Damien Symonds

Ok, that all looks fine. I'm running out of ideas. What about in the "Refine Edge" window (button in Options Bar)? Anything fishy there?

Ok, I need you to go to Edit>Preferences>Performance, and show me a screenshot of that screen.

Also, could you do this for me?

Anything further to report, @Jamie Brown?

Have you finished reading the class, @dwalker_23?

How did you go with this, @Ella Heath?

Are you still there, @Anthony Glick?

They must be back at school by now, @Stacey Sedgman?

Are you still there, @Zisi Kirzner?

Are you still there, @MacMama80?

May I see the whole screenshot? So I can see your layers panel and options bar and stuff as well?

Download PSD

It's definitely possible. But it would take hours and hours.

This took me AGES to do just one, AND it's the easiest one, AND it's not very good.

I'm so sorry mate, I don't have any "tricks" here. It would just need to be incredibly painstaking painting.

Oh boy, that's not going to be easy. May I see 100% crops of a couple of the gaps?

Hi @Zisi Kirzner, this sure does sound weird. You have an iMac, is that correct? Which Spyder do you have? Which print lab do you use?

Good. Now, for the clouds ... go back to your Background layer and duplicate it. Immediately desaturate it (Ctrl Shift U). Then change its blend mode to "Overlay". Then go to Filter>Other>High Pass. Start with the slider at minimum, and slowly take it up, and find a spot you like.

Yes, that's right. And really, that's much too tiny. On all modern screens, that'll be weirdly small. It'll make people think there's a problem with your files, you know? Can you tell me a bit more about your situation? For what purpose are you saving these files?

No, this is a misunderstanding. The file size in KB is irrelevant. Only the pixel dimensions matter. What pixel dimensions are you preparing the files at?

Oh, just add a Solid Color layer of the colour you want, as vivid as you can make it (eg vivid purple) and put it on Color blend mode. Then just paint it on at very low opacity where you want it. Likewise, a layer for cyan/green.

Can you identify which layer removed the sunset colour?

It seems a bit too light in the centre area?

Regarding the sizing, just use your Crop Tool as normal. Set it to 12" x 12" in the Options bar, with the Resolution at 300ppi. Then crop.

No, the original isn't noisy at all. What you're seeing is jpeg damage (of course)