Damien Symonds

Yes, that's right. That's what jpeg does, it's a compressed file format. What size are you printing it? http://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/08/about-jpeg-file-size.html

Ta. For what purpose are you saving this jpeg file? Is it for print?

I need a screenshot of the next window. The one that appears after you press "Save" in this window.

This is nuts. You're in the Sharpening Class, have you even read it yet????

Ok, I understand. Yes, of course jpeg is ok, as long as you immediately delete the jpeg from your hard drive after you place it, so that it's not cluttering your hard drive.

I think it needs shadow mainly down beside the cheek.

Does your calibrated screen actually match your prints? Which Spyder do you have, and what screen?

Why on earth would you have a jpeg???????

You must have been painting it on with a much too high opacity brush.

Ok, great. I've been sitting here pondering this. Whether to assemble the design in colour first, then make it all black-and-white afterward; or to edit the photos separately in black-and-white, then assemble the design. Since there might be some blend mode work involved, which is hard to apply to multiple layers at once, I think we should go for the latter. So go ahead and edit both photos in black-and-white in the usual way, then post them here for me and we'll discuss combining.

Terrific! Now, do you intend yours to be in black-and-white too, or in colour?

No, I said -50 for Lightness. And that shadowing is too big and ... not how shadowing would look.

Not by me they're not. What did they say, exactly? Write to me in the "Contact Damien and the Team" section.

Ok, so underneath the baby layer, add a Hue/Saturation layer, and move the Lightness slider to about -50. That will darken everything except the baby. Invert the mask to hide it. Then gently mask on where you want shadowing to be. Afterwards, you might like to increase the Saturation slider a bit, to your taste.

http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/08/what-you-see-when-you-pixel-peep.html http://www.damiensymonds.net/art_enlarge.html http://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/02/printing-big.html IGNORE the centimetre dimensions. They are utterly meaningless. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2014/03/how-aggressively-can-i-crop.html And finally, if you need it: http://ask.damiensymonds.net/forum/30-focus-checks/

May I see a screenshot of your layers panel?

What do you mean by "sadly"???? 24 megapixels is EXCELLENT! You can print as big as a house with that!

5976x3992 pixels is just a shade under 24 megapixels. Is that correct for your camera?

Yeah, I think that's better. Does it need some shadow on the flower behind the head?

Yep, "WxHxResolution" is the one you'd use for print.

Your masking around the edges of the baby is too soft to be plausible, I think.

No, no, I'm not saying that at all!

Ok, then you're going to have to live with it. It's just one of those things.

And does the soft-proofing make any improvement to that particular red issue?

Is that with or without the soft-proofing?