Damien Symonds

Yes, you temporarily plug the TV in to your computer to act as a monitor, then use the excellent testing features of the X-Rite i1 Display Pro calibration device. It gives very accurate readings of the brightness and temperature in each section of a 3x3 grid on the screen.

Why are you contemplating this nonsense?

Why?

Right. Can you do it again, and take a careful look at the "ICC Profile" checkbox? I think yours might be unchecked.

Gosh, good question! How is the actual calibration? Is it still achieving a print match for you?

That's ok, let's work it out together. When you save your files for the internet, do you use the "Save As" function, or "Save for web"?

Yeah, this was definitely a job for a mask. Erasing was a terrible option.

The second, I think.

This is a camera question rather than an editing one, so I'm going to move your post to Ask Brian.

It will look weird to fill it in with more hair, but it will be insanely difficult to remove it. I'm not sure what to tell you. If you remove it, I think you'd need to find another photo of clear forehead to mask in there.

Download the PSD file Basically, I first added the gradient layer and made it the colours you'd shown me, and masked it but only very roughly, and not too close to the subject. I duplicated that layer, and changed the bottom one to Overlay mode, then made its mask completely white, then modified the gradient colours to make it match the top layer as closely as possible. This part was hard, I went back and forth quite a lot. Then I more carefully masked both layers. After this, it's up to you. On the top layer, you zoom way in and use a tiny brush, to mask out the hairs you don't want. I did a small section to show you:

Oh gee Cath, your file is untagged. Did you save it using Save As, or Save for web?

Very interesting. This is out of my league. Do you mind reporting back, to let me know how it goes?

Download the PSD file

Well, first I used the Handyman Method to minimise it a bit, then some low-opacity cloning on top of that.

Download the PSD file

Well, it was done using this method. This one is also relevant. Give me a minute while I upload the PSD for you.

Also, right-click on a layer in the Layers Panel and choose a thumbnail size. Presently it's set to "No thumbnail".

Oh yeah, that's terrific. Even better. It shouldn't have been necessary to mask at all, or at least not very much. Can you show me the texture file?

Yes, that's fine.

I've generally found that the safest way to handle this is to replace the sky altogether. This is a fake sky, what do you think?

Oh, this is SO difficult, isn't it?

I don't know, you haven't showed me the focus yet. http://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/09/grabbing-700x700px-100-crop.html

No no no no no. Definitely no need for that. What blend mode did you choose for the texture layer?

Oh gosh, this is tough. Do you think this would be satisfactory to her?