Damien Symonds

Yes.

No, you posted it in Help with Editing again. Post it in the Raw Class posting area please.

You should probably try them all, except the "Dynamic" one - that must be avoided at all costs. But in my experience with Samsungs, Standard is usually best.

Not here. In the Raw Class please.

Oh, what are you studying?

First things first, have you checked the colour space?

Exactly as per the graph in the link I gave you. 8x12 at most (print). Or 16x24 on canvas.

@Glynda horsfall?

How did you go?

Good. This is my raindrop fix. Whether it's better that your Levels one remains to be seen, but I'm sure it will be easier. First, add a dodge and burn layer. Don't do anything on it at the moment. Then add a Channel Mixer layer. Enter these values: Red 0, 0, +111, -17 Green 0, 0, +115, -17 Blue 0, 0, +100, 0 Mask that on to the shirt very carefully. Overall it will change the tones of the shirt slightly, but nothing to worry about. Then return to the D&B layer, and paint very low opacity white to dodge any spots that are still troublesome after the Channel Mixer adjustment.

Fortunately the rain fix and the moire fix (if necessary) are independent of each other, so there's no particular order that you rigidly must do them in. Once you've fixed the colour space problem, we'll begin by discussing the rain fix; then we can talk about moire if it arises.

The pattern on this shirt is going to be trouble. Not because of the rain, but because of moire. Have you noticed any? How many photos do you have of this young man in this shirt?

The colour doesn't matter a bit, but the focus matters a LOT. They'll need to be razor sharp. And they'll need NO cropping whatsoever. She's right. At what resolution? The resolution is important. No, that's complete nonsense.

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

Oh gee Jen, you have a much more serious problem than some raindrops. Please follow this ALL the way to the end: https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

Heck, don't worry about beer. Just hurry up with a few more posts so you can join the Skin Class.

Great!

So I think this method will work. Using it, I ended up with these white slider values for the first one: R 235 G 200 B 155 And for the second one, these white slider values: R 215 G 185 B 140 In both cases, the masking should be mainly ok with a 100% brush, but then a little bit of 10% work will be necessary to blend it nicely.

Great! Then that's all you can do. Explain to him that jpeg compression works very efficiently on photos that have areas of broad flat colour; so the sky (and to some degree the water) in this photo are the reason that the file isn't larger. Assure him that the quality is exquisite, and that he can safely print it as large as a house if he desires.

Flatten it and save it as a jpeg, do you mean?

Great

Was it this one? https://www.damiensymonds.net/workspace-video

That's great. So, while at work in good light, follow the troubleshooting part of my calibration instructions to correct the problem. And of course take steps to fix your lighting at home.

How about your light? Could it be the problem?