Damien Symonds

May I see that Deviant Art image you found?

http://www.damiensymonds.net/act_web.html

Have you googled "fairy dust overlays" or similar? There should be heaps of files out there, on sites like deviantart.

I wonder if the images are appearing in a different order on your screen than mine? I see a couple of photos like that, but both are on the left, not in the middle. Oh, wait, I see it!

Can you post in the Raw Class so we can talk about your raw processing please?

Can you define what's "magical" about it, exactly?

Ok, great! Did you try it?

Hi Jan, please go to the Levels Class table of contents and read the second module of Section 2 again. Just the first dozen slides will be enough.

I think it'll need to be even warmer than that, won't it?

Terrific! Then I have the very video you need: http://www.damiensymonds.net/client-photoshop

I reckon it's better to squash it down. It's very easy to do with Liquify. Download the PSD

No, this doesn't sound right. Printing by whom?

Well, post it.

Perfect, thanks. SO, are you wanting to fill in the gap, or squash the hair down so there isn't a gap any more?

Alas, the angle won't work Yep, that's what I was thinking too. And it's easy enough. Just sample the sand colour with your eyedropper tool, then add a Solid Color layer of that colour, and set it to "Color" blend mode; then mask on carefully.

Wait, what?? You told me you couldn't copy and flip! You can definitely copy and flip this.

Sorry, what part of "this us unusable" isn't clear?

Ok, I need more information. What format are they in presently? For what purpose are you putting them on disk? And in what format?

There are a few levels to this discussion, I guess. First, do you have your preferences set up like this?

May I see the other eye, at least? I need to know what colour the sclera is supposed to be. Does this look dodgy?

Before I explore the channels - copy and flip isn't an option?

Alas, this is unusable, sorry. Even for canvas, which is forgiving, this would look awful.

For now, yes.

Um, no, we need all the noise removal we can get. Put that Luminance slider back up. WAY up.

Well, I'm not sure, exactly. I suspect your noise "Detail" and "Contrast" sliders (which you have both presently set at 84) are too high as well. But until I see it without the awful sharpening, I can't really tell.