Samantha LaRue

It sounds like your adjustments are being saved, but the new previews aren't being generated. Can you fill this out real quick please? http://www.damiensymonds.net/thread1.html

 

20 minutes ago, AndreaLR said:

 

First off, my print looks better than it did at home, but it's still far off. 

Guess the room at your home is definitely a problem then.  

Something isn't right here. I'm not sure if it's the light in your room + the wall color or something went wrong when you ordered the print...but that file you posted looks lovely and warm on my computer, not grey and lifeless. 

12 minutes ago, AndreaLR said:

It is definitely green!  You are correct!  

The wall in front of me (behind my computer) is green.   Windows to the right, open room to the left and behind me.  

color space is correct

Hmm, can you post the jpeg here? (the same one you sent to the lab) I'm curious to see how it looks on my monitor. 

4 hours ago, AndreaLR said:

So, I didn't yet get new bulbs for the lights in my room, but I have compared prints in every different daytime lighting situation possible, and have tried calibrating my monitor at multiple different times as well. 

 

I am am at a loss for what to do next. 

I'm not sure I'd call those prints warmer, they look green. Are the walls in your room green too?

 It might even be in the wrong color space. Can you check this please? http://www.damiensymonds.com.au/art_tscs000.html

1 minute ago, teefin1 said:

Thank you Samantha. I've just spoken with my mum and I think the idea is to place the cut out figures into photos with the little boy to be placed with him, he was a real Wolverine/Batman/spidey fan etc. Morbid as it sounds his coffin is being made as Iron Man. ?

The Iron Man coffin actually sounds awesome to me!  

Here is a good alternative: https://creativemarket.com/karolisdigital?page=2

Some more from shutterstock; http://www.shutterstock.com/s/superhero/search.html

And from iStock: http://www.istockphoto.com/illustrations/superhero?facets=%7B%22text%22:%5B%22superhero%22%5D,%22pageNumber%22:1,%22perPage%22:100,%22abstractType%22:%5B%22illustrations%22%5D,%22order%22:%22bestMatch%22,%22f%22:true%7D

Cut them out and put them where though? Some of them are small so they might not print well larger. Plus there is the whole copyright/trademark issue. I'll see if I can find some licensed clipart you can buy.

I just moved your post to the "questions about tutorials and articles" section since you're asking about a specific method of Damien's.

Where are the images you need help editing? I'm not quite sure I understand what you intend to do here. 

I'll get the "what to buy" link in a few. But you can search for it at damiensymonds.net if you don't want to wait.

Yes, please follow Damien's instructions. The manufacturers instructions are virtually useless.

Not all prolabs require you to be a business owner. WHCC is the first one that comes to mind that also serves the public, but there are others. I'd definitely recommend a pro lab over your local drugstore for calibration just so our have your best chance at consistency. 

Unfortunately the Spyder4Pro does not play nice when you attempt to manually adjust your monitor (ask me how i know lol). 

Where are you noticing the problem with the reds and pinks? Is it only certain shades? Can you post an example of an image that has printed incorrectly? 

6 minutes ago, Jess_dunn said:

X-rite ColorMunki Display

Can you check to make sure when you calibrated that it's set to version 2 and not version 4? http://www.damiensymonds.net/cal_CMD_mac.html

Which model of the Xrite do you have?

1 minute ago, Jess_dunn said:

On my computer and on my phone. Though I know your phone doesn't matter, it's doing it on both.

Which program on your computer though? If you're viewing them outside of PS then it's irrelevant. But you can check this to be safe: http://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

Where are you seeing the 189 number? The snapshots you took of your screen say 100.

What program are you viewing the images in when you notice the colors are changing? 

Are you calibrated so that your monitor matches your prints?

I'm unsure of how much help Damien will be able to give you here since you have to be in the Deluxe class to receive feedback on your raw editing. He should be on soon though.

I think you uploaded the same photo twice? Can you post the SOOR of both the photo of the little girl, and the group shot you will be adding her to?

It should be under Edit > Preferences > Interface  or something similar

1 hour ago, Cynthia said:

Monitor is warm compared to the prints that I originally ordered.. but when I got the prints I felt they were warm compared to the monitor so I feel like the monitor must be VERY warm now after calibrating.. especially since the images look cool from any other device

Please don't compare your monitor to any other devices, especially if they aren't calibrated. 

1 hour ago, Cynthia said:

The prints that I recently ordered came out very bright and with almost a pinkish tint... but they look good on the screen..

The screen is lying to you. Just because it looks good one the screen doesn't matter - the proof is in the prints. 

1 hour ago, Cynthia said:

I had my brightness at 70.. maybe that was too low? so I tried 85 and re-calibrating and still nothing no improvement.. I will try again..

How does your monitor differ currently from your prints? 70 is a perfectly ok number for your brightness if your light is good and that's what you need to make it match. Don't arbitrarily raise the brightness - only adjust it in order to make your monitor match your prints. Can you please describe how your monitor currently differs from your prints in terms of brightness? 

How are the new prints different from the prints you used during your initial calibration? (when compared to your monitor)

Can you post one of the images here as an example?

Have you seen this article yet? http://www.damiensymonds.net/preventing-banding-in-backdrops/
The key to working with these backdrops is to do little to no editing on them in PS.

15 minutes ago, HeatherH said:

That's the same result I got. The foreground is good, but look at the alignment of the trees in the center. And PS applies some auto-blending (maybe I can turn that off??) so that I can't just play with the masks.

Ha I didn't even notice that. 

I am still able to mess with the masks though. Just make sure you don't have the "content aware fill" option turned on when you are using the photomerge tool. 

How does this look? I used the photomerge feature on "auto". 

First I opened Bridge, selected all the files, then did Tools > Photoshop > Photomerge and Selected "Auto" on the top left. 

5 hours ago, Amanda C said:

That link doesn't work either, but we've discovered what it is, and I think you'll laugh.

It was demographics, so you were on the right trail, but it was because she had set the upper age limit at 50, and sadly that number is behind me! It was only when someone else couldn't view it that the poster twigged. She now's put it on YouTube for even over 50's to view! 

 

Wow! I didn't even know you could control the age of your viewers. lol! Glad ya'll figured it out!