Damien Symonds

How did you go, @Mary Burgy?

Great.

If you have a photo open right now, ready to prepare for web, tell me about it.  What file format is it?  Does it have layers?

Okay, can you read this and let me know when you have done so?  https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/02/selling-digital-images.html

Yep.

No, as long as you're not hoping to use the wall with your white balance dropper.

So ... why HAVEN'T you updated Photoshop?

Hi @LJ Light, Brian will be along shortly to give you a hand.

Could you do this for him?

I figure you would do it something like this: https://max.mailbigfile.com/2807e9b740b5cb46392e94f1c8b06dd7/listFiles.php

But this would be the very last step in the workflow.  You'd finish your clean editing first.

Clearly it's not ...

1 hour ago, AniaAnia said:

I haven’t used the liquefy function before

Well, this is a great project to start on!

Just play around.  Be prepared for the fact that you'll mess it up a few times, but that's okay.  Start over, and embrace the learning journey.

Liquify.

https://max.mailbigfile.com/98fdf9a9a60b2686ba7e34f922bae4c5/listFiles.php

The trouble is, it's difficult to know when to stop.  It's hard to know when it's perfect, you know?

Make sure you convert the layer to a smart object before liquifying (which I didn't do) so that you can come back and tweak it as often as you wish.

You should definitely pick paint that matches your sheet.  Which these samples don't.

Okay, you'd better do this for me.

Great.  Can you go ahead and do your raw processing on the photo then post it again for me?

Hi @AnitaW did you shoot raw?

Yeah, I would have thought so too!  Somehow the calibrator must be reading the correct colours, but then the screw-up happens afterwards.

Wow.  Sounds like a graphics card freak-out?

Great.

And which website are you preparing a photo for?

5 hours ago, Mcboudreau said:

Part 3: Use it

"Now I open a new photo. This is the one I want to upload somewhere. I shrink it to web size, flatten it, sharpen it, yada yada yada" …  Ya, I don't know how to do that. Please help!

Okay, let's start at the beginning. Which version of Photoshop do you have?

Yes, it certainly seems to indicate that.

Maybe this?  https://www.damiensymonds.net/desktop-monitor-brightness/

You mentioned this is an external screen.  Can you tell me a bit more about your setup?

Eventually you'll learn to stop watching stupid videos, and just come straight to me to get the correct answer.

Dodge and burn is very very important sometimes: https://www.damiensymonds.net/simple-dodge-and-burn-tutorial/

Oh boy.

Maybe frequency separation?

Are you saying that at 80, your screen is darker than your prints?