Damien Symonds

Not crazy at all. Thousands and thousands of people make the same mistake as you. Apple are great at marketing, not so great at making screens. Edit on the 24" one, and use the 27" one for panels, email, etc.

The important question is, does either screen match your pro lab prints?

Hi Karen, is the 24" one running from the 27" computer? It's not attached to a different computer? This is very common, I'm afraid, and pretty much un-fix-able when you have poor-quality screens like these. Which Spyder do you have?

Can we clarify one more time? These images (the 1100x850 ones) aren't the ones you're letting the clients download, are they?

Yeah, maybe better change it to the size we've been working on, eh?

Still a little inconsistent, but enormously improved from the older ones.

I'd prefer to see a few more raw images first.

Yeah, thanks. I just spotted that for somebody else yesterday.

By the way, I used a 3% brush for that. I wouldn't advise going any higher. It'll get really blotchy really fast.

That's right, if it was really smooth, you can use the clone or healing tools. Or heck, even just blur it.

(You forgot the colour noise removal.) Ok, that's pretty pronounced texture, so you'll have to do it the hard way. Very slow and patient dodge and burn. Download PSD

Well, it might depend on how textured the fabric is. May I see a 100% crop from the area?

Yes, exactly as I expected. The raw processing is good for the most part, but they have that half-done look to them, because you literally have only half-edited them. The Levels Class is going to blow your mind.

Oh no! You didn't need to do that! I wish you'd asked me. All calibrator software is available for download from the manufacturer's website. Even if you DID have a CD drive, you still wouldn't have used the disk, because the software on it is always out of date by the time it reaches you. Of course.

I'd rather see your broader portfolio.

One year from now you'll look back and cry at the rubbish you were giving clients. It's painful, but it's part of the journey. You're going to love stepping above the level of those Lightroom "professionals" and producing images to be proud of.

I'm so pleased you have taken the first step out of that mire. Bridge now. Photoshop next.

No. There is no photo in the world that is perfect with only raw editing. Yes, and their work is shit.

255/220/0

Because the video is made for people who do things PROPERLY. You're not supposed to give clients photos you've only edited in raw, Margaret. It's terrible. After you've finished this job you're working on, PLEASE don't take any more clients until you've actually learned how to edit. The editing workflow is this: Raw editing Photoshop editing with Levels etc Save your PSD master file THEN output.

No, not DONE. Edit them in ACR and press OPEN. Once they're all open in Photoshop, do the cropping and run Image Processor, per the video.

No no no no no no no no no. DO NOT SAVE THOSE JPEG FILES! Just use the "Open" button in ACR to open all of the files into Photoshop.

Well, there are several ways it could be done, but we might as well go for the easiest. A "Solid Color" adjustment layer of yellow colour, then another one above it of white. Both on "Screen" blend mode, and both start completely hidden with black masks. Then with a low-opacity brush (I used 20% and it seemed to work well) gradually dab on the yellow layer first to create that glow. I kept the brush in the same place, and just varied the size of it - started big then got smaller, so it got more intensely yellow towards the centre, if you know what I mean. Then the same, but smaller of course, on the white layer. It'll probably take you a few tries to get it just how you like it. Don't be ashamed of that, I had to do it too. Several times I returned the mask to black and started again.

Try Channel Mixer: R 0, 0, +100, +55 G 0, 0, +100, -5 B 0, 0, +100, 0 Then tidy up a bit with Handyman.

Have you read this? It's REALLY important. Then this.