Damien Symonds

Ok, so are you following the troubleshooting part?

I think you'd be happy with any of those.

Are you following my directions here? https://www.damiensymonds.net/calibration-instructions/

No they don't. Never make that mistake. The prints are your benchmark. Your screen is brighter than them.

However, there is another option. You've got yourself a couple of pretty rubbish screens there. Maybe you could consider replacing one of them with a better screen, and going for the cheaper calibrator?

Honestly, no. They really are neck-and-neck. I find the X-Rite perhaps a little easier to use, but the Spyder slightly more feature-rich. You'd be happy with either one, so go with the one that you can find for the best price.

Ok. Well, when you lower their brightness how close can you get to a print match?

Don't keep me in suspense! How did you go?

@Rebecca Yin, remind me what screen you have?

If it didn't have the beads all over it, it would be a fairly simple matter of Channel Mixer or even Hue/Saturation. But the beads will make it a heck of a lot more difficult.

I don't think you're doing anything wrong. Some screens are just like that, sadly. The numbers they give are often wildly different from reality.

How did the calibration go?

From a stock website, I guess?

I think you should find a forest photo that you can put behind your subjects. That's the only way you'll make this work. https://www.facebook.com/graystarphotography/photos/a.427923724420188/853741078505115/

Hi @Nicole Buffolino were you following my directions here?

Open it with liquify, which will stretch the iris all weirdly. But that's ok. Once you've liquified the eyelid to where you like it, you'll copy the other iris across and mask it in.

I think so, yes.

Oh, great!!!

Yes, did you get my email yesterday?

The channel mixer should work for where the glare is on the skin. But where it's on eyelashes, you might need to use the Handyman method instead.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/trainingraw-signup.html

It's impossible to tell on the basis of just one photo. Don't worry about it for now. If I see a pattern of darkness in your raw class posts, I'll let you know.

No, that's right. That's exactly how it's supposed to work. You can make any modifications you want, and simply save and close that PSB file, and it will update in your PSD file.

Yes, for cases where cloning isn't an option.

Always use cloning if you can. But if you feel it's not an option here, you can try this Channel Mixer layer: R +100, 0, 0, 0 G +79, 0, 0, -9 B +61, 0, 0, -12 (Make sure you enter those numbers in exactly the correct order.)