Damien Symonds

Oh, I'm so sorry, I meant a screenshot showing your whole screen.  So I can see your toolbar and your layers panel and everything.

Hi @bmarthab, could you show me a screenshot of how it looks so far?

Blimey.

Try editing a set at 60, and get some more prints and see how they look.

Thanks @Meggsiek!

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/07/raw-noise-removal.html

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/10/noise-reduction-and-sharpening-leap-of.html

Yep, Standard LED for both.

Thanks, I've just emailed you regarding the Raw Class.

6 minutes ago, Kellie W said:

I assume that this decision is made on the raw unedited file before editing? (Don't actually crop just make the decision because once you add layers you add pixels?)

Yes, I think so too.

5 minutes ago, Kellie W said:

Or am I confusing pixels and file size bytes?

I don't understand the question, sorry.

Ok, so if you cropped a landscape to portrait, you should still be safe?

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2014/03/how-aggressively-can-i-crop.html

Remind me how many megapixels your camera shoots?

4 minutes ago, Jana B said:

it was either 54 or 81

It sounds like you're using the keyboard buttons to adjust brightness?  DO NOT do that.  Use the slider.

Darn.  Ok, then you'd better calibrate with a slightly lower brightness

How's the daytime match now?

@Michelle Lynn Photos have you ordered those prints yet?

13 minutes ago, Alley said:

I can't figure out how to even open the link you sent me

It's a PSD file.  It opens in Photoshop.  Which version of Photoshop do you have?

How did you go, @Alley?

@gelz?

Here's the PSD file so you can see how it's done: https://max.mailbigfile.com/9ea53b984f07cbd8f271a5edff79935f/listFiles.php

Liquify is really easy, I promise.  I encourage you to do this: https://www.damiensymonds.net/liquify-video/

In this particular case, some masking will be required afterwards.  Do you know how to do layer masking?

Yeah, this is a very simple matter of liquify.  Have you used it before?

That's what I think too.

So may I see a crop of the photo showing her whole torso?  I need to see if it's possible to liquify her shirt a bit.

Hi @Alley, there would be two different approaches, I think.

1. Leave the shirt exactly where it is, and just remove the visible part of the nipple and pretend that her nipple is in a different position on her breast.
2. Leave the nipple where it is but move the shirt over to cover it.

Which one would you prefer?

No, sorry

Screenshot please.

2 hours ago, Jana B said:

So I wonder now, do you find that photo of my boy that I attached above underexposed?

A little underexposed, yes.

2 hours ago, Jana B said:

Am I underexposing because of not having correct light around my computer? Is that the reason why the prints came out dark?

Absolutely.  Your screen is too bright, which is making your brain think it's ok to leave your photos too dark.