Damien Symonds

And I urge you to revisit Module 2 of the Layers & Masks Class.

Try Window>Reset Panels

Hi Nikki, we've discussed this heaps of times. Did you actually read the "READ THIS FIRST" post before posting? http://ask.damiensymonds.net/topic/107-read-this-first-posting-guidelines-and-download-files/

Please don't waste your own time on this, or mine. Buy a calibrator, immediately.

Is it new?

Could you show me your result with Hue/Sat, so I can see what you don't like?

I've moved this to Ask Damien, since it's not a Levels question.

I don't know either, but that's definitely what you have to sort out first. Your action has no chance of running if the plug-in doesn't exist properly. Are you sure you followed the plug-in installation steps to the letter?

Great. Do you need help with new numbers for the shirt?

Remember that Andrew Rodney's credibility is extremely limited, since he preaches wide gamut editing. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2014/06/the-wide-gamut-myth.html

I definitely agree with this points about the shortcomings of CMYK. But to suggest that LAB is the solution is nonsense. If you must use numbers for skintones, just use the RGB ones you already have. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/02/editing-skintones-in-photoshop-elements.html I urge you to avoid using numbers altogether. It's photography, not mathematics. LOOK at the photo. If you need help looking at a photo to see what the skin needs, feel free to post it here so I can help you. And I almost guarantee I'll help you fix it with the use of Photo Filters. A bit more reading: http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/02/skintones-why-so-hasty.html http://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/07/creamy-silky-perfect-angelic-skin.html http://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/02/using-photo-filter-layer-to-fix-casts.htm

The key to blurring is the cloning first. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/06/blurring-background-false-dof.html

Hi Glynda, can you elaborate on the question? What do you need help with, exactly? Where are you getting stuck?

It sounds like you're running an action, is that correct? Rather than running it directly?

Well, the first step is to take a suitable photo of a whole bunch of pink and white balloons. Have you done so? But gosh, even if you take a perfectly-assembled, perfectly-lit, perfectly-angled photo of the balloons, the translucent bits of her skirt are going to be demonically hard to mask.

Sorry to hear there was no easy solution

PLEASE don't do any more editing until you've finished the class.

No, wait, scratch those numbers. Post again once you've fixed the white balance; the numbers will need to be different.

I'll be offline for a while, I'm afraid. Try a Channel Mixer layer: Red 0, +85, 0 Green 0, +100, 0 Blue 0, +130, 0 Fiddle with those values and see if you can get close. If it's not good enough, I'll be back to check this thread later.

Hi Sarah, may I also see the whole photo for reference?

Levels, yes. If you'd taken Raw you wouldn't have made this tyro mistake.

I have no record of you in the raw class? AND resizing properly for print. This is crucial.

PLEASE change your life: http://www.damiensymonds.net/training.html

That stops TODAY. Have some pride in your prints. Now that we're looking at the 100% crops, can you see the problem? http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/07/raw-noise-removal.html

Now, may I see a 100% crop from one of the "bad" jpeg print files? And maybe one from a good one too, for comparison.