Damien Symonds

There are a number of ways you could have done it, and yes, this is one. Looks good. I am SO glad you asked this. Lots of people never even think of it. The number of time I see an out-of-focus sky replaced with an in-focus one, it makes me sick. I can't tell from this distance whether you need to blur it or not. But if you think you do, don't ignore than instinct. Always get bigger than you need.

1. No, definitely not. 2. No, all pixel editing should be done first. Add the moon before starting levels.

No, nothing of substance has changed. Everything you learned in class is still relevant.

Yeah, that might be okay.

That's too much now

Maybe the whole thing needs to be wider?

Not quite vertical at the top left corner?

Could you do this for me? https://www.damiensymonds.net/thread1.html

Hmmm ... has anything changed with your computer since the last time you edited a raw file?

Because Adobe has a habit of changing our colour space at random times without us knowing, so we ALWAYS have to watch that field. https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

Yes, your photo needs some perspective correction in both directions.

What makes you say the lines on the building weren't accurate?

This is supposed to be on "Document Profile", remember.

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

Michelle! STOP USING FUCKING MILLERS.

Are you sure the light in your room is bright and white enough? Room lighting is the #1 cause of non-matching.

With careful swapping of detail from eye to eye, along with some cloning, yes, I'd say it's possible. VERY time-consuming, though. Are you sure it's worth it?

Hmmm ... maybe D&S would work for that too?

Once you have run the filter, immediately add a black mask to the layer to hide it all, then paint white to reveal just the areas you want.

In my culling process, I'd 4-star this one. It's good enough to use IF you really don't have any others to use from that pose. But of course if you had an equivalent 5-star, you'd ditch this one.

I guess you need to reorder prints of the exact same files you printed the first time. If they come back looking different, you'll know it's a lab problem.

Well, we need to try to figure out why your screen matches one set of prints but not the other. Can you think of any tiny reason why they might be different?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/askdamien/posts/4143619009031601

Oh shit. Never calibrate to D50. You did the right thing by calibrating to 6500K. That's terrible advice. Better try a new lab.