Damien Symonds

@kkvogelfamily12, are you still there?

Six. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/02/printing-big.html https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_enlarge.html https://www.damiensymonds.net/2014/03/how-aggressively-can-i-crop.html https://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/10/noise-reduction-and-sharpening-leap-of.html

Yep, so maybe start with a bit of Handyman now?

Press Q

No, you've changed the shape of her jaw.

What about the hair side? I provided these two images so you could flick between them and see exactly the difference I made.

Gosh no, mine is a lot further than yours.

Weren't game to take it as far as I did?

These are questions you'll have to answer yourself, sorry. I don't know her, to know how skinny she "should" be. If you were going to work on the double chin, it would just be handyman method.

I've moved this into AD, because it's not a class question. I think Liquify will do fine: Of course I used the mask in Liquify to make sure nothing was moved that shouldn't be:

What don't you like about it? May I see?

Looks excellent.

The short answer is "no". You'll never get them to match exactly, or even well. What make/model is the second monitor? Also, can you remind me which Spyder you have?

Download the PSD

Ok, so does either of those two do it for you? I hope you understand that her photo has far fewer bright areas than yours, so the look won't be quite the same.

A lighter feel?? Are we looking at the same photo? Anyway, it's no problem to lighten it, of course. I don't know what you mean about cheering it up, sorry. Maybe less of the sepia undertone, and more of the original colour coming through?

Is this something like?

Lots of people have the same confidence issues, don't worry

This is good. Spectacularly good, in fact.

No, that's not the line tool. Click and hold on the tool in the toolbar, and you'll get a little flyout with all the tool varieties.

What is the "weight" of the line tool in the Options Bar? 2-4 pixels should be plenty.

No, that's the rectangle shape! Click and hold on the tool to get the line tool.

Turn off all the adjustment layers, so that only "Layer 7" and below are turned on. Make sure Layer 7 is still selected, and hit Cmd Opt Shift E to create a new merged layer. Convert that to a smart object. Make a new blank layer above that, and draw a line (using the Line Tool (U)) where the skirting board should go. Select the merged layer again, Cmd T to get the transform handles, and Option-click at the exact point where the skirting board bends, to put the centre marker there. Then rotate to line the skirting board up to the line you drew. Delete the line layer Mask the rotated layer. Turn all the adjustment layers back on.

Which layer has the extended skirting board on it?

Gosh no. May I see your layers panel?