Damien Symonds

You need to do the text in Photoshop, so that you can curve it. You'll find lots of tutorials out there about how to do curved text.

Can you explain this? Why would it be curved for the plate?

How about this layer, then reduce the layer opacity to your taste? https://max.mailbigfile.com/d68a585f91c40a69b2269ad74ebcdf96/listFiles.php

Yeah, 'fraid so

Yay! Emailed you.

Crikey, that's bad. So the external screen is completely black?

This is fabulous focus!

I'll probably be asleep when they arrive, so don't wait for me Go ahead and calibrate. I look forward to hearing how it goes.

No. Definitely not at 8x10. The edges of your masking are too fuzzy.

I think your masking brush was a little too big.

Have they arrived yet @Erin Falkenham?

Is this the method you're using?

Right.

If I'd erased, there would just be white space there. So yes, I have to clone nearby detail onto those areas. Have you used the Clone Tool very much before?

Hi @AlSimmons, thanks for your kind words. I realise that it's not super-easy to see what I've done in that particular part of the tutorial. Here, I've assembled the before-and-after into a gif. Does this make it a bit easier for you to see?

Try a Hue/Saturation layer with "Colorize" checked, and +27, +27, 0 for the three sliders. (Or thereabouts)

You can't upgrade the class until you're calibrated.

Gotta get the prints first.

Sorry @ChristyB, a setting got messed up. You should be able to reply now.

That means your screen is too bright. Are you following my exact directions here? https://www.damiensymonds.net/calibration-instructions/

Talk to me, @Erin Falkenham. In what way does your screen differ from your prints? What make and model of screen do you have, and which Spyder do you have?

Could you go ahead and do the clean editing on your photo so I can have a better go?

https://max.mailbigfile.com/5d82612d0dbf56b91aa46d212ebc48b2/listFiles.php It would work better if the clean editing was done first, of course.

Looks like a job for liquify. Have you tried it yet?

You can switch to whatever stupid software you want, but you'll get no support from me.