Damien Symonds

No, I can't in good conscience recommend an out-of-date device. Go for the Spyder5.

NEVER have I said to use Adobe RGB. And no, your camera setting is completely irrelevant when you shoot raw. You DO shoot raw, I trust?

Are you aware that these are rather dark, especially the third one? And in daylight? How do the prints and screen compare?

You are right - you won't. http://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

No, this is a big fat myth. This HAS to be your priority now. http://www.damiensymonds.net/what2buy_cal.html

This area. This is where the blacks aren't black enough.

Can't you just whistle?

Yes, it's still not black around the hair, especially that tallest part. If you move your mouse around while watching the Info Panel, you'll see the numbers are about 25/25/25 instead of 0/0/0 where they should be. Keep painting on the mask of the Levels layer.

I don't think your blacks are black yet. May I see that same closeup area without the new blanket layer turned on?

These two statements seem to contradict each other. If the screen is too yellow, then shouldn't viewing prints in yellow light make the prints closer to the screen, not further away?

May I see it close up again, at better quality?

Well, it essentially makes the entire photo black-and-white (the way it would if you left Colorize turned off but moved the Saturation slider all the way to -100) then adds a bit of colour tint to it. It's a feature which seems, at a glance, to be very handy, but actually I find I hardly ever use it. It worked nicely here, though. However, I fear it only worked nicely here because your white balance was so appalling. I beg you to take the Raw Class as soon as you can.

Yes, that's right.

A Hue/Saturation layer, with "Colorize" checked, at +220/+8/0. Painted on to the areas. See what you think.

That's a slightly different photo, I assume? Lol @ the file name!!!

Oh gosh. Maaaaaaybe .... It looks pretty darn difficult, doesn't it? The only thing we have going for us is that mum's legs and arm are in roughly the same position. That's probably where you'd have to try.

Yeah, see the awful banding in your new background?

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/c5/c5f0d947e06737cf448ab355cd385f063cfd9d2cf4da081b7a5b53bc9fce95fb.jpg

1) Looks great!! 2) Yes, because your adjustment was only minor, the risk of "stumpiness" was low. 3) I wouldn't think so. Have you read this? 4) Ctrl-apostrophe, the same way you turned them on.

Can you tell me what quality level you choose when saving jpegs to upload here?

No, that layer must not be clipped to the others.

That's right.

Yep, you're doing great! I'm not sure if I clarified, the Levels layer only needs to be applied immediately around the hair. It doesn't matter anywhere else.

I mean a WHOLE screenshot. I need to see all your tools and panels also.

May I see a screenshot?