Damien Symonds

Oh, Bridge will change your life! It's SO important. Watch this video: https://www.damiensymonds.net/importing-video Then this one: https://www.damiensymonds.net/bridge-video And please ask any questions you wish. Bridge is awesome, and I want to help you incorporate it into your life. I look forward to hearing.

Right. Only browse your photos using Bridge. Do you use Bridge? Great. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what it looks like to anybody. The only thing that matters is that it matches its pro lab print. As long as you can trust that what you see on screen is exactly what will print, then you can change your editing any way you like.

Just to clarify, xmp files only correspond to raw files, never to psd files. Yes, of course the PSD files are fine. And so are the raw files, except that they're back to being unedited, unless you can figure out how to match them up.

Where are you viewing it to make this judgement? Remember that not all programs are colour-managed. That means, not all programs show colour correctly. Only view your images in Photoshop or Bridge, never Windows Viewer or anything like that. Likewise, only ever use Firefox for your web browsing, NEVER Chrome or Internet Explorer.

It doesn't matter, the Export window isn't colour-managed. You've fixed the colour space problem, that's all that mattered. Why are you using the Export window anyway? There's never any need for it.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html Follow that ALL the way to its conclusion.

Export it where? In what program are you viewing the exported files?

Well, that's what we need to figure out.

Great! Good lab. So, tell me how your screen differs from those prints? Is the screen too cool? Too warm? Too dark? Too bright? Too something else?

Not here.

Good.

Slowly

Oh definitely better, yes.

You can see in mine how I painted the red masks in such a way to protect their faces AND the proper bone structure of their chins.

I don't think you're using a mask in Liquify.

Hi Ashten, which pro lab are your prints from?

Yep, that's the one I needed, thanks. (PLEASE don't wait too long to take the Raw Class. This edit makes me cry a little.) Now, from that file, can you follow these instructions to show me a 100% crop? Of the problem area, I mean.

I need the SOOR - the raw editing done, but no Photoshop work. Also, you must NEVER crop. I cannot stress this enough. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/09/cropping-tutorial.html I know it's a hard habit to break, but it's SO important.

I always reply, don't worry. Just come back. However, I've changed a setting in your profile, so now you should get an email.

The lady might be ok, but I'm worried about the man. You've changed his mouth and jaw structure a bit.

Please post in the Raw Class as usual.

Don't worry, it'll be an easy fix with Levels. But let's talk about the Raw processing first. Go ahead and do your raw processing, and post in the Raw Class as usual.

Anything at all. I don't care what it is, I just want to see it, and be sure that you're doing everything perfectly.

Looks good!