Damien Symonds

Well, here's one: https://www.facebook.com/groups/askdamien/posts/3170551753005003/ Brian has also written here: https://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/33183-setting-up-photohop/

No, sorry. Number 5: https://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/106-read-this-first-posting-guidelines-and-featured-threads/

You're right, I have no idea, sorry. To reset preferences, go to Preferences>General, and hit the "Reset Preferences on Quit" button.

Yep, that's right.

Edit>Preferences>Camera Raw. Under "Workflow".

You know this is wrong, right?

No idea, sorry. You might need to reset preferences?

As long as you shot raw, then yes.

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

Playing with graphics card settings is definitely not ideal, but yes, it might be necessary I suppose. After adjusting, you'd need to recalibrate.

Then that would seem to suggest that your screen is still too bright?

The skintones have whiter highlights on screen, do you mean?

Thanks. Are any of them particularly problematic, or are they all showing fairly consistent differences between screen and print?

Can you show me the print files you're comparing?

You adjust the brightness ON YOUR MONITOR. Using the buttons.

The fact that you're trying to use Windows 11 to adjust the brightness makes me think that you're not follow the right instructions? These are the instructions you need: https://www.damiensymonds.net/cal_S5X_pc.html

Which Datacolor device do you have?

I'm so sorry Cathy, this is beyond my skill. I don't know how to do it.

Oh boy! I've never had a question like this before! May I see them up close?

This can't possibly be the right white balance. Her hair is kinda purple. There's a white truck in the distance (right-hand side of the photo) which you can use for white balance.

Ok, go ahead and adjust the mask a bit. (And remove the mask completely from the Color layer.

Is there moire in the shadow area down the left-hand side? Is that why you included that area?

Okay, may I have a 100% crop from the chest area too?

Is the moire all over her shirt? I thought it was only on the lower right quadrant?

You don't need to mask the Color layer!