Damien Symonds

May I see just the raw edit?

I have absolutely no idea, sorry. I've never dabbled with Facebook's date controls.

This is another one of those things that's a dead simple one-step edit with Channel Mixer in Photoshop; but takes a few steps with Elements. The Elements workaround, as you probably know, is here: https://www.damiensymonds.net/tut_psecm.html Here's the file: https://max.mailbigfile.com/c2700cd21ad057e6c2dffe4227e74f0e/listFiles.php

It's no biggie, you just need to go to the Layers panel submenu (the three little lines) and choose "Panel Options". Presently your thumbnail size is set to "None". Change it to something bigger.

Yep, you got it. Use Image Processor, and include an action that resizes and sharpens. Exactly as discussed at the end of these instructions. https://www.damiensymonds.net/act_web.html

Not crazy at all. I mean, it's a bit hard to let photos go that you know aren't as good as they can be, but it's what we have to do sometimes. Generally you'd do the ACR editing the same as normal, then at the last minute, increase the Contrast slider. Also be generous with Clarity.

Don't forget how you warped her cheek and generally messed up the hair swap on that camera-left side of her face. I can help you with the shadow, but I'll wait, if you don't mind. Start again and avoid all those other problems.

It has no purpose. Never use it.

Wonderful!

Ah yeah, that gels well.

Hang on ... you've warmed the background. Which is great! So you don't need to fiddle with the red channel on the people after all.

Hmmm ... 20 is definitely too much, isn't it? Fiddle around with it and see if there's a spot where it looks good.

Thanks. I wanted to suggest adding a Levels layer immediately above the "couple" layer, then clipping it to that layer, then going to the Red channel and bringing the black slider in to about 20. Yes it will make his suit clip a bit, but it will balance the colour with their surrounds a bit more, I think.

Yeah, that might be better. May I see a screenshot of the layers panel?

Hi @SLS, sorry about my delayed reply. I was doing the grocery shopping I don't have any "clever tricks" for you, I'm afraid. It will begin with Levels using the eyedropper tool, and careful masking. After that, very painful, painstaking cloning. Download this PSD file to see how I've done one of the glares so far.

It does seem to be encroaching on his leg an unnatural amount, doesn't it? I think you've left a bit too much grass there.

I'm not sure, sorry.

Ok, there's nothing there that alarms me. Yes, it's a small hard drive, but you're doing an excellent job of keeping it clear. But you really should be running CleanMyMac once a month.

Come on ...

For my general peace of mind, though, could you do this for me?

You have every right to expect a good match between paper and screen. But with a crappy old laptop, that might be a bridge too far. Do you have a desktop screen you can plug in and try calibrating that instead?

Ha ha ha!!!! I love it!

I'm so sorry, I can't tell from this. These are the set of prints that weren't too saturated, yes?

It's time, Cailynn. https://www.damiensymonds.net/training.html

Yeah, that's what I feared