Damien Symonds

Oh, hooray! I'd love to see some more photos.

Alas, no, sorry. That's not recoverable.

Have you run Glary yet?

Almost all the other labs properly comply to the modern 6500K colour standard, as far as I'm aware. Terrific. Even though it seems very unlikely, we can't discount the possibility that the cable is failing, so if you had another HDMI cable around the house that you could try, that would be handy. You mentioned the calibration of the external screen; do you keep your laptop screen calibrated too? What did the lab say about the prints?

While we're waiting (hopefully) for more evidence to present itself, let's talk about the much more important issue. Why are you saving jpegs from raw files?

I don't have any experience with it, sorry.

Yeah, that might be it, but if it was so, I would have thought the purging of the folder cache would have fixed it.

I've merged the two threads, because I can't help thinking they're related.

I just read it, thanks. What kind of cable connects the laptop to the screen?

Just to check - this was a typo, right? You mean "between Photoshop and printed images".

I definitely encourage you to run Glary Utilities. It's very thorough and very reliable. Is it just the laptop screen you're using? Or do you have a desktop screen plugged into it?

For a change to stick, two things must happen: You must have only ONE file open at the time of the change; You must open the raw file into Photoshop afterwards. I'd say you didn't fulfill one or both of those.

Yes, there's the problem. Adobe RGB.

Your ACR settings are perfect. So are your Photoshop settings. If you edit a photo in ACR then press "Open Image" to take it directly into PS, you definitely shouldn't be getting this message. Can you show me a screenshot of the photo in ACR?

I wonder if this is related, somehow, to the random blurriness of Bridge that you mentioned in the other thread? It all seems like screen weirdness, you know? So, can you tell me the details of your screen?

I have heard of this, but I haven't heard of it being random. To start, can you do this for me? https://www.damiensymonds.net/thread1.html

I would like to echo this. Speaking as somebody who DID get locked into a system a few years ago, then left high and dry when the software upgrades dried up.

You only ever need one monitor for editing. The second monitor can be a pile of crap, it's only for emails and stuff. The Dell Ultrasharps have a great reputation. What makes you concerned about their uniformity?

It's very very important. Which monitors are you referring to?

Anything new to report?

Stephanie, for the love of God, POST YOUR PHOTOS IN CLASS BEFORE PRINTING THEM!!! These are completely awful. However, that's beside the point. Your prints and screen should match each other, period. Both the good ones and the awful ones - ALL of them should match. When you say "test prints" - were they your own photos? Or were they literally test prints that the lab provided?

Are you nuts? NO! Put the damn beer money towards taking the damn Raw Class again, and actually USE the damn thing this time. Presets! Of all the stupid shit ...

Yeah, that confuses me too.

Did you use your wretched preset again, or was it actual real editing?

I dunno, that looks more like sharpness, or simple jpeg degradation, to me. I'm not concerned about it, I don't think it's relevant.