Damien Symonds

Oh Alrons, please don't wait any longer to take The Raw Class.  Your SOOR is nowhere near as good as it should be.  Monitor calibration is no longer a requirement, if that's what was holding you back.

Oh wow, well done!

This was a darn difficult one.  How did you go?

Have you done this to be sure? http://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

Yes.  And the Raw one too.

Clipping means "linking" layers, in a way.  If you clip a layer to another layer below it, the top layer will only be visible where the bottom layer is also visible.  Where the bottom layer is transparent, none of the top layer will show either.

Clipping is done (for you on Photoshop on a PC) by pressing Ctrl Alt G.

You can see the little plus sign, yes?  It's very important to watch where that is.

Download the PSD file

As usual, done with this method.

This one sure was tricky.  How does this look?

Ok, so where did you Option-click?

How did you go, @Lorie?

Hi David, please read the posting rules.

Sorry, I don't understand the question.  What have you downloaded?

Great, so explain to me how the screen differs from the pro lab prints.

There's SO much more I wish I could suggest for this, but it's all Levels-related, so I can't share it here, I'm so sorry.

Including the Troubleshooting section?

You see how the top of the head is so blue?  You'll need to warm that.

No, the baby is still too dark.  See how the rug is so white?  The baby has to be similarly-exposed.

Thanks for posting.

Let's start at the beginning.  Did you calibrate using my instructions?

8 hours ago, Roleen said:

 Just to clarify. Like the adjustment brush the straighten and graduated filter should be left for photoshop?

Straightening in raw automatically induces cropping.  If you've shot really loose you can straighten in raw, but otherwise yes, leave it for Photoshop.

The graduated filter isn't as bad as the adjustment brush, but yes, generally leave it for PS.

8 hours ago, Roleen said:

Also my original editing workflow would be opening acr and doing Lens Profile Correction (which also lightens the edges somewhat)

Please don't use Lens Correction thoughtlessly on every photo.  Only use it on the ones that need it.  Otherwise it will cause harm, not good.

8 hours ago, Roleen said:

and Remove Chromatic Aberration first thing before doing any other adjustments

It doesn't have to be first thing.  It can be last if you wish.  But yes, do it in raw.

This might work from there.

Do whatever you like.  My methods are only for making photos look good.

No, it hasn't moved yet.  It's still on FB.

After you've fixed the colour space, try these solutions: http://www.damiensymonds.net/2015/09/black-boxes-and-other-weird-behaviour.html

I'm not optimistic, though, to be honest.

Exactly as I taught you in the Pixel Layers section of the Layers & Masks Class.