Damien Symonds

Thanks. It sure is awfully dark, isn't it? Overall, though, you're satisfied with the brightness?

Sorry, I meant the same photo as before.

This is really REALLY bad. Can you open the raw file in ACR, then show me a screenshot of the whole screen?

Ok, great. Could you post the baby photo you mentioned?

It might be, yes. It'll depend if there's any detail to work with once you've processed the raw file. Have you taken a look to see? A quick tweak of Exposure will tell you.

Hi Julie, which Spyder do you have?

No, that's not it. The problem is that your file is so tiny. Why is it so tiny?

Oh, yay! Download the PSD

Maybe this?

May I have a screenshot?

Oh, this is a great question!!!!! Yes, generally it's possible - and in fact quite easy - to change a white fabric to a light colour eg light tan. If you have a photo with your white blanket in it, please post it so I can show you how to make the change. A few caveats: Make sure the white blanket isn't overexposed. There needs to be visible detail in it. Otherwise yes, the change will look fake. You must only expect to change from white to a very light colour. Pale pastel type colours, you know? If you attempt to move further, to dark or vivid colours, the fakeness sets in. Remember that this change will involve masking. So be very very careful not to make the masking too complex. Make sure it's a blanket with straight edges, not frilly edges; and make sure anything on top of the blanket (eg other blankets, or clothing) are also not frilly.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2014/06/the-wide-gamut-myth.html As long as you shoot raw (and you definitely should be shooting raw) the in-camera colour space is irrelevant. But keep it on sRGB to be safe. https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

https://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/6534-skin-class-details/

https://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/6534-skin-class-details/

Just emailed you.

Just emailed you.

That's in the Image Size box. That has nothing to do with cropping.

I'm so sorry, I have no idea what you're talking about. You'll need to ask your friend again. And can you tell me about it when you do?

Can you explain this?

Let's see a 100% crop. I'll move this question into the Focus Checks section, since that's what it is, in essence.

Seems good to me.

It's irrelevant anyway. Since you changed your SOOR, you have to re-edit, period.

The result should look like this: Whatever you gave me. That 100% crop, was it from the SOOR or the edit?

Oh, crap, sorry! I forgot to mention, at the end, lower the opacity of the Channel Mixer layer to about 75%.

Ok, try this ... First, add a Channel Mixer adjustment layer, check the "Monochrome" box, and enter 0/0/+150/0 for the four sliders. It will turn the photo black-and-white. Loosely mask it to the problem areas. Then, add a Levels layer and clip it to the Channel Mixer layer. Enter these values: Red channel 0/1.00/150 and 25/255 Green channel 20/1.00/255 and 0/125 Blue channel 5/1.00/255 and 0/180 Then return to the Channel Mixer layer and tidy up the mask as needed.