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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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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. -
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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. -
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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.
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Channel Mixer layer: R 0, +82, 0, 0 G 0, +100, 0, 0 B 0, +100, 0, +9 Today is the last day of the January Special, so I urge you to jump on board the Channel Mixer Class.
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The first step is always to look at the problem. May I do so?
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Red skin tutorials
Damien Symonds replied to Sue Morris's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
Since this colouring is not at all bad, I would just use a version of the Handyman method. Download PSD -
HELP REQUIRED
Damien Symonds replied to Miriam H's topic in Monitor calibration questions or problems
Let me answer this one first. Windows Photo Viewer isn't colour-managed, so it will never be correct. Photoshop is the only one which is correct. Which calibrator did you buy? The X-Rite i1Display Pro that you were looking into? -
Red skin tutorials
Damien Symonds replied to Sue Morris's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
Are you editing this photo for somebody else? -
Red skin tutorials
Damien Symonds replied to Sue Morris's topic in Questions about tutorials and articles
@Sue Morris? -
Did you try it?
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How did you go?
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Hi Haylee, may I see how it looked before adding the sky?
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Adobe Camera RAW toolbar
Damien Symonds replied to FlawlessFacesAndPhotos's topic in Help with editing
Yes, of course PS. But you're doing the right thing here. Do your raw processing first, then press "Open" to take the photo into Photoshop, and then start the editing. -
How did you go, @Kendra? Did you move Bridge's cache to a different drive?
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Mastin Lab Look
Damien Symonds replied to grnsun85's topic in How to achieve a certain look or effect
Oh, I hate it! Well done