Damien Symonds

Oh, that's great news!!!!!! Now, let's tangent for a moment. I can see from your profile that you have a Mac, and no calibrator, is that correct? At the very least, in the absence of calibration, have you compared your screen to pro lab prints and adjusted its brightness to match them as closely as possible?

Anyone with dark hair will be no trouble at all. But anyone with light hair might be an issue. May I see those?

That's ok! You said you have eleven to do. Is it one photo each of eleven different people?

So does the client want pure white? The light grey isn't sufficient?

I'm so sorry, I don't understand the question. What's strange?

How many photos are you comparing? Where were they printed?

Hi @Anne-Louise, I'll answer your email here because it's a bit easier to handle multiple questions. That's right, you've done Layers & Masks, Raw, Levels, and Sharpening. You haven't yet done Bridge, Skin, Channel Mixer or Advanced Levels. Just sign up for them on my website in the usual way. The sign-up process will guide you to the renewal pricing. No, not the Bridge Class. You haven't done that one yet. You mean the Raw Class. And if you take it again, please do so properly, by learning the new sliders.

I can confirm that the brightness is not an issue. On mine, anyway. It came down fine.

Hi @Gera I've moved this thread into Brian's area, because this sounds like it's out of my league.

I also have a ROG laptop with a screen marketed as "IPS-level". I'm really happy with it. I think you will be too.

No, an actual link please.

May we have a link to its specs?

Paging @Ami ...

Um ... Jill @Stirling?

Jill @Stirling?

Yeah, finish the class, and then we can discuss it a bit further.

Yay! Oh gee. This is very bad. You need 150GB free at least. Time for a cleanup.

I have honestly never heard of this problem before. I look forward to hearing if there is a resolution. In the meantime, can you do this for me? https://www.damiensymonds.net/thread1.html

Crikey. I don't know, sorry. You'll have to contact Adobe I reckon.

Any joy, @Stirling?

It's a great app, you'll see it change when you drag it from screen to screen. Try it and see if it helps.

Do you use the app that I discussed in this article?

Talk to me, Jill @Stirling. In what way does your screen differ from your prints?

Yeah, sadly whether you use it or not, it's still a feature that creates crummy screens. Some info here. But please don't disregard this legitimate option. Make sure you do the comparison during the day, when the light is good. I really think that your nighttime lighting is poor, and that's what's causing your grief. I look forward to hearing. Yeah, it's a very common problem. We'll discuss that further once you tell me how the print comparison looks in the daytime.

I'm using Photoshop CC now, but I still have CS5 for a plug-in that I haven't found for CC yet. I'll miss that, for sure. Thanks. I'll be waiting.