibrate?

And did that one match your original lab?

I forget if you told me ... did you try a different lab?

Well, how can you make your room brighter?

Was the net result of this a brighter room than how it's usually lit?

This is rather common with some screens, and it's very annoying, isn't it???? Yes, I think you've done the right thing choosing "normal". Yes, this also seems like the right thing to do. Can you elaborate on this? What did you try, exactly?

I don't think it matters a bit. I mean, the example one is a complete dog's breakfast, yet she clearly likes it.

Yeah, I reckon that would work! You can borrow the whole area left of the lady in black.

Sure!

The shadowed side of her will need to be a bit blacker, but yeah, it looks promising.

The only way I know is to add a blank layer then press D to make sure you have black and white swatches, then go to Filter>Render>Clouds. Then go to Image>Adjustments>Levels (not a Levels layer, actual old-fashioned destructive Levels) and press Auto to make sure it's black and white. Then change its blend mode to Screen. Then mask as desired.

@Mary Burgy, are you there? I think you added fog to a photo the other day? Do you mind sharing with Wendy how you did it?

Well, I wouldn't buy it until I'd tried mocking it up on the low-res version first.

Well, it's really not easy to make a face look like it's lit by a small close light source. I don't supposed you'll be able to take the photo again, with a lamp near her?

Instead of the girl who's there, do you mean?

Sorry, I don't understand the question.

Thanks. You must have taken plenty of photos on that day. So you need to look for one where the background is clear in that spot where the background lady is. So you can swap it in, you know?

Hooray!!!

I'm so sorry Pat, I don't know.

Hi Nicki, can you show me roughly how close you intend to crop, so I can see how much background fiddling we need to do?