Damien Symonds

About half the amount you used before, I reckon.

Standard, yes. Quality 9 is ample for print.

Make sure you turn off the noise layer. Then flatten the file. Then crop. And yes, save it as a new file. https://damiensymonds.net/2010/02/trash-those-jpegs.html THEN add your noise.

Just choose your crop tool and enter the size and resolution. (Check with your lab to see what resolution they require. Most say 300ppi, but some differ.)

Have you shot against this backdrop before? And printed successfully?

Just crop to the exact size and resolution.

You don't need a class to tell you how to resize a file, surely?

There are two things wrong with the file (I only opened the first one of the batch you sent me). You've added way too much noise to the background. You didn't resize and sharpen accurately for print.

Well shit, no wonder it didn't print right. PLEASE don't wait any longer to learn how to print. https://www.damiensymonds.net/trainingsharp.html

Okay, can you send me the exact A4 file you sent to the lab? https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/BellePhotography

What size did you print this one?

@Naomibb I received your files. You said: Which print lab do you use?

Right, because you haven't finished the Raw Class yet.

They sure will.

I'm so glad you'll get to see it in real life. I'm always so nervous about people ordering screens online.

What you're doing wrong is trying to edit photos before you've learned to do so! You've taken the Layers and Masks Class, which is NOT an editing class. It just teaches you the tools. The Levels Class teaches you how to edit.

Can you see the little FX button at the bottom of the layers panel?

Seems good to me. Will you get to see it in person?

Sorry, I haven't actually looked at your screen, because I got distracted by this comment: You MUST make sure the teens know that your monitor is calibrated for imaging, and if they touch the monitor's settings (brightness, colour, contrast) even a tiny bit, they'll be grounded for a million f&*king years. Agreed?

Then you'll probably need to budget for a new calibrator as well. Old calibration technology is increasingly not playing well with modern screen technology.

Hi Jessie, which calibrator do you have?

So you downloaded the .atn file, then you double-clicked on it? And what happened?

I can't remember any mention of selection tools in that article?

Can you remind me which version of Photoshop you have?

I honestly don't know, sorry. Yes.