Damien Symonds

Um ... are you going to show me the photo?

Oh, ouch. It might have to be this.

262GB is slightly less than the 1/3rd free space that Brian recommends, however it should be ok. Don't let it get any fuller, though. Ok, let's try this.

Oh, gosh, no, you must NEVER do that. Leave your Color Settings exactly as they are, on "North America General Purpose 2". That is the safe setting. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/02/please-ignore-your-monitor-profile.html Do you still have some of those older prints? To check that they still match your screen? As long as you can prove that, then yes, this sounds like a recent lab cock-up.

Just a little bright patch on the right-hand side.

Alas, no, sorry. Sometimes depth-of-field blur can be passably sharpened for small prints; but this is motion blur, and it can't be fixed. Ditch the photo. http://www.damiensymonds.net/%3Fp%3D2573

Can you do this for us?

Use Native. 7104 should be good enough.

Great.

Maybe, or maybe not. What file format are they saved in?

Yes.

Yep, the Ultrasharps are excellent.

Download the PSD file It's going to seem like a heck of a weird process - first you make it black-and-white, then you make it skin-coloured, then finally you make it purple. But it's the only way I could find to prevent those casts, and problems with the edges.

Oh, no, then that's fabulous.

I would use a combination of patch and clone tools to get rid of them completely, then lower the layer opacity slightly. Akin to this: http://www.damiensymonds.net/patch-tool-for-eye-bags.html Do you also need advice about the moire?

Well, at the bottom, the brush opacity would need to be 100%. To fully remove the visible edge of the shadow, you know?

That looks great to me. Really well done. So the flaw is just in your masking, I'd say.

Ok, what about this?

Gosh, I just realised how short-sighted I've been. I was assuming you wanted the colour to match the flower in the hair, but now I realise maybe you just wanted it to match the fluffy rug? Which is it?

There are two places to clear cache. One is in the Tools menu, and one is in Preferences. Make sure you do the one in Preferences - is that what you did?

http://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/10/using-photoshops-gradient-layer.html

The only solution I can find turns the little flowers on the blanket light purple as well. Is that ok? It's the best I can do.

If you look at the blanket directly below the fingers of his left (our right) hand, you'll see why Hue/Saturation won't work for this anyway, regardless of any cast issues. See the weird flat shadow areas?

Well, there's good news and bad news. The good news is that there isn't banding in your photo. The bad news is that your screen is a pile of poo.

Can you Shift-click on the mask of the clone layer to temporarily turn it off, then show me the photo? So I can see your cloning in its entirety?