Damien Symonds

12 minutes ago, Naomibb said:

just sent it

Your A4 file is PERFECT.

It's exactly the right size, exactly the right amount of noise, and absolutely no banding.

13 minutes ago, Naomibb said:

I think less noticeable in the digital

That fact that you can see any banding at all in the file means there's a problem with your screen, or your eyes.

What screen are you viewing on, and how is it calibrated?

14 minutes ago, Naomibb said:

but it does still show up in print

Then you need a new lab.

4 minutes ago, Naomibb said:

As silly as this sounds, I wasn't sure sure on 9x6 inches in mm

I don't think you actually realise how silly it sounds.  Of COURSE you didn't need to convert to MM.  You were supposed to enter "9in" and "6in" in the crop settings.

11 minutes ago, Naomibb said:

oh noo, I googled the conversion of the dimensions

I don't understand.  Why was that necessary?  You don't need to convert anything.

Sure, go for it.

You still didn't get the size right   It's close to 9x6, but not exactly.

Well yes, 28 is much too low.

Can you send me the 9x6 file that you sent to the lab?

https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/BellePhotography

A new lab.

You've done everything perfectly.

Phew!

Wow, I haven't heard of this one before.

Have you tried going to Tools > Cache > Purge cache for folder ?

No, use the layer. https://damiensymonds.net/tut_noise.html

Apply it across the whole photo.

About half the amount you used before, I reckon.

22 minutes ago, Naomibb said:

Okay thank you. I just wanted to check the jpeg options I’m choosing,  maximum quality of 12, and format options It automatically selects ‘baseline (standard)’ is this the best one to save it as? 

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.

19 minutes ago, Naomibb said:

In all honesty I don’t know how to do it, because I don’t do it.

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).

1. You've added way too much noise to the background.
2. 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

3 minutes ago, Naomibb said:

A4

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.

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Im having trouble with banding. I can't really see it on the computer, but can always still see it in print.

Which print lab do you use?

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