Damien Symonds

The photo you've just posted has the sRGB profile assigned just fine. In Bridge, go to Edit>Camera Raw Preferences. Do you have this one chosen? https://www.damiensymonds.net/wp-content/uploads/blogger/_FCAHAtBdVFY/S9uus-UP6_I/AAAAAAAAAMg/BbKDmekAxD4/s400/ACR2.gif

Oh Adrienne, your photo makes me cry. PLEASE don't wait too long to take the raw class. Yes, the colour is replaced with the nearest printable colour, but the colour isn't really the problem. It's the SHAPE. The clipped area loses all shape and detail, and ends up just as a flat area of colour.

Exactly as you said. Is this the troubleshooter you're following? https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs2.html

It's not about the clipping, it's about the data quality. ProPhoto is such a huge colour space, which means the available data has to be stretched out over a huge gamut. In 8-bit, it's just not enough data - there's banding. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/09/bit-depth-explained-by-cake.html

Regarding the trees, a Levels layer and move the middle slider on the red channel to the right. Regarding the drama, the time has come: https://www.damiensymonds.net/channel-mixer-class

A little bit of motion blur, so it's not perfect. But yes, it'll pass.

Wonderful news!

Ok, first things first. Do this. Also, this.

None of that stuff matters, don't worry. The big difference, as I've already said, is that you have Bridge now. Concentrate on learning that.

And Bridge?

The bolded part is the issue. Not all viewers are colour-managed, you see. Only ever use Bridge for browsing on your computer, and only ever use Firefox for browsing on the internet.

Oh, ok, good. I was going to express disappointment about your raw processing Yes, the focus is quite acceptable. Yes, I think it's feasible, but VERY difficult. You'd need to allow an hour or two, I reckon. Unless you happen to have any other photos taken at the same angle, without the little guy there? Or at least with him in a different position?

Did you shoot this one in raw format?

@Summer Michelle?

@margaretbonson?

How did you go?

@Aubrey?

No, prints are never too dark. It means your screen is too bright.

This is not a new problem. Chrome has always been shit. I'm not sure why you haven't noticed it before? Some housekeeping - are you happy with your monitor calibration? Does Photoshop match your pro lab prints?

Yep, great. I can see the box is checked, so that's good. Let me know how Firefox goes. I can see in your profile that you use a laptop, and calibrate with an X-Rite. Do you only use the laptop screen, or do you also have a desktop screen plugged into it?

The two screenshots I posted there are from the "Save As" and "Save for web and devices" windows in Photoshop. How do you save your photos for web?

Go to the Window menu and open the History panel. It gives you your last few steps, so you can go back. You should have been doing the same in Elements, by the way. In Elements, it's called the "Undo History" panel.

When you say online, is it everywhere? In particular, how do they look on Facebook? When you're saving for web, have you double-checked that you're embedding the profile? I can see that you're using Chrome, which is part of the problem for sure. Firefox is the only browser to use.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/09/grabbing-700x700px-100-crop.html

The link to instructions is in that post.