Damien Symonds

Are you in the Levels Class?

Hi Tammy, let's go back to the start. Can you show me the SOOR? That is, the original photo with the raw edits done, but no Photoshop work. And remember, NO CROPPING, ever. Also, I encourage you to do this.

It goes in whichever direction you choose. Change the angle setting to whatever you want.

That's odd. Can you try again now? Make sure you resize for web first, of course.

No, you have to use the other photo which has more left foot showing, to prevent the VERY fat right ankle you've got there.

Did you go all the way through?

And is the behaviour exactly the same with both?

Oh yeah, Auto is fine.

No Tania, you're missing the point. The Color Settings aren't the important part. Are they all opening with sRGB down the bottom?

See? Now follow the troubleshooter to fix the problem.

Perfect. No comment required. Now, open a raw file again, and go through the troubleshooter again.

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Color Settings MUST be on "North America General Purpose 2".

It's a really hard one. Take your time.

Show me a screenshot.

Download the PSD file

Alas, you can't really get away with that, can you? Mum's micro-thumb is a giveaway, and the weirdness at her armpit.

Ok, this is really really bad. I'm so glad you posted. Do this immediately.

Oh gee. What file is this? Did you take it, or is it somebody else's?

This makes the ankle look a bit fat, but what do you think?

Gee, that last one might work ... I have to put the kids to bed, then I'll have a play.

This is not going to be easy. Do you have any other shots from this pose where the foot was down a bit?

Ok, let's start with the simplest option. Have you tried this one?

No, it's fine. It'll sharpen up beautifully.

What other screens do you have in your house? We need to find out if the calibrator is faulty.

I'm not quite sure what you're familiar with in LR, but in Bridge, any time I open a folder, I see these numbers: Down the bottom, the total, and in the Filter menu, the breakdown of what they are.