Damien Symonds

Yep, that'll do. It's your calibrator, I'm afraid. It's just too old for the modern LED screen technology. Let's face it, the Spyder 3 Express wasn't even very good in its day, and its day is long past.

Just one of those printed files you mentioned would be fine.

Ok. Can you take a screenshot for me? Showing me a photo open in Photoshop?

https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

Do they look roughly the same in both Photoshop and Windows Viewer? (Or "Photos", it might be called.)

Yep, that sounds right. Can you describe this further? In what what do they look terrible?

And do you recall the resolution of your old computer?

Great. And what is the resolution of yours? 1920x1080 like mine, or something else? (I have an ASUS ROG too, by the way, and I want to assure you you've chosen well. It's a great computer.)

Thanks. When you right-click on your desktop and choose "Display Settings", can you confirm that both of these settings are on "Recommended"? (The numbers won't necessarily be the same as mine, I'm just making sure yours are on their own recommended settings)

Hi Sabra, Was the new laptop "crunchy and contrasty" looking as soon as you started it up? Did the calibration make it better, worse, or no different?

Please answer the question. Do you mean Adobe RGB?

Then that's where you do it. ALL the noise must be removed in raw. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/07/raw-noise-removal.html

Yes indeed, that should help for a while. But be careful of your storage practices, otherwise the clutter that filled your 500GB will do the same to your 1TB.

Do you shoot raw?

All photos are RGB. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/11/colour-modes-vs-colour-spaces.html Do you mean Adobe RGB?

I'm so sorry to hear about this Do you remember how you added the watermark? I mean, did you type it manually in Photoshop, or was it done by some other program?

How did you go, @Glynda horsfall? Have you made some space on your hard drive?

Correct.

No no no, the whole lot. Raw, levels and skin. A complete clean edit.

Yep, I reckon it's a perfect candidate. Go ahead and do all your normal editing, then post it again and we'll discuss.

Please consider the class. It's really handy, and GREAT fun.

I've read that about lenses too. I have no way to confirm it myself. The "not wearing" thing is all I know, sorry.

Um ... did you mean to post this in class?

By themselves, they looked fine. But of course if your screen doesn't match your prints, nothing is fine.

Hi Regina, have you read the Layers & Masks Class yet?