Damien Symonds

Have you read these? I beg you to consider my Layers & Masks Class. It's very cheap, and very comprehensive, and will teach you everything you need to know about this.

Oh gosh, don't try to clone precisely!!!!!! Use a big brush. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/10/role-of-masks-when-cloning.html

The blur looks good, but yes, definitely needs noise. Or take noise out of the other one, of course.

No, no, no, it's vitally important to NOT use soft-proofing in Photoshop at this stage, while you're testing labs. Leave it alone. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2014/07/proof-setup-working-cmyk-not-really.html

That's right, and the new updated content is SO much better than before.

Would you like to show us? I've got a bucket ready.

Great! That's good news. Darn. That's really bad news. As you've discovered, the Munki doesn't give you any latitude on the red-green axis. It's one place where the SpyderElite is superior the X-Rites. You might need to fiddle manually. However, I wouldn't do so until you've had the same photos printed at another lab.

Whoa. This is REALLY bad. Never make raw edits on tiff files.

By the way, when you click with the eyedropper, the word "Greens" is likely to change to "Yellows 2". That's ok.

Ooh. Ah. The grass is not your greatest problem here. Please refresh, I beg you.

Is the brightness accurate now?

Sure, just add a Hue/Saturation layer and go to "Greens". Then choose the little white eyedropper from the Hue/Sat panel, and click on some prominent green in your photo. Then it's merely a matter of fiddling with the three sliders to your (grotesque) taste. +40/+40/+65 looks completely hideous, so it's probably exactly what you want.

For.the.love.of.God. Have you, or have you not, followed my instructions? Not skimmed them, followed them? Every.single.word.

Right ... so where were you getting 55 from?

Please?

I need to understand what you mean by "lumen".

Right ... so ... troubleshooting ....

Some lab reviews here. Just bumping this question, in case you missed it.

HELL NO. Lightroom MUST be on sRGB. You can't control how other people print, so don't even think about it. It will give you nightmares. You just need to get your own house in order.

What setting are you on here? http://www.damiensymonds.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/cm06-1.gif

These instructions were correct. I fear you're WAY over-thinking the calibration process. Just follow my instructions, including troubleshooting, exactly.

No, you definitely need it on the Millers one, for as long as you persist with using them as your lab. (Hopefully not too much longer)

55 is really low. You shouldn't need to go that low.

No, the window you get when you go to View>Proof Setup>Custom in Photoshop.

No, just show me a screenshot of the Custom window.