Damien Symonds

Typo? Do I need to slap you for this, or have you already done it?

I'm sorry, I have no good news for you

Can you do this for me?

Not white to me. Looks fine. You've restarted your computer, I trust?

When you save them, then check their file size on your hard drive, does it seem ok? As big as they should be? Can you send me one?

All other files are ok? It's just these two?

You're right, it will be very easy. But first, I need a bit more information. Are you designing the whole wedding invitation in Photoshop? If so, what size will they be?

Oh, gee. Make sure you always do your raw processing completely and properly before beginning any Photoshop work. I'm afraid I see no alternative than careful masking with your brush tool around her hair. The result will be a slight "haircut", but there's nothing we can do about that.

Is there another computer in the house you can try calibrating with the Spyder? To see if it is, in fact, faulty?

Gosh! I can't think why it would do that :\

Wherever it's straightish edges (eg shoulders and sleeves) extending past the backdrop, the masking is reasonably simple, using the Shift key. But that girl's hair might be a problem, especially since it's against a busy bit of background. May I see it close up?

Try this.

I'm going to go with this one, since it's most similar in lighting:

Yeah, I definitely don't encourage that. Because it crops, you see. Do it in Photoshop instead.

I'm so sorry, this is out of my league. I'll move this question to the GenDisc area, in hopes that there are some members with 3D experience.

That is a decision you have to make on a photo-by-photo basis. Every situation is different. Please feel free to post your photos any time you need my help. Noise is only necessary for gradients, not for Solid Color layers.

Oh gosh, I'm not surprised! She looks so awful! I hope you don't have to work with that MUA again. The only way I know is to work patiently and artistically with a dodge and burn layer. But even with the best dodging, it's still going to look weird, because she has no texture

May I see another screenshot, showing your whole screen?

Great! Then you're safe. But yeah, stop reading whatever you were reading.

What did you do, exactly? How did you "fix" it?

No, that won't work. Your photo is beautifully lit. Whereas the example photos you've linked are all very shadowy. I need you to find me a more suitable photo of your own; or link to different examples of photo with lighting like yours.

Excellent. Then you should be able to simply go to Image>Duplicate, to make a second copy of the file in Photoshop. Then on each one, go to Canvas Size, and set the width to 50%. On one of them, click on a right-hand square of the 3x3 grid; on the other one, click on a left-hand square.

Does it have bleed?