Damien Symonds

At first glance, the two photos you've chosen do look like good donors for each other. The trouble is, you can't swap then enlarge - the swapped bit gets blurry. So you can swap from the first to second photo, but not from second to first. The only way you could swap from 2nd to 1st is if you were prepared to add fake background blur to the whole photo afterwards, to disguise the issue, you know?

Ok, great. I'm sorry to say you might need to completely uninstall then reinstall the Spyder software, then run the calibration as if you're doing it for the first time. Spyders can be a bit temperamental like this.

Great. And are you comparing those same prints now?

Did you have a good screen-to-print match after calibration in January?

If you mean Photoshop edits, I discussed it a bit here: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/07/photoshops-arrange-functions.html

Are you referring to raw edits, or Photoshop edits?

Hi Kate, Find an example and post this question in the "How to ..." section. Make sure you read the posting guidelines of that section before starting your thread. All of my classes are for 12 months at a time. So it expires one year from when you signed up. I'll send you a reminder email at the 11-month mark. More than a couple!!! That's the whole point of Deluxe membership. I would hope that you'd post dozens, even hundreds, of photos for me. Apply for your upgrade here. Please read the class again. This is all covered. Please read BOTH classes again. It's very clear. I'm so sorry, this is beyond my experience.

Of course the focus isn't perfect. But you did remarkably well to get the focus as good as this, given that he was coming towards you. I think this will be ok to use. It should sharpen up sufficiently. Do NOT print it until you've taken the Sharpening Class. https://www.facebook.com/damien.photoshop/photos/a.183682458346830.39021.183680248347051/1725233547525039/?type=3&theater

Just hit Ctrl - (minus key) a few times, the same as in Photoshop itself.

I've moved this post into the "Focus checks" section. Please read the posting guidelines then furnish me with the crop and info I need.

Did you do this, @Glynda horsfall?

I'm so sorry, I don't know. My vague googling is suggesting resetting Bridge's preferences, so maybe try that.

That drop-down is not new. It's just moved, that's all. My advice remains the same: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/02/camera-calibration-tab-in-acr.html

???

How are you going with this, @Kim C.?

Laptop, wide gamut. I assume White LED, so try that first. Your calibrator might be too old for this screen, though. It might give you weird results. Anyway, go ahead and try, and see what happens.

The one on the right looks worse? That's true, but only in one specific instance - a PNG file of less than 1MB on a biz page. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/07/mangled-watermarks-on-facebook.html

Oh, right

Yes, definitely needs to be blurred. And it's a little too dark.

I just tried mine again - still no luck.

I spoke too soon. The update download progress bar got all the way to 100%, but then it told me it wasn't able to download, and that I should try again later.

Well ... because you don't need a copy, of course. You're just editing your photo. PLEASE read: https://www.damiensymonds.net/examining-the-complexities-of-an-acr-workflow.html And PLEASE do: https://www.damiensymonds.net/bridge-30-day-challenge

But yes, if there are updates and you haven't (or haven't been able to) installed them yet, that will account for the issue.

I just checked - I'm able to download an update for my CS5 Bridge ok.

Read it again. And again, and again, and again. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2014/06/the-wide-gamut-myth.html