Damien Symonds

That is SUCH a good question. It's just something you get a feel for after a while. I don't have a better answer than that, sorry.

Oh, those bloody idiots! It's ok, just edit as normal, then use Edit>Convert Profile to convert to Adobe RGB just before saving for submission.

Well, I'm not sure about "perfect". Some cloning etc is still likely to be needed, I guess. But it should help a lot.

Hmmm ... try Dust & Scratches filter at about 30/3.

Of course you'll see it on Facebook. That's just Facebook.

Yep, no banding visible to me either.

No, Ratio would probably do the same. Or it might make it 11x15.001. In either case, it's nothing to worry about.

Click on "Custom" at the top and change it back to "North America General Purpose 2". Then open one of your photos, and check this.

Hi Hillena, have you read this?

You're welcome.

I'm using Windows 10 and Photoshop CS5 every day, with no troubles at all. Can you do this for me?

This happens to everyone, it's not a problem. Are you still getting a good result? The screen-to-print match, I mean?

Oh bummer If all three photos were Smart Objects (that is, if you'd used File>Place to put them in the design) you could have simply increased the resolution of the design and you wouldn't have needed to redo anything. Alas, you haven't done that. PLEASE read over that section of the Layers & Masks Class again.

May I see a screenshot from Photoshop, showing your design, and including the layers panel?

Oh gosh, yeah, that's MUCH too low resolution. Generally, print resolution is 300 pixels per inch. However, you should speak to the printer to confirm that - some of them differ. Also, this is very important information.

It rocks, doesn't it?

Of course. Every screen needs calibrating. http://www.damiensymonds.net/what2buy_cal.html

I have seen the Lens Corrections to do some pretty awful things to photos when left on all the time. Distortion and stuff. As Sam said, use them as needed.

You'd still need to clone for the nostrils, though.

Dust & Scratches filter at 8/6 seems to work well.

Yes, I think there might be. Go ahead and do your raw processing, then post the close-up again and we'll discuss.

Download the PSD

Ok, excellent. How long have you noticed this problem? And the associated question, how long since your last calibration?

I think people will understand a tiny bit of missed focus in a photo like this. Go with it.

Oh, sorry! I extracted it first, THEN put it in my Program files folder.