Damien Symonds

Oh, sorry! I didn't realise you actually wanted a black background.

Perfect. Use the right-hand side of that one.

Well, I guess the first step is to look at your other photos from the evening and see if there are any that you can borrow a bit of background from.

Because you're cropping before you flatten! You MUST flatten as the very first step towards preparing for print.

Yes, I believe so. If the amount of your noise that you added to your PSD was sufficient to prevent banding in the test print, it will also be sufficient for a bigger print. The noise is added to your PSD master file, so yes, of course it's added before sharpening. Then yes, sharpen as usual. I agree with this. It's implausible.

Oh, this annoying thing. Go to Preferences>General, then turn on this checkbox: https://pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com/basics/cc/2017/interface/legacy-new-document/use-legacy-new-document-interface.png

The instructions are here: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/09/grabbing-700x700px-100-crop.html In the screenshot you've shown me, you don't have the Marquee Tool selected.

A little bit of light from a monitor is not going to make a speck of difference, I promise.

No it won't.

I haven't heard of any problems with CS6 and High Sierra or Mojave.

I beg you to consider the Bridge Class as a starting point. It's only ten dollars, and packed so full of important info.

No, I really wouldn't. You already own excellent software, there is no benefit in paying (and paying and paying and paying, every month for the rest of your life) for CC. Yes. This question marks the first step towards a good portfolio. It's time. https://www.damiensymonds.net/bridge-30-day-challenge No, absolutely not. Yes, you are in the right place.

Or you could take a big risk on something as cheap as this one, but there's every chance it might not calibrate well.

Actually, this one is much more affordable than I expected. IPS and everything. I'm not familiar with this particular screen, but I've always been impressed with LG screens in general.

Well, if you were to go for a good brand like Dell, I can't imagine you'd get any change from a thousand dollars.

The words "40 inch" and "monitor" don't really go together. Or if they do, they're accompanied by the words "hideously expensive". You're really looking for a TV, I figure?

Hi Melissa, what will it be connected to? Your normal editing computer, or another one?

The files you're sending to the client today will be just the same as all files you've sent to clients before. It's not the end of the world. The next client, however, will get amazing files.

Lol, this is a very old thread, from before I wrote the bonus module. You definitely CAN and MUST sharpen digitals.

Yes, the focus is very good.

Yes, the focus is good.

I'm so sorry @Patrice, for all the "magic" of modern software, nothing can create focus where focus doesn't exist. This photo is what it is, I'm afraid.

May I see the whole photo?

May I see the whole photo?

Yeah, again, you should get away with this.