Damien Symonds

Yes, the Graphics Processor was going to be my suggestion too. Can you do this for me?

Yes, definitely. Everything must be set to sRGB. That's weird. You mean it does absolutely nothing when you click the "Open Image" button?

I don't have a solution for this photo at all, sorry. The background behind the hair is just too varied. May I see a 100% crop of the area at the top of Dad's head?

I can't tell for sure at this size, but I suspect you forgot your noise removal.

What sort of templates are they, @Cindy?

If you're getting a good calibration (finally!) with your current calibrator, then no, I wouldn't bother upgrading.

Hooray!!!! Thanks for asking. Of course you can ask them wherever you find more convenient. But yeah, I'd prefer them on FB.

It might be possible to use Liquify to squash it down a little bit, at least.

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

Of course not perfect, but passable.

Great. The second answer to your question is to always make sure you embed the profile in the file, any time you save. Each save dialog, no matter which version of software you're using, will always have an "embed" or "include" checkbox.

Hi @Nems, have you done this? https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

If this is a client photo, you must delete it. If it's a personal photo, it's just passable, but don't attempt to print it big.

Hi @meris, can I just check that these are real crops from the photos, not screenshots? Screenshots aren't colour-managed, you see, so the colours would be inaccurate.

Hmm ... something went wrong with your 100% crop. Could you take it again? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/09/grabbing-700x700px-100-crop.html

You don't ever need to go into the "Convert to Profile" or "Assign Profile" windows. Ignore them. This one is correct of course: For this one ... ... read: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/11/colour-modes-vs-colour-spaces.html

Hi @Nems, only in PS. Never sharpen in ACR. The class you've just signed up for will explain everything.

Well, since you have to do your raw editing again anyway ...

It's the same class. Levels and Curves both. But trust me, once you learn Levels you'll never waste any time with Curves again.

That is VERY freakin' weird. I've never seen it before. When you press OK and OK to close all the way out of that layer, then double-click it to open it again, are your grey swatches still there? Or has it reverted to rainbow again?

PLEASE don't wait any longer to take the Levels Class, I beg you.

If you just press "OK" to that window for a moment, does it take you back to the smaller window? That's where you'll find the "Angle" setting. Also make sure "Dither" is checked.

Well, the faces could definitely be brighter.

Of course you'd need to mask in between all the legs as well.

No, gosh, just fix it in PS. https://www.damiensymonds.net/preventing-banding-in-backdrops/