Damien Symonds

Gee, it might be tricky. First, can you see if you can process the raw file with NO clipping at the shadow end of the histogram? Presently the blue channel is badly clipped in the flowers.

That's not ideal, but it will sharpen passably.

Yes, your prints are ALWAYS right. Yellow light isn't so much a direct risk to your editing, although that risk certainly exists to a degree. The problem is that if you troubleshoot your monitor calibration (warmer) to try to match your lighting, it will make you edit too cold without realising it.

Well, it seems to indicate that your indoor lighting is too yellow, yes? http://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/01/light-around-your-computer.html

Yep, that's fine.

A jpeg at 5MB should be fine - what are its pixel dimensions?

No problem, it's an easy fix. Just sample an area of good colour of the suit (the colour you think it's meant to be) then add a Solid Color adjustment layer of that colour. Set the layer's blend mode to "Color". Then mask it on to the suit. Afterwards, you can of course double-click the layer to tweak the colour a bit, to your satisfaction.

It might be chromatic aberration, rather than moire, I reckon. Have you tried the CA correction in the Lens Correction tab in ACR?

Your lab. Bloody Millers always print warm. But before we explore calibration options, can you promise me your room light isn't the problem? Your bulbs aren't too yellow?

Maybe, but gee, she'll have to be happy with that, won't she?

http://www.damiensymonds.net/art_enlarge.html http://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/02/printing-big.html http://www.damiensymonds.net/2014/03/how-aggressively-can-i-crop.html Short answer: "Yes, as long as the focus is good"

It's utterly meaningless, forget about it.

http://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/11/why-ppi-doesnt-matter-yet-another.html

If your sharpening class membership has expired, I urge you to consider renewing it. The new module will BLOW YOUR MIND, and it's very relevant to this discussion. It's only $20 to renew.

Just to reiterate, if you're ending up with 1MB jpeg files, pat yourself on the back. It means you're shooting beautifully clean images.

It's ok, you must have done it right. If you had imposed a resolution, the dimensions would have been rounder numbers than that. For many labs it is, yes. But when you're cropping to 11:15 shape, you're doing so because you're NOT printing. Therefore, 300ppi has absolutely no relevance. Excellent! Then all is well, you have nothing to worry about. Actually, you do have something to worry about - all your old files are MUCH too big. 7-10MB is outrageous for jpegs. It means you must have forgotten to remove the noise. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/08/about-jpeg-file-size.html http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/07/raw-noise-removal.html Do you mean the sharpening class?

And that's the same (or similar) to the other files that saved at the 7-10MB size?

This is REALLY bad. You must NEVER impose a resolution when cropping to 11:15 shape. If you only have 1GB of RAM, it's a wonder your computer even starts up. Are you sure about this figure? Yes. Yes you are.

What are the pixel dimensions of the files?

Actually, this one might be better - I opened up the tree a bit more.

Had a play with your raw file:

Once you do get your raw processing right, you'll find the NIK results are much more satisfactory. By the way, make sure you mask the effect off the child's face. If you look at the gallery of Santa photos, you'll see that the skin remains "normal", if you know what I mean. It doesn't have the effect applied.

I hope, one day, you'll understand.

How did you go?

No, I will not help you run when you clearly don't yet know how to walk. You have SERIOUS problems with your workflow.