Michelle Pena

So I have not had an issue ever with color on my iMac it has always been brightness lol Anyway, I had the lab print a set of test prints with no color correction of course then I also had them send me a set of color corrected prints. My test prints look red compared to the color corrected ones. Now I didn't notice it until I compared the two other wise I would have never seen the reds in the prints. to me they "looked fine" . Does the monitor need to be calibrated and adjust color or do you think I need to adjust reds in ACR? I've already tried that but it seems when I take out reds it looks green then I come back to reds and then test prints come back red anyway as if I never adjusted them. I use WHCC , I know not everyone's favorite. Thank you for any advise. Michelle

Got it! So far ACR is still in the sRGB space but I'll keep watch every time I open. Is the 2021 version a huge program. I mean my iMac is about two years old but still would not want it to slow down. Just curious though!

Ok, thanks, I really was interested in how the sky enhancement works with the new version. I forget about how you can downgrade! I may give it a try, I'm so indecisive lol So , when upgrading or downgrading make sure to follow the trouble shooting for the colors space correct ? It doesn't keep the settings .

Hello Brian. I hope it's ok to ask this here. I don't know why I can't access " ask Damien " ?? Does the 2021 version of PS CC have any glitches ? Is it ok to upgrade? I don't have Big sur I am on Mojave 10.14.6 Thank you for any help.

Hello Brian, I installed the Wacom tablet, then decided I did not like it.Uninstalled it and now my action icons look like this ( picture attached ) Not just actions even adjustment layers icons. I refreshed workspace and uninstalled and reinstalled actions and it"s still looks like this. I use version 2019 20.0.10 Know of anything I can do ? Is this a iMac issue.I'm on Mojave 10.14.6. Thank you for any help

Done! It said my iMac should run smoother lol Thanks so much !

Ahh ok well I already have dng on EHD so then I can remove those. Yes after clearing out the downloads and the documents folder( this folder was taking up most space) and running CMM it runs a lot smoother even photoshop seems faster although I didn't see much slowness there. Maybe that's in my head ha! Thank you in advance for the screen shots of CMM. There is a lot of options to clean !

Yes I think so...Can I delete the item from when I downloaded the new app Cleanmymac? I just purchased it and it has a file from it in the downloads folder. I never know what to do with those. Any suggestions on what to run on the Cleanmymac? I think I did all three and a deep clean as well.

Thank you I will be purchasing the Cleanmymac. When cleaning out the downloads folder and they are files I still need , should I place them in another folder ? Doesn't make sense to cause it will clutter up that space anyway? I had one psd folder on my desktop and now I am removing it. I just purchased a new external hardrive. My PS and ACR have been running normally.

I have a Mac desktop running Mojave 10.14.6 and Photoshop 2019. It is under 2 years old, and has 16GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 108.51GB free out of 250.69GB. The last time I shut down was more than 24 hours ago. I have never run a cleanup program. It could be almost 3 years old.

Thank you Brian, I've not slept because this has been heavy on my mind. I have it 2 ticks down from the left , if I go any lower, them I can't see the screen well and then I start to see a glare. Talked to WHCC as well and they said I have PS set correctly

It is a completely new iMac not PC , not even a year old LOL! Anyway, I will be taking the class but wanted to ask you if I would be learning how to edit the opposite of the light and airy look for outdoor images... not dark and moody but somewhere in between .....I guess I would need to show you an image of what I'm talking about. Anyway, I'm excited to purchase the class and ready for my outdoor images to look better and of course indoor but I struggle a lot with outdoor images.

Do you think I can still take your Raw class with these settings?

Yes And I even tried the cooler settings and then it gets turned around ..screen cool and warm prints.. there is no in between it seems.

SO I did get back my prints from WHCC and they look better than Bay Photos color by just comparing them side by side in daylight. I calibrated to D50 70 Lum was my final calibration to get a close match to WHCC ... comparing I'm not sure if I'm seeing the prints cool or green. Brightness is better. I purchased 6500k bulbs at 1500 lumens and I'm using 8 around my work space. I'm just not sure if I'm looking at it too much or what lol But I tried the other setting like d75 and d65 and so on. D50 seems to be it.So screen is warm and prints either cool or green.Thoughts ? Don't know if I should be posting here or not lol edited to add not all the prints look green just two of them.

I have sent out prints to WHCC and got them back. I have not compared yet since I am not in the same lighting I edit in at the moment. But already 3 out 4 photos look better on WHCC than Bay Photo just by looking from the naked eye and in daylight lighting. SO I will compare the prints to the screen alter tonight. We shall see !

So why do the prints look cool in person as I'm holding them in natural light? They do not look warm. To me if I don't compare them they look fine so beautiful. But I understand why you compare. So the other labs they offer through shootproof.

I'm with Shootproof so they have certain labs. I'll find another that is not too costly for my clients.

No I have not been there but they have shown me their prints and say they have not had an issue. I print with bay photo and so my PS set to their specifications.

No they are all painted the same color. There has to be a way. I know of other photographers who edit in the dark mind you or in dim lighting who also calibrate and their prints match. I feel like I'm the only one in the world who's prints do not match ! I know of a photographer who uses her internal calibration on her iMac and her prints match up! Wha??

I wish , that's when I shoot sessions. Then do the normal everyday things you need too during daylight. Night is when I have all the time in world.

I was hoping you could tell me LOL! Is it 5200k? I didn't see any of those at my local Home Depot Or maybe I should edit warmer or cooler ?Heck I don't even know anymore.

I switched to 5000k and 900 lumens today. I have 4 bulbs in the over head light fixture and two lamps with two bulbs each in them.

Prints still warmer and I turned down brightness from the display panel to match up the brightness. So I guess this means the new 5000k bulbs are not what I need.

Ok, so I re calibrated to 70 lum and d50 . prints are warmer than screen and brightness matched up pretty good. Should I re calibrate to d55 and a different Lum ? or get 5200k bulbs and brighter ?