Aubrey

Hi Damien, I'm doing a lot of head shots and need to highlight people's hair more accurately when replacing the background. I have tried the tactics you posted here, https://www.damiensymonds.net/replace-background-hair, but have found myself unsuccessful 3 times now. Do you have a new or different way you could suggest? I was hoping that is the case since that post is almost 2 yrs old. 

Thank you!!

Aubrey

dude that looks totally awesome! thx!

the white lit sign is obviously blown. no getting around that. so i'd need to place something over it, perhaps. 

I may be over-thinking it but what is the best way to tone down or get rid of the obnoxious CVS sign? I've tried a few things but nothing looks right. PS CC 

Hey Damien, 

Long time no talk. How do you achieve this effect in the background?http://serialthriller.com/post/32727843132/matte-sls-by-easton-chang-photography

glad i can always count on you!

Hey D, 

long time no talk! I have been working on this pic over the course of several days and just tonight this blue line is now in my pictures. Do you know what it is or how to get rid of it? i need to print this pic asap.

Screenshot attached

thx, aubrey 

I've tried 100, 90, and 80. 

Yes I can. I just set it to 50% figuring that would good before I push calibrate

It's a brand new Asus  vc279, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236584. What's annoying is also no matter how much i increase or descrease the brightness on the monitor the little arrow never moves toward the middle. It doesn't move at all. I'll have to try some more settings tonight. Was just wondering if the Xrite Pro was any faster than 5min per calibration. 

Yes. My own laptop. But I was able to get it to the right settings within a couple of tries. This stupid monitor is stubborn and it seems I have to go through all 5-6 options of "native, etc", lights down, tick tock tick tock, lights up, compare, etc etc before I can get it right. Was just wondering if there was a calibrator that does this whole work flow faster....

Yes I did. I'm mostly frustrated with how long it takes to fiddle thru each option just to find the one that matches my prints. Is there a better calibrator out there that has a quicker process than colormunki 1. Money is not an issue.  Saving time is my issue. Let me know your recommendation. 

Hey D,

So Im working on my hubby's monitor calibration and ive tried 3 times and it's just too dang blue. it's a pc desktop. it has a "blue light filter" option you can mess with on the actual monitor. Ive lowered it but the screen is still too blue, compared to my prints. Is there any way to fix this? im using my colormumki 

Ya, he and his employees know how to get the color profiles for the magazine so I'll let them worry about that. But do I calibrate their comps just as I did mine, following your instructions? Or do I need to select different options BECAUSE they will be working in CMYK and not in SRGB. sorry if it's a stupid question. Hope it makes sense. Just don't wanna mess up the Hubby's business.

Hey Damien, my husband wants to know if I can calibrate his work PC with my Spider to ensure his website designs and magazine entries are the correct colors. I've never done this. Do you have a tut? I do have some of his past magazine entries that I could use to compare with what's on the screen.