Damien Symonds

Has anything changed since before the 29th? New camera, new hard drive, anything at all?

Ok, try processing a raw file in 16-bit instead of 8-bit.

Just to confirm - when do you see the banding? Can you see it SOOR? Or only after your Photoshop edits? Or maybe not until print?

What do you mean, how to open Bridge? I can see Bridge open on your screen, behind ACR! Oh, sorry! Not your picture. Because of 2GB of RAM.

First things first, you MUST click on the blue link at the bottom of ACR and change from Adobe RGB to sRGB.

Yeah, we can do this. Obviously the key to it is taking a bright photo in the first place. See how this photo has a white wall, pale skin, blonde hair, white clothing.

What about older sets, from the past, that you know you colour-coded? Are those colours still applied?

You're running Photoshop CC with 2GB of RAM??????????

Yes, I'd say it's possible. But I need you to tell me more about your vision. You say a white background, but how would you intend to blend that with the ground?

No, something's gone wrong here. Dad and the little girl are squashed kinda flat.

Ok, let's start from the beginning. First, do this for me.

What!!!?! Gee, I'm glad I checked. Ok, keep following the troubleshooter all the way to its conclusion to fix this problem.

Please do this. I'm pretty sure you're safe, but we need to be certain. And PLEASE take the Levels Class. Let me free you from reliance on those shitty actions. Your file has about a zillion layers when half a dozen would do, and that's not helping this problem.

And please watch these, I beg you. Video 1 Video 2

Ok, can you open one of the files that have been very very slow to save, then show me a screenshot? Of the entire Photoshop screen, including layers panel and everything.

It doesn't matter. What matters is to check that you're working on 8-bit files, not 16-bit files. 16-bit would definitely contribute to the problem you're describing.

Ok, 13.5 isn't too bad. When you process your raw files, which program do you use?

Gee, I can't really condone that. How many megapixels will a medium file be? The manual should tell you, if the menu itself doesn't. Do you shoot raw?

As long as you sent sRGB files to the lab for those prints, then yes, they should be fine. No new prints needed.

Can I ask what camera you have? I mean, how many megapixels does your camera capture? Are you working with particularly huge files?

Yeah, it's the 4GB of RAM. That's only half of the minimum that Adobe recommends for CC.

The purchase of the new bulbs should fix this problem also.

I know. Did you get my email?

This section where you posted is fine. The best piece of advice I got when setting up this site was "Don't have too many sections. Keep it simple."

Yes. In jpeg, forget it.