Damien Symonds

Oh, I really like the cleaner edges of the blanket!!!!!!

It goes without saying that this is slow at first, as you're learning how to choose the right gradients for the right situations. But like anything, it will speed up with practice, and I reckon you're going to get a LOT of practice.

Yeah, I just fiddled. A bit more about gradients here.

Not painted. Never painted. Take a look at the PSD, you'll see it.

Download the PSD You'll find both the versions in that PSD. The second version is the one that's presently turned on.

All of it, of course. Hold on, I'll upload the PSD ...

Now that I've seen what you like, I've had another go:

No, I agree with you. Lamps aren't much good, I reckon. Their light is too "directional" if you know what I mean. A good overhead light that spreads evenly around the room is much better.

A great learning exercise for you.

Stunning, well done.

Yep, that's not bad at all. Well done.

Did you Alt-click on my mask, to see it clearly?

Oh gosh yes. Have you read this information about obtaining and changing colours of gradients?

Did you "cheat" and copy the exact gradient I used?

Right, that's exactly what I thought. You have to replace your background every single time. There is no other way.

Can you link me to images that other people have produced, using a cyclorama wall? Yours seriously just looks like a box.

What's a cyc?

How did you go with yours? What did you think of mine? @tracyandrade, this one is relevant to you.

It's going to be very tricky, though.

Yeah, I was afraid of that In that case, go with the "haircut" one that you did. In actual fact, the hair looks fine. What DOESN'T look fine is all the wisps left on the jacket, if you know what I mean. You'll need to clone out a lot of those, so it looks realistically like the hair is flowing neatly down her head and onto her body.

It doesn't matter. The purpose of monitor calibration is for your screen to match ALL prints - not just good ones. In fact, it could be argued that it's even more important for your screen to match your bad prints, so you can SEE if your edits are bad before you print them. Does that make sense? Don't over-think this, my friend. Just calibrate and compare.

Have you tried this?

It's not ideal, but yes, it's something you could experiment with.

Well, to be honest, it sounds like you HAVE found out that it is wide gamut. If the calibration is better, that sounds good enough to me. And that's good news - it's nice to have a W-G monitor. Just be aware of the browsing and other issues that I discussed here.