Damien Symonds

Ok, great. So, first add a Channel Mixer layer, hit the "Monochrome" checkbox, then enter +100, 0, 0, 0 for the four fields. This will turn the photo black and white. Immediately invert the mask to black. Then add a Levels layer, and clip it to the Channel Mixer layer. Enter these values: Red channel 0/0.80/255 and 25/255 Green channel 0/0.80/255 and 60/255 Blue channel 40/0.55.255 and 0/255 Then return to the mask of the CM layer and gently paint over the yellow flowers. The beauty of this method is that you don't need any particular precision - just paint blobs on the areas of yellow. The only places you'll need precision are where the yellow flowers are near the legs and stuff.

Ok, cool. Is this what you wanted?

You've just changed your layer thumbnails to "none", is all. Just right-click on the little brush icon, and choose a larger thumbnail size.

Before we get to that, can I ask why there's a weird line over here?

I assume you've already checked for other photos taken at the same angle, without the tongue? For a possible mouth swap, I mean.

Filter > Pixelate > Mosaic

I wonder if you could speak directly to the printing company for advice? Ideally, you want them to give you the profiles. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/05/please-be-wary-of-cmyk.html Do you provide them with RGB or CMYK files?

There are a few aspects here, and none are good. Have you ever enquired how they calibrate their screens? Am I to assume from the wording of their correspondence that they don't run their own presses? They outsource the printing to another company?

No, I'm so sorry That's not even big enough for a 6x4 print

Oh Jennifer, I'm so sorry to hear that news! How awful. What are the pixel dimensions of the files you have?

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Yes. Millers, Mpix and MpixPro (ha, pro!) are completely useless for this reason. If you calibrate to make your screen match their too-warm prints, then you won't be aware how blue your photos will appear to everyone else online.

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No, that's exactly the right thing to do. Flattening would be catastrophic. Never flatten the layers.

Hi Lisa, I've moved this into the Lightroom section, and I hope @Christina Keddie or @Jason will be along to help shortly.

Ok, great. Now, have you tried following the troubleshooting at the end of these instructions? It's not the same version as your calibrator, but the troubleshooting should be roughly the same.

Ok, I feel it's really important to establish the connection between these two statements: And to ask you if you've read this article (particularly the very last paragraph): https://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/01/light-around-your-computer.html

But your original post indicated that you'd edited on your laptop for a length of time before you got the desktop. So did your laptop screen ever match your prints?

Great, thanks. So which screen matches your pro lab prints?

Just to clarify - we're talking about two separate computers here, right? You don't have your desktop screen plugged in to your laptop computer; you actually have a whole separate desktop computer?

Hi Melanie, Yeah, it's very very difficult. The Spyder Elite gives the best control for it, but even then it's not guaranteed by any means. Can you tell me how the screens differ in appearance?