Damien Symonds

Ok, let me know when you've got the calibration problems sorted out.

This is my hasty play with the method described above:

Regarding the darkening, I guess there would be a million ways of doing it. I suggest trying this: Add a Gradient Map layer, plain black-to-white. Clip it to the kids layer. This will mean they're in black-and-white, but the city is still in colour. Change the GM layer's blend mode to "Multiply". This will turn them back to colour, but a lot darker. Paint low-opacity black on the mask of the GM layer, to return some of the original brightness where you want the light to be striking the kids. Then add a black Solid Color layer, and also clip it to the layers below. Invert its mask to hide it. Paint with low-opacity white where you want the kids to be darkened.

Oh crap, your city photo is still Adobe RGB.

Ok, adjust to fix that as you re-process the raw file. Then, could you post the two photos (city and kids) separately for me so I can experiment with the darkening you need?

Ok, but the calibration you've just done has had a different outcome, yes? Because you said it no longer matches your prints? That being the case, do you know what has changed with this calibration?

Great. And is that cape still safe? Not clipped?

Yes, jpeg is what you need to upload a photo to the internet. That's not in question.

Calibrate every four weeks? To a print-matching result?

Yes, that problem. Follow the troubleshooter all the way to its conclusion.

I'm not concerned about how you saved it. I'm concerned how you edited it.

Ok, see what you think of this Levels layer: Red 0/0.75/255 and 75/255 Green 0/0.90/255 and 45/255 Blue 0/1.15/255 and 25/255

First, fix this problem.

Ok, so THAT is what we need to be talking about. What make/model of screen do you have, and how old is it? How old is your ColorMunki?

No, it's DEFINITELY not.

Hi Glynda, I'll need to see it up close. Go ahead and do your raw processing, then post a 100% crop for me.

No, don't worry about it.

By what basis are you making that judgement? The only correct basis is pro lab prints against Photoshop.

Ok, thanks. Let me know when you've recalibrated.

It's asking me for my email address?

Because my initial suspicion would be that you don't have your External Editing settings correct: https://www.damiensymonds.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/LR-sRGB-04.png

Also, this one: https://www.damiensymonds.net/color-space-settings-for-the-lightroom-user.html

Are you able to provide me with these two links?

Hi Pam, before we start exploring all the aspects of this, have you read this article?

You've followed Points 1-3 of the posting guidelines just right. Have you explored Point 5? Unfortunately, you're a long way from the mark of Point 4, at least on your first photo. Please revisit. In the second photo, your cloning job is really obvious. You need to revisit that and prevent the repeated patterns. Speaking of cloning, that will be the very first aspect of these edits. Of course, it's better to get the blurry backgrounds in camera, but we can see that even Ms Reeves herself hasn't been able to do that. Ironically, her background blur jobs are bloody awful, because she hasn't followed this method.