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Everything posted by Damien Symonds
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removing watermark... for a good cause
Damien Symonds replied to diamante67's topic in Help with editing
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? -
File size
Damien Symonds replied to Glynda horsfall's topic in Photoshop / Elements / Bridge / ACR questions or problems
How did you go, @Glynda horsfall? Have you made some space on your hard drive? -
Red skin tutorials
Damien Symonds replied to Sue Morris's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
Correct. -
Window Light
Damien Symonds replied to S. Roberts's topic in How to achieve a certain look or effect
No no no, the whole lot. Raw, levels and skin. A complete clean edit. -
Window Light
Damien Symonds replied to S. Roberts's topic in How to achieve a certain look or effect
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.
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I've read that about lenses too. I have no way to confirm it myself. The "not wearing" thing is all I know, sorry.
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Um ... did you mean to post this in class?
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HELP REQUIRED
Damien Symonds replied to Miriam H's topic in Monitor calibration questions or problems
By themselves, they looked fine. But of course if your screen doesn't match your prints, nothing is fine. -
Shift while using brush
Damien Symonds replied to FlawlessFacesAndPhotos's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
Hi Regina, have you read the Layers & Masks Class yet? -
Red skin tutorials
Damien Symonds replied to Sue Morris's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
I explained it just below the second image in the article. -
Red skin tutorials
Damien Symonds replied to Sue Morris's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
Sorry, does what cover what all? -
Red skin tutorials
Damien Symonds replied to Sue Morris's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
Glowy, of course. You know what glowy means from the skin class. -
Red skin tutorials
Damien Symonds replied to Sue Morris's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
Oh! But these aren't hot areas, are they? I mean, they're just a bit more discoloured than the surrounding areas. -
Thanks for reposting. Sorry about my delayed reply. Do you see how, as well as the colour striping of the moire, the shirt also has some thin stripes of detail, only in some places, of the shirt texture? I know that's real and everything, but I'm afraid we need to get rid of it as well, because it's likely to cause you problems later, when printing. The re-processing of the raw file reduced the problem somewhat, but it didn't remove it entirely as I'd hoped. So we'll have to do this in a two-step process. First you'll duplicate the Background layer, and run Filter>Noise>Despeckle. This should get rid of that thin stripy detail (and will also make lots of other detail in the photo blurry, but don't worry about that for now). Above that, add this Channel Mixer layer: R 0, +100, 0, -10 G 0, +100, 0, 0 B 0, +100, 0, +19 Then clip that CM layer to the Despeckled layer beneath it. Then add a black mask to the Despeckled layer. Then carefully paint onto the shirt (don't include the buttons!). The end result should be a smooth blue shirt, no texture or moire.
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You're a premium member, remember? You post in the Premium area.
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Oh, this one is nasty. Can we discuss this in the Raw Class briefly?
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Red skin tutorials
Damien Symonds replied to Sue Morris's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
I don't know where you got the -50 saturation thing from, sorry. -
Mastin Lab Look
Damien Symonds replied to grnsun85's topic in How to achieve a certain look or effect
Oh, no, lots can. Curves and Brightness/Contrast can do it with their actual functions, or simply by leaving their functions untouched and changing their blend mode. And lots of others can do it with the blend mode. Exposure, Vibrance, Color Balance, Channel Mixer, Selective Color. The ones that can't are ones that automatically apply some change to the photo's appearance. Photo Filter and Black And White. Gradient Map can also do it, but it's a bit different. -
HELP REQUIRED
Damien Symonds replied to Miriam H's topic in Monitor calibration questions or problems
Ok, so your screen is cooler than your prints. Follow the troubleshooting part of my calibration instructions with that in mind. -
HELP REQUIRED
Damien Symonds replied to Miriam H's topic in Monitor calibration questions or problems
Ignore this. If you mention it again, I'm walking away from this thread. IT IS IRRELEVANT. This certainly does sound strange, but we'll come back to it later, once we've fixed the colour. Green is the exact opposite colour of pink. So if pictures are missing green, it means they're pink. So on that basis, it sounds like Photoshop matches your prints exactly. But clearly this isn't the case, so please explain this colour difference again. -
HELP REQUIRED
Damien Symonds replied to Miriam H's topic in Monitor calibration questions or problems
Terrific. So, complete this sentence for me: "My screen is __________ (warmer/cooler) than my prints". -
Yes, of course. That's what it's all about.
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No, you did it wrong. Read my numbers again. The swirls WILL disappear.