Damien Symonds

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Hi Sweer, yes, 52% is definitely small. I'm very surprised to hear such screens are still being made. How old is the laptop? 74% is on the small-ish side, but I rocked a mid-70s screen for quite a few years, and it really didn't hold me back. It might trouble you for floral photos, or sunrises and sunsets, but from your question, it sounds like you might be indoors? The 74 would be ok; but of course if the 92 is going to come back into stock soon, and you can wait long enough, it would be better. Your wording of this question concerns me - it sounds as though you consider calibration optional. It is NOT optional. No matter what computer or screen you have, if you intend to work professionally, you must be calibrated. Therefore, your first step MUST be the purchase of the calibrator. Even the 52 screen you presently have will be a LOT better with calibration. Your assessment is correct here. External screen is the best option for quality, but completely impractical for dragging along to events. https://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/07/buying-mac-or-pc.html

Did you try it?

Sandy?

How are the prints, @flor?

@haddoxmom?

@Julie K?

Don't just give them that bad news cold. As I said, accompany it with a version of the photo with the flyaways fixed. That will appease them a bit.

I doubt it. Cloning would present the same problem of blurring, possibly worse.

Well, you could try a bit of very gentle and very patient Liquifying. But the trouble is, Liquifying softens fine detail a bit. If you'd shot this in such a way (eg very shallow DOF) that the hair was slightly out of focus, I'd have a lot more faith in the Liquify approach. But I reckon you've nailed that hair in pretty good focus, yes? In that case, Liquify presents a big risk of blurring it noticeably. To be honest, I'd clean up the flyaways nicely, and tell that that's all you can do. Let's face it, this is a stupid request. You can't be expected to accommodate every stupid request that comes along.

@mlchristy?

@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?

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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?

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