Damien Symonds

Are you certain you resized them correctly before sharpening?

*light bulb moment*

You're still missing the point. In your photo, there is NO light in front of the guy, apart from very vaguely reflecting light. You need to find a backlit example photo.

It's not the same, is it? Do you have one with sky behind the subject? We have to choose the right photo combination, or you won't like what I create.

It doesn't match your photo, does it? In your photo, the subject is entirely in shade.

Ok, no worries. In that case can you find a link to a photo with the same lighting as yours? In shade on a sunny day? Preferably with some sandstone buildings if possible.

Great, thanks. And can you provide an overcast/rainy photo of your own?

Link to specific photo please.

Please let's discuss this in class, on a photo-by-photo basis.

No, 120 is too bright. Please follow my exact calibration directions here.

I'm sure I referenced it in the epilogue module of the Bridge Class. Let's start over. May I see your SOOR, straightened?

You NEVER open a jpeg into Photoshop. Ever.

You open the raw file into Photoshop, then you do the straightening as the VERY first step. Before you've even saved it as a PSD.

Then why the heck are you saving as a jpeg?????

Good.

Use a 100% brush. No, channel mixer is taught in the channel mixer class of course, not levels.

Let's not go any further with this until you've taken the Bridge Class. Your workflow is clearly an awful awful mess.

First, add a Channel Mixer adjustment layer. Go to "Output Channel: Blue" and change the numbers from 0, 0, +100, 0 to 0, +100, 0, -7. (Make sure you get the order exactly right). Then mask to the area inside the glasses. Then add a new blank layer above that. Choose your Clone Tool and make sure it's set to "Sample: Current & Below" in the Options Bar. Carefully clone over the remaining problem areas.

Possible, yes. But not easy. Her arm in her hair will be the trickiest part. Go ahead and do your raw processing first, then we'll discuss.

This one is harder because of the big rocks in the background. Do you have any other photos from this same set, that would provide the missing background detail?

This one will be dead easy. After doing your raw processing, the first step in Photoshop is the straightening. Then use this method to remove the other girl.

Phew!

Crikey!

Gee, I don't know! What about if try rearranging the windows? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/07/photoshops-arrange-functions.html

How weird! Have you also deleted that profile from the bowels of your system? Should be here: C:\Windows\System32\spool\drivers\color