Damien Symonds

Do you mean there are twenty six grid squares across, and sixteen and a half grid squares down?

Linda?

Wonderful. Let me know what you hear.

I cannot stress strongly enough the danger that lurks here. You need to find out exactly which CMYK they need. It will be the difference between lovely posters, and shit you wouldn't line a wardrobe with.

My cousin's daughter has Alopecia <3 She's so amazing.

Please read: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/05/please-be-wary-of-cmyk.html Also this: https://www.damiensymonds.net/cmyk-rgb-files-press.html Regarding file format, it will be PDF. You must read this also: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/05/making-pdfs-from-photoshop.html

Oh, there are a thousand issues to worry about here. I'm SO glad you posted. First, can you show me exactly what instructions the lab gave you? About CMYK, about resolution, about file format, about bleed ... everything.

Please please PLEASE answer the question. How many grids are there? How many inches across and down?

That's right. Each one with exactly the same settings (don't forget to look at the blend modes). Don't bother selecting first. Just start by adding the layers to the whole photo (making it all blue) then go back and mask the B/C layer later.

Let me ask the question a different way. Did you know the biggest size somebody could possibly want to print it?

Just add these layers on top of your other layers. No need to re-do anything.

Here you go: Download PSD file It's not perfect, but it's the best I can manage for Elements.

This is such a complex issue, but it boils down to this: No matter what the size or pixel dimensions or resolution, the print will only ever be as good as the poorest-quality element of it. And I can see from what you provided that the quality of some of the elements is pretty poor. This would have been an issue no matter whether you began with a 72, 240, 300, 600, 1000 or 3000 ppi file. The smallest, crappiest graphic in your collection is still the smallest and crappiest, no matter what. On screen, and in print (at any size) it will still be crappy. Am I making sense so far? Now, we could make this argument: Make the file at the same low resolution as the smallest crappiest element. Shrink all the other elements down to match it. Then, when you come to print, enlarge it all really aggressively. It'll all look terrible, but at least it will all be exactly the same amount of terrible. It'll be perfectly consistent. Or, you could do what you appear to have done - made a high resolution file, allowing the best elements to look their best, and the small crappy elements to continue to look small and crappy. This approach means everything is wildly inconsistent, but at least some parts of the image are sharp. Am I still making sense so far? I have another question for you - did you know, before you started making this, what size it would be needed to be printed?

How about this?

Thank you. Do you have reason to believe Kelly has used Puppet Warp on her photo? It seems likely that she posed the baby like that?

Please don't upload other people's photos. It's exceptionally bad manners. You definitely wouldn't like it other people were doing it with your photos. Provide a link please.

I've moved this thread into Ask Damien, since it's not a class question. Can you take the 100% crop properly? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/09/grabbing-700x700px-100-crop.html

Thanks Steve!

Hi Gail, are they photographs or scans? I mean, was the source of the files a camera, or a scanner, or something else?

Hi Taryn, if you click the "askquestions" logo at the top of the page to go "Home", then scroll down a bit, you'll find the "Angel Babies" section where you can post photos like this for me with utmost privacy.

@Paul Rogers, PLEASE post some photos in the Levels Class. Don't let your class membership waste away - make me work hard for your money. I'd love to see what you've been shooting, and help you make it as beautiful as it can be.

I urge you to consider the Channel Mixer Class. It's amazing for landscape stuff, if you want to get creative with it, and also if you do any of it in black-and-white.

I look forward to seeing.

You should find, though, that if you do let the mountainsides have some light on them, the problem will be easier to manage.

I don't have any tricks for you, sorry. When you make such aggressive edits, halos will always stalk you. You just have to be very patient with your mask corrections after the adjustments.