Damien Symonds

@Melly?

Hi rose-anne, All images are RGB. Which flavour of RGB do you mean? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/11/colour-modes-vs-colour-spaces.html No, there is no benefit to doing so. It would only chew up your time. Cropping should not be necessary. You would simply resize. No, I can't think of any reason why it would make any difference. Your description all sounds right to me. I'm curious what you meant, though, by "combining two images". Do you mean a photo, plus the text? Will these prints be for commercial sale? Are you printing them on your own printer, or through a lab?

I always consider PDFs really awful for this. They always end up MUCH bigger (in file size) that you anticipate or want, and that makes them unwieldy to email. Worse, you can't control the zoom level that they open at on your client's screen, so the images NEVER look their best - they're usually blown up beyond 100% and therefore look blurry. Much better, in my opinion, to create a private web page, then provide them with a link to it.

Bummer. Ok, so much for the workaround. Let's go back to the original problem. Have you tried (for testing purposes) using the "PDF Presentation" function with any completely different files?

Emailed you.

Hmmm, ok. Better try resetting preferences, eh?

Oh! Right, I understand now. I wasn't even looking for that. Is it doing it with ALL photos? Even old sets?

Yes ... and you have a Dell screen. I'm with you so far. I want to know if they have calibrated accurately.

Oh, don't worry about a website. As long as it's fine in PS, that's the only thing that matters.

That looks right to me? I even downloaded your screenshot, and copied the loupe area and shrunk it down so it fitted on the real eye, and toggled the layer off and on, and it looks identical in brightness.

Oh, ok, may I have a screenshot?

Are you talking about Full Screen Preview mode (space bar)? And when you single-left-click to zoom in, the brightness changes?

Good work. Have you remembered Dither, and adding the noise layer? It's looking very bandy presently.

Once you've done the raw processing, use a gradient layer to replace the whole background: https://www.damiensymonds.net/preventing-banding-in-backdrops/

Please, @Cleyvosier? I'm trying to figure out why you're considering buying another (used) screen. Is it because you can't get either of your current screens to calibrate accurately?

Oh, I'm so sorry, I forgot. For that bit, leave your brush at 100% opacity, and actually change the colour you're painting with (by clicking on the foreground swatch in the toolbar) to 50% grey (128/128/128).

No, it's a pressure sensitivity setting. See the little icons to the left and right of the "Flow" setting in the options bar? One of them controls it, I can't remember which.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/trainingraw-signup.html https://www.facebook.com/damien.photoshop/photos/a.183682458346830.39021.183680248347051/1313016648746733/?type=3

Interesting. Does it do the same with a mouse?

Hmmm ... everything looks ok there. Do you use a mouse or tablet?

Gosh, it shouldn't do that. May I have a screenshot of your whole screen, so I can see your brush settings? Very low. 10% at the most.

And it's not even the first page? That's weird.

I'm so sorry, I don't understand. Can you explain a bit further for me?

Well, no, I'm pretty sure the boys' shirts are supposed to be white.

Glad you like it.