Damien Symonds

You tried a different lab? Yes, and I told you:

Not my article, Ted.

Of course they can, as long as the images are all hosted on a common shared drive that everyone can access.

Hi @ted939, thank you. If you take another look, you'll see that that isn't my article. My friend Christina wrote it. I love her, but she's wrong about this. Lightroom is a steaming pile of shit.

The faces look nice and alive in your files. You'd better try a different print lab.

Please read this and make the necessary changes: https://www.damiensymonds.net/working-with-dual-screens-windows-10/

Could you send me one or two of the album page files? https://spaces.hightail.com/uplink/BellePhotography

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Do this: https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. As I said, the success of restoration is entirely dependent on the quality of the scan. A normal home/office scanner doesn't cut it. Do you know if there is a professional scanning service near where your sister lives?

No, I mean do you have the actual physical photo? Are you holding it in your hand right now?

It says 300ppi right there. That's what you use. Crop your files to 5x7 inches at 300ppi, then save at level 10 quality as it says - NOT maximum. I wouldn't use the purple flower photo, because there's too much chance that it'll be out of gamut. Any or all of the other prints are fine.

The hell they are. NEVER send full original resolution files to print. Always crop them to the exact size and resolution you intend to print. What resolution does your lab ask for?

Yeah, go for it!

Yeah, don't worry about coating.

I wouldn't add any coating. Lustre should just be an option for the paper type?

I like 5x7s. And always lustre.

Can we talk about this in the Raw Class please?

No, the SOOR please. Raw edits done but no Photoshop work.

Bloody hell, I wish you'd asked me right away. May I see the SOOR?

We're not ready to talk about this yet. Please keep those Raw Class posts coming so we can get you into the second half.

What method did you use to change it?

Maybe this one then: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/03/softening-hard-shadows-method-1.html

This is fantastic. Definitely no need to move your temporary file location.

The 8GB of RAM is your problem. These days Brian recommends 32GB.