Damien Symonds

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?

Then can you do it too? https://www.damiensymonds.net/thread1.html

That means your monitor is too bright. Are you following the calibration instructions on my site?

Is it the Spyder5Pro?

@cathm, please report in!

https://www.damiensymonds.net/thread1.html

We still haven't discussed this. It's the dimly-lit elephant in the room. You MUST get better light in there.

2 or 3 is a bare minimum. More is better. Did you read these guidelines?