Damien Symonds

To line up, do you mean?

I found this thread: https://www.facebook.com/groups/askdamien/posts/3761344393925733/

Soft-proofing is explained here: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/03/bit-about-soft-proofing.html

But as I said, you can't do it yet, because you haven't calibrated.  So I urge you to put it out of your mind for now.

4 hours ago, Françoise B said:

 - Do I now order images as I see them on the not correctly calibrated monitor

Yes.

4 hours ago, Françoise B said:

but with the embedded ICC profile from the lab?

HELL NO.  Your files must always remain in sRGB.

4 hours ago, Françoise B said:

- Since I have to order prints anyway, is matte, semi-gloss or glossy the easiest for comparison with the post-calibrated monitor?

Semi-gloss.  Sometimes also called Lustre.

4 hours ago, Françoise B said:

Problem 2

It is incredibly difficult to find a professional lab in Switzerland with a good professional offer. The lab that meets most of the requirements of the print guidelines is Saal Digital.ch but has the following deviation (see screenshot):
1) Color temperature 5000K (D50) (although this corresponds exactly to the light in my workroom). Can I still use this provider?

2) Will I then also have to calibrate my screen to 5000K?

Oh, this is SO regrettable

If you use this lab, and are successful in calibrating your screen to match their prints, you need to accept that your online photos will look too blue to everyone else.  This is not the greatest tragedy in the world, but it's not ideal.

4 hours ago, Françoise B said:

One last question after studying the lab's website:

6) The ICC profiles for soft proofing are the same ICC profiles used when saving the final version for printing. Do I understand this correctly?

Thank you very much for your help in advance!
 

Soft-proofing can only be done AFTER you are successfully calibrated.  You must ignore this part for now.

From Bridge there are two ways to open a raw file.  One is Ctrl O, the other is Ctrl R.  Have you tried both?

16 minutes ago, KimMoore said:

I'm wanting to know how to re-size something for the awards when they don't give you a specific size.  ie 3000 pixels on the longest side.

First, crop to your liking with NOTHING in the options bar.

Then open the Image Size window, make sure the "Resample" checkbox is checked, and the units are set to pixels, then literally replace the largest value with 3000.

1 hour ago, Damien Symonds said:

Um ... I don't understand what you don't understand?

You're cropping to 4 pixels by 6 pixels.  That's TINY!

Do you see it?

11 hours ago, KimMoore said:

FILE SPECIFICATIONS We recommend resizing your jpeg image to 3000px on the longest side.

What site is it?

13 hours ago, KimMoore said:

Whoops, I forgot it!

Um ... I don't understand what you don't understand?

You're cropping to 4 pixels by 6 pixels.  That's TINY!

Screenshot please.

Color LCD is fine.  Once you get a calibrator and calibrate her laptop, the calibration profile will automatically replace that.

Right.  If this problem persists, you might need to roll back to Photoshop 24.

See where it says "RGB" in that little pull-down at the top?  That's where you find the individual channels.

No, but it might mean you have to roll back one version of Photoshop, and stay there.

Which version are you running at the moment?

Sorry, which extra boxes?

Great!

Then I'm not concerned about the curve at this stage.

But if it continues to increase, a print match might be harder to achieve.

What?

I just told you how to fix it.

Add a Levels adjustment layer and enter these values:

 - Red channel: 0/1.00/230
 - Green channel: 85/1.00/230
 - Blue channel: 125/1.00/225

This will make the whole photo kinda crazy orange.

Then invert the mask to hide the adjustment.  Then use a big soft brush at 10% opacity to paint onto the problem area.

6 hours ago, StudioPopJess said:

For the love of God, Jess, PLEASE don't wait any longer to learn how to edit.

Phew.

Can you confirm your colour space?  https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

You do have Photoshop though, right?

4 minutes ago, Sandra1970 said:

Ik don't have the scale option in Bridge 2024

Can you do this?  https://www.damiensymonds.net/thread1.html

I can probably help with this, but I'll need the actual photo not a screenshot.

Motion blur is literally directional.  So if you see blur more in one direction than another, it's motion blur.