Damien Symonds

Hi Vicki, do you only have a print? I mean, do you have access to the original? (Digital file if it was a digital photo, or negative if it was a film photo.)

Sorry, I don't have access to that page.

I know it looks complicated, but I've laid it out step by step, I'm sure you can do it.

Don't worry, I've already done that part for you. https://www.damiensymonds.net/act_web.html

Perfect!

Oh! Then you did do it right. You just shouldn't have chosen white as the color of the Solid Color layer. Also, you have to turn off the Background layer.

No, you didn't follow the steps properly. Show me the original image.

Come on, at least let me help

Did you do this?

Very easy to change it to white, or to any colour at all. Just hit Cmd Opt Shift 2 (plain 2, not F2) to get marching ants, then Cmd Shift I to invert the selection, then add a Solid Color layer.

Have you read the general info here? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/01/creating-saving-and-using-watermark-ps.html

The tricky thing about all black watermarks is that they don't work well on dark backgrounds.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/02/to-dng-or-not-to-dng.html

Then I don't know, sorry If it's not bit depth and it's not layers, I don't know why it's doing it. Maybe you need to reset PS's preferences?

Are your files 16-bit? That would do it.

You must be. The behaviour you're describing is exactly what happens when you save as a copy.

This is because you're saving as a copy, yeah?

Also, can you confirm that your screens aren't mirroring each other? They must be independent screens, where you can have different things open on each one.

Hi @Momentsunleashed are you remembering that you have to use different calibration instructions for your two different screens? https://www.damiensymonds.net/calibration-instructions/

I've just googled a user manual. It's a bit vague, but yes, it seems like "off" is the best setting.

@ChristyB?

Right, so why doesn't he use Bridge? You have to break out of the DNG thing. It's such a hassle for backups.

What does he do with them? Keep reading.

How many times have you read through the class so far?

Why DNG?