Damien Symonds

Yeah, the carpet will be masking, I think.

You'll probably need to take the Scale above 100%, I figure?

Right.

What did you end up doing with this?

Don't get confused by the term "Scratch Disk". It's not some mysterious extra hard drive hidden on your computer. It simply refers to the amount of free space on your hard drive; and it sounds very much like you don't have enough free space.

Please answer my question. How much free space have you cleared off your internal hard drive?

Please stop posting new threads about the same old issues. Have you cleared some space off your hard drive yet? How much space is free now?

No, there should be almost no careful masking necessary. Next, a darker radial gradient on the left side to match the colour of the wall there.

Yes, I think so.

Yeah, that's definitely true!

Just a little bit strange at the very top? (over on the left-hand side).

Right. So that's why you don't want to convert file to PSD unnecessarily. Stick with "original". To help me sleep better tonight, can you please do this check?

How did you go?

Have you observed that the PSD files are smaller, or bigger, than their source raw files?

I would think original. I see no reason to force files to be something other than they are.

What did you end up doing about this?

Ah, it's pretty easy. Just make sure you work at low opacity (I used 5%) and take your time. It's not a fast process.

Have you used liquify and D&B before?

A bit of Liquify, then some dodge and burn: Download PSD It's not perfect, but an improvement, I think?

I can't answer that here. PLEASE consider upgrading to Deluxe to get my mentoring. It's only $17. Now can you post a 100% crop of the lady's side?

Well, not perfectly smooth, but yes, I think we could improve it. Go ahead and do your raw processing, then post it again and we'll talk about our options.

That was actually one of the very last layers I added. After all the gradient ones, I went back and put that in there, then fiddled with the sliders to make the area match the new background.

Yep!

You sure do. Don't go back and redo any of that pixel stuff. If you can help it.

There aren't any adjustment layers in your screenshot. Still confused.