Damien Symonds

Yes, the Graphics Processor was going to be my suggestion too.

Can you do this for me?

8 hours ago, Nems said:

Hi Damien - I am doing your sharpening course but I just need to check my colourspace in  ACR.  It currently says ' Adobe RGB (1998) but do I need to change this to sRGB IEC6 1966 2.1?

Yes, definitely.  Everything must be set to sRGB.

8 hours ago, Nems said:

Also I am trying to open up a RAW file from Bridge to Ps - I did a basic edit in ACR and clicked open thinking it would take me to Ps but it's not allowing me to - I am literally stuck in Bridge - got a heap of editing to do but I can't go any further.

That's weird.  You mean it does absolutely nothing when you click the "Open Image" button?

1 hour ago, DomGlazier said:

here's another example....I hope my raw work is up to par... 

I don't have a solution for this photo at all, sorry. The background behind the hair is just too varied.

1 hour ago, DomGlazier said:

Hi Damien, it's been awhile since I've taken the raw class or even asked a question. So here I am. My brain is mush (I just had a baby) but could you tell me how to replace the background in my families pictures I have a handful of these where my background isn't enough and I would just like to extend it. 

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.

1 minute ago, rswannabe said:

HOLY SHIT!!! I think I finally got it! I contacted Datacolor and they had me reset to factory, which I thought I had already done and a few other things. Anyway, at the end of calibration, it looked much better, but still a bit bright. But, now my brightness is at 30 and it's pretty damn close. Now maybe I can get some motivation to edit again! Thank you for sticking with me.

Hooray!!!!

1 minute ago, rswannabe said:

As an aside, now that you're back on FB, are general questions prefered there, or here since I'm a premium member?

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:

10 minutes ago, SueR said:

For this one ...

10 minutes ago, SueR said:

My only question is photo 2 and 4 - 2 still says RGB at the top left and photo 4 say don't color manage this document (is that correct?).

... 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/