Damien Symonds

How many other prints do you have with you?

Yay! Yep, leave it on Bicubic permanently.

That should be ok, but can you chance it to Bicubic, just to check?

That's perfect, I reckon. You should be able to use the left-hand side of that photo (or the right-hand side flipped) and rotate it a bit, and mask it in to the main photo.

No, it doesn't do it for me. Exactly the same after cropping as before. In Preferences>General, what is your "Image Interpolation" setting set to?

Can you re-do the raw edit, then post the closeup again?

Gee, don't feel bad. This is not easy. Do you have any other photos with nice bokeh, that you might be able to use?

Ok, let's work through this. It's very rare to crop before flattening. It certainly shouldn't happen in this case. So flatten first, then check for clipping. Then crop, and check again. Report what you see.

Are you sure you're viewing at 100% in both cases??

It matters a LOT. And those numbers are vague suggestions only. Please don't wait a moment longer to take the Print Sharpening Class. It will blow your mind.

Yeah, the pattern was my concern. As long as the pattern disappears, we're rosy. For the colour, just add a new blank layer, then use the eyedropper tool to sample a bit of good colour, then add a Solid Color layer of that colour (the blank layer will turn into the SolCol layer automatically) and set its blend mode to "Color", then mask it on.

Ok, I need to see a 100% crop of an area where it doesn't disappear.

Does this happen even if you save at Level 12?

May I see screenshots for this?

Hi Janet, just to check, have you read this article?

Yes, it's always been my feeling that the X-Rites are a bit easier to use than the Spyders.

Other people have reported this too. I've never been able to figure out why it does that to some people, I'm sorry. Ultimately, this is what matters. I'm glad you got a better result.

Yeah, maybe that's so. How many prints are you comparing in total? Also, how's the light in your room?

Any luck?

Sorry to harp on about this, but do you have this turned on?

Yes, they've always jumped. Relax.

No, it's right, but you didn't actually mention that you'd done it?

Hang on, did you add the levels layer over the top of all the other layers in the PSD, and check that way?

No, that's correct. Relax.

That should be high enough not to cause change. How were you checking for clipping?