Shirelle

remind me again how to do that correctly, please. Can you post a link?

No I haven't..is that a program you pay for separately?

I feel like I have this at a nice clean space overall...but I feel so rusty and out of touch with my editing steps. What would be the best approach to get a soft creamy skin texture without losing detail?

Yeah it's ok. I decided to be happy with the photo above.

I did actually...it was kinda meh..but it seemed to do the best..the diamond pattern has been tricky

Having a hard time filling in those spaces well with cloning.. what would be the best approach here? I was looking for the article about stretching and free transform and can't find it. Not sure how to proceed.

My final edit? Yeah I didn't use your edit for it, but I did pull it up in ps and try out the edit you sent.

Okay thanks for the suggestion, I gave it a try, but I've been playing with it for awhile and think I have come up with something I like. I know the removal of the light will not look great to you, but it was the best I could do

Okay I want to try to edit my photo something like this I want the rich hues and shadows without too much warmth. https://www.myclickmagazine.com/what-wear-photo-session/ I also like the look of this photo although it seems more muted...Plus i realize I don't have the bright sky behind subject in my photo like this one. Here's my photo.....I just don't know where to start. Been awhile.

ahh makes much more sense. Also, in my Photosho version (CC) when I go to File..."place"... my options say "place embedded" or "place linked"... I should be choosing place embedded, right?

When making a collage or story board in ps do you use full resolution jpegs or web sized jpegs? I want to make a collage to post on the web but I want the images to look nice and sharp. Does it matter either way?

Okay thank you and okay..I will get to that class! Hopefully soon!

Another question.. sorry if I seem daft to you, but this is all new to me and I wanna get it right. Should my sharpening be higher when it's going to the client verses just sharpening for social media? (It goes on an online gallery where they can downloaded...so still on the web, but it's next step is straight to the client.)