Damien Symonds

MAKE it an option.

Bigger backdrop. Seriously. No matter what it costs, it will still be cheaper than the editing nightmare.

@SamanthaW?

That's great, thanks so much.

Hi Brian, my Mum's old Windows 10 computer is starting to tell her that it will cease getting support and updates from this October. It can't upgrade to W11 (I checked), so how urgently should I tell her to invest in a new computer?

Just to clarify - your laptop screen is the one you're calibrating? You don't have an external screen attached to it?

Yes, unfortunately I don't have exact instructions for that particular spyder, since I can no longer afford to keep buying the new devices as they come out. I was hoping it might be similar software to the X2 Elite? https://www.damiensymonds.net/calibration-instructions/spyder-x2-elite-mac.html

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/11/maintain-your-professional-standards.html

Yep, perfect.

You must restart or shut down your computer every.single.day.

Have you restarted now?

Yes, you certainly are.

Can you do this? https://www.damiensymonds.net/thread1.html

Right. Downloading ACR messed something up. You DEFINITELY didn't need to do that. Let's try something different. Go to Elements itself, choose File>Open, and navigate to a folder of raw files and open one. Does it open okay?

Okay, and if you choose Elements ... ?

No worries. And if you right-click on a photo, and choose "Open With" is Elements an option in there?

In that case, select one file, then hit this button:

Okay, and if you select one of those raw files, then double click it, it opens in Camera Raw okay?

Those are jpeg files. Let's talk about raw files please.

Are you still around, @Bridget?

Hi Bridget, could you show me a screenshot of Bridge?

I promise, it isn't there. On either photo you sent me. They're both *chef's kiss* perfect files.

Your A4 file is PERFECT. It's exactly the right size, exactly the right amount of noise, and absolutely no banding. That fact that you can see any banding at all in the file means there's a problem with your screen, or your eyes. What screen are you viewing on, and how is it calibrated? Then you need a new lab.

I don't think you actually realise how silly it sounds. Of COURSE you didn't need to convert to MM. You were supposed to enter "9in" and "6in" in the crop settings.

I don't understand. Why was that necessary? You don't need to convert anything.