Gera

Alrigiht. I'll give it a try and keep you posted. Thank you.

And hopefully the clouds too

On 8/22/2018 at 10:23 PM, Damien Symonds said:

Hmmm ... was it this one?  https://www.damiensymonds.net/2011/06/using-gradient-to-fix-sky.html

I'm here! Sorry... It actually was one with a pregnant woman and a cloud you got rid of  close to a hill... or at least that's what I remember. I it was one where you fixed a wrinkle off her dressed... I think.

And yes, Here is a jpg of it. I know my raw processing sucks now... But I basically want to get rid of the lights on the structure and on the bridge. But when I try to clone them out you can imagine the result I get. Thanks!

A1 or continuous = Release priority

A2 or single = Focus priority

Hi!

Is this calibrating software worth it?

I have a D750 and I'm noticing that my focus is not always accurate with my 85mm f/1.8. I also have a Tamron 24-70mm G2 and it seems Ok. Has anyone used it? Am I better off manually calibrating the lenses?

Thank you!

I remember a while a go while I was navigating through the layers class that I came across a video where @Damien Symonds edited out a cloud from the sky but used a gradient to do it. I've search and for my life I can find the video.

Has anyone seen it? Is it still linked here somewhere?

Thank you  in advance!

4 hours ago, Damien Symonds said:

I know. I just wish the compression wasn't that much. 

I came across a reding earlier today. I haven't tried this at home... You know what... nvm... this is got to be FB. The pictures look fine on the PC, I just don't know what on earth is FB doing. Kind of disappointing. 

1 minute ago, Damien Symonds said:

Then you have to live with it, sorry.

Just like the rest of us do.

Just out of curiosity, would dithering have something to do with this?

14 hours ago, Damien Symonds said:

Hi Gera, have you read this? https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_facebook.html

Are you uploading to a biz page?

Came across it some time ago but just skimmed through it. Will go in detail once I'm home.

No, I'm not posting these in a biz page. So the PNG thingy won't work

I just noticed that even uploading the picture online gets a little of banding... *sigh*

Hi.

This has probably been asked before but I just can't understand what on earth am I doing wrong.  I've done a couple of photo shoots recently, and when I put the pictures up in facebook, I get horrible, HORRIBLE BANDING. What the heck am I doing wrong?

Here is what I have tried so far (all these are jpeg):

- Exporting as 16bit
- Exporting as 8bit
- Exporting at 2048 pixels (long side in Ps and Lr)
- Exporting at full res
- Exporting at 100 dpi
- Exporting at 300 dpi
*** Exporting as PNG (which gets better results but still it's there). 

***I work in sRGB***

And yes, I do not see the banding when working in Ps or Lr. It only happens when the Images go to FB! More than likely, I'm definitely doing something wrong, a setting is wrong, or FB compression just sucks bad. 

Any help is appreciated. 

1 hour ago, Brian said:

Some video cards will only use one port or the other. If you don't get video on one of the displays, you'll need a video card that supports two displays at the same time. As for which one, either, unless you are viewing things on a 4K screen. Since you have a pair of 1920x1080 screens, I think you should be fine. I'm curious if both displays work at the same time.

The one I currently have is a GT730 I think. It displays the two monitors, one being hdmi and the other vga. Also now that you mention it, fhat explains the color difference.

Thank you!

Thank you, sir! Now... will it matter if one is hooked with HDMI and another with DVI-D?

You just answered that as I typed on my phone LOL

Acer H236HL. 2 of them. 

Same computer. The Xrite i1 Pro.

Is it at all possible to calibrate two monitors at the same time? Or even duplicate the calibeation settings?

Will there be a noticeable difference when editing in a monitor hooked with VGA compared to HDMI?

Thanks. 

Thank you, sir

Hello guys, 

First of all, I completely understand this is not anywhere close what would Damien consider decent; I do still need help however. I took this very quickly as the sky was getting darker, and soon right after I took it, it started raining

Anyhow, I was wondering how could I possibly fix the waist line on the dress of this lady. Any help is greatly appreciated. 

The colors do seem to match, the brightness is a little weird though. It may be due to the fact that I used this monitor forever in maximum brightness and the chance may be a little drastic for me.  According to your instructions, the lines are pretty good. I guess I just have to get used to it this way... 

The very same ones, sir. 

I know this may sound ridiculous, but I'm a noob at this... 

Anyway, I just calibrated my Acer H236HL-BID and the screen looks very dark compared to the original. It may be right, and I'm just not just to it. Here are the pictures of the results. How does this look? 

Thanks for your help! 

5 hours ago, Brian said:

In order for your camera to lock focus, there needs to be enough contrast swing for it to lock on.

Stupid question... is this because of the body's focusing system or user error?

5 hours ago, Brian said:

I'm also not a fan of Tamron lenses. I realize you are probably stuck with it, so I'd rent a D750 and a Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 combo to see the difference between the Tamron & Nikon. 

Kind of stuck but not entirely... LOL. I've seen some decent and good shots with this lens. I'm sure once I get more practice I'll get better. Also I need to stick in my head how lighting affects shots and stop expecting everything to be perfect regardless of the light (yes, I know it is stupid). 

The reason I don't want to rent anything of a semi to pro range is that I may like it a lot, then create a negative idea of what I have and try to get the gear I rented. I know it will happen like that; I just can't afford anything now. Maybe in a couple months the body and the lens may "go to heaven by accident" and that will give me something better. 

I hope you're right!!!

Thanks!