Damien Symonds

You might have to if you find your cutting out wasn't any good. But if you think it's ok, no, don't double your workload.

No, this is awful. Edit properly, please. Have you read the class yet? Oh gosh, this isn't right. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/09/extract-then-copy-vs-copy-then-extract.html But it's too late now, don't go back.

Sorry if I wasn't clear. Post them separately for me please. But edit them properly first. The main one looks awful.

Since the face angles are the same, this should be a piece of cake. http://www.damiensymonds.net/headswaps.html Try just swapping the eyes at first. But maybe it might be necessary to swap all the facial features. Don't try to swap the whole head, that will be unnecessary.

No, don't keep 'em. Just the DNG files are fine

I don't want you to think that tiffs and CMYK are related. They're separate issues. Tiff files can be CMYK or RGB (or even Grayscale). Just like Jpeg files can be CMYK or RGB or Grayscale. Even if your printer had asked for CMYK Jpeg files, I would still be telling you that I'm worried about the CMYK profile.

You're welcome. Please let me know what he says.

Yes. Or, if it's not one of those names, he must email you the right profile to use.

Yes, that's the right place to change it. But I don't know if that's the right profile to choose. You need to ask the printer exactly which profile to choose.

TIFF is fine, it's not the problem. (It indicates that your printers are old-fashioned and foolish, but it's not technically a problem.) The point of the article is that you can't just change the mode to CMYK. That's incredibly dangerous. I want to help you make sure your photo will print properly. No, that's only for newspapers.

A mouse button gets a heck of a lot of punishment. They're bound to fail eventually. It's a possibility we can't ignore.

Oh gee, this is REALLY bad. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/05/please-be-wary-of-cmyk.html

Ok, good. But I'd like to talk about this a bit more, if I may. Can you tell me why you're converting to CMYK? And which CMYK profile you're converting to? Where are these photos being printed?

Can we eliminate that? Do you have a different mouse you can try?

Is this with a mouse, a tablet, or a laptop trackpad?

Bridge and Photoshop should be completely identical. Please check again.

Right. And that's your problem. Those free viewing programs that come with computers aren't colour-managed. They can't even show RGB images properly, let alone CMYK ones. ONLY view your images in Bridge. In other matters, it's VERY important to always leave this box checked: Never uncheck it, ever.

Yes, but that screenshot didn't look like Photoshop. What program is it?

Hi Erica, what program is this?

*sigh* I don't know.

While you're fixing the raw editing, can you also look for some golden example images that have the same lighting as yours? That is, the "panda eyes" facial shadows? Presently, you're desiring a beautiful look that just isn't possible with your photos

No.

Ok, great. Go ahead and raw-process your photos as normal, then we'll talk about the golden stuff.

Did you maybe mean seventh and seventeenth? The 15th one, by my count, is a girl leaning against a stone wall with one leg out, and it doesn't look particularly golden.

Are you referring to photos that you print yourself, or ones that you sell as digital files to clients?