Damien Symonds

I'm really worried about you messing with the screen's contrast setting. That should remain at the factory default setting.

No, don't wait. Please calibrate now. If you wait until nightfall to calibrate, you won't be able to check the result until tomorrow.

Did that work, @sla453?

Hang on, what do you mean by this? Adjust it how?

That's fine for now. Go ahead with calibration.

Don't keep me in suspense, @Jamie Brown! How did the sample print turn out?

Any updates on this, @Iva?

Hmmm, I see. Smaller, but still big enough to be visible. I understand your concerns. I fear it's because it's simply too small. It's just so fiddly to work at the individual pixel level, you know? And none of the blur options work well at such a fine detail level. Do you have any where the logo is bigger in frame?

Wow, ok. And so that we can keep a level of realism in this conversation, how big is the logo going to be when the photo is eventually put on the website?

No, if you could take it like this, I'd be very grateful.

Ok, I understand now. The photo you showed me above (with the blue arrow drawn on it) - is it a 100% crop?

Well, what I really want to know is - do you WANT that many catchlights on the logo? Or do you intend/desire to edit some of them out?

Yeah, nah, sorry. It's too obvious that the focus is far behind the roo.

You LIKE that? Gosh. Well, yes, I'd say resetting. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/09/resetting-tools.html

Please may I see what you came up with?

How many lights did you use?

Oh, yay!

How weird, eh? What happens if you double-click on this top bar here? Does it make the Photoshop window smaller on screen?

Are all other programs ok? How about Bridge?

Well gosh, isn't this more than a Photoshop problem? Where's your taskbar and Start Menu? They should be down the bottom of your screen.

May I see the whole of your screen in your screenshot?

The first thing to try is going to Window>Workspace>Reset [name of your workspace].

Yes, that's very common for all screens before they've been calibrated. Don't worry, the calibration process will guide you.

You're right, calibration is best done in dim light. But editing must be done in lovely light light. That means your screen's brightness is much too high. But don't worry, the Spyder calibration process will take care of that.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No no no no no no no no no. You must work in good bright light.