Damien Symonds

What I mean is, originally the screen was warmer than the prints, and now it's cooler than the prints?

Hi Annette, No, this is not a channel mixer fix, unfortunately. Did you shoot raw?

Can you post the file?

So that's the opposite of the problem you reported yesterday?

Is it truly a backup drive? If so, that's excellent. Just throw it away, buy a new external drive, backup the files from your internal drive again, and move on. However, I fear it's not truly a backup drive? Your desperation indicates that you have your only copy of some files on that drive? http://www.damiensymonds.net/how-do-i-retrieve-lost-or-damaged-images.html

Download the PSD

Now, after making you go to all that effort, I'd better find out if you actually like what I had in mind. How's this?

Hi Shirly, can you update your profile details? Your sidebar still says "PC desktop". Ta. Do you have any other computers in the house you can try calibrating, just to see that the Spyder itself still works ok?

That's right. That's definitely not a tutorial, it's a specific piece of advice for a specific photo.

No.

No, I've never written a tutorial about this. What you would have found was my specific advice to somebody else that applied to their specific photo. Which is why it hasn't quite worked for you here. As it happens, I think yours is an easier fix. Just sample some good hair colour, and add a Solid Color layer of that colour, set to "Color" blend mode. Then mask it on slowly and patiently with a 5% brush, until the hair blends nicely.

Yay!!!!!

Yep, the first one looks promising.

Oh, right. Just be careful. The very first image you posted was untagged. That's REALLY dangerous when you work in Adobe RGB. Always make sure this is checked:

Well, I think 1 pixel of Gaussian Blur might be enough. But gosh, I'm only guessing.

Well, at least fix your darn colour space.

What do the lab say about it?

Oh, this is so bad. Why oh why did you ignore the offer of a Raw Class upgrade?

Oh. Inkjet. That explains a great deal. I'd be fascinated to know if the same problem occurred with a photographic print. If you intend to attempt the inkjet print again, you'll need to try the smart-object-surface-blur method I outlined in the article.

This method should work.

Thanks. So the print was a fairly small one?

No, sorry. It's very clear to even the most casual observer that the focus fell on the trees well behind the subjects.

In short, what you're doing is REALLY bad.

This one is also vital, and so is this one. This one is relevant too.