Damien Symonds

No, I'm sure that's meant to be a white dress.

Ok, could you post the SOOR for me?

Very normal, yes, and nothing to worry about. Click "Don't show again". Now, next issue. You're in 16-bit, which is contributing to this problem also. Please don't do that. 8-bit is fine.

It's because you've got an awful lot of clipping in her face. Really badly blown out. First things first, can you do this for me?

I'm so sorry. I give a lot of advice freely here, but not where it coincides directly with my classes. This is all covered in the Print Sharpening Class. I hope you understand.

Next, this.

Gosh, then of course you don't need to make a separate file of it, and Place it. Just use a Solid Color adjustment layer right there in the file. So do you not want any gradation in the background at all? Surely some shadowing is needed?

You haven't set the new background file to "Multiply" blend mode. Can you post the new background file by itself, so I can see what it looks like? I think you might be going about this the wrong way.

If it was just shadows, I'd say yes. But this isn't just shadows, this is a white balance problem.

I beg you, watch this and make your life much easier in the future.

No, not at all. Just post the new ones below.

You can't argue with the javascript. You are an idiot. Restart every day.

Hi Suz, I'm sure I can help with this. Go ahead and do your raw processing, then post the photo again.

I think it's time we saw your photo, Nancy. We're flying blind here.

That one will do for now. But yes, it will be a good idea to get some more before too long.

Is this the SOOR?

How did you go with this, Paige? May we see what you created?

Yes, I think just brighten the background a tiny bit.

Well, I think the first one would be easier. The second one would require more background editing.

Well, lockets are so small, so you might be ok!!!

Hi Mira, have you read this?

This is a very good idea. The more you can do this, the better and faster your work will be. Have you ever made an action before? I wrote a simple tutorial here. Also, some general info here. And of course, this one will slice heaps of time off your output workflow.

That's great, but it's also largely irrelevant. The only thing that's relevant is the comparison to your pro lab prints. How is it?

Absolutely not. Don't try to mess about with the black point, it's more risk than reward. Let it fall where it may.

Yeah, just patient cloning, I'd say. Probably at low opacity, so it blends.