Alayne Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 (edited) I really need your advice please. Photography is just a hobby, I was meaning to calibrate and buy your next course, from memory it was the Raw one? I did the levels one prior. However, we needed to spend 20k doing IVF to get our wee miracle in this image so for the moment I cant afford to spend money on calibrating & prints etc to do the course. About my image, to my untrained eye, I thought the background looked good, I liked the gradient on it too. I had this image printed onto thank you cards, (crap quality prints) (scanned and attached for reference.. my scanner makes the print look worse than it is) but as you can see the print shows my flaws in editing, the backdrop isn't so smooth in tones, and in good light I can even see some faint pink lines on the bottom left (which now if I look closely I can see them on my PSD too). I love this image, and I really want to get it right so that I can get it printed and framed (don't kill me, but to save money I would love to edit the image with out being calibrated and doing your course for now (it is on my wish list, i know its all for good reason that you make us be calibrated to do your Raw course but it still sucks ), i'm confident that I would be happy with a new print when done somewhere of better quality & once my edit is fixed) please don't kill me, I love my baby to much! haha. The other option thats crossed my mind is paying you or someone to fix it for me, however, I would much rather it be all my own work from start to finish Thanks a lot ps (basically the 'PSD' as a thumb nail shows the bad backdrop/painting ive done, where as I cant see it when Im working on the image at a larger scale) p.s.s I should add, that I did try following your blanket tutorial, but I just couldnt get it right. It didnt help I dont think that I was exhausted from having a newborn and lost all my braincells. Edited August 31, 2017 by Alayne Brain cells are mush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Um ... what is your question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 @Alayne? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alayne Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Does it not show my paragraph? Basically to my untrained eye, I thought the background of my PSD looked good , I liked the gradient on it too, but after printing it shows that its not that seamless, and also to the bottom left I can see pink colour bands if I look closley enough, (these show up more so in print too) So, how do I get a better background please, smoother colours? 1st image is original, 2nd 'PSD', 3rd, a scan of a crappy print. (Sorry for the late reply, I never received my notification for your reply) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 28 minutes ago, Alayne said: So, how do I get a better background please, smoother colours? Right I figured that must have been your question, but you never actually asked one, so I wasn't sure. https://www.damiensymonds.net/preventing-banding-in-backdrops/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Actually, ignore that link for a moment. May I see a screenshot of your layers panel for your PSD file? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alayne Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 Oops! I obviously babbled on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Damien Symonds Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Your panel is pretty hard to read, but it certainly seems like your blanket work is an ad-hoc mess of various layers, and various painting. So yes, the link I provided above is the one to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Download PSD file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alayne Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 You're a wiz, but you already know that I bet you did that with your eyes closed too HAHA. Thanks for your time and the PSD example, I really appreciate it. Lets see how I go! .... oh how I wish I were a wiz too. The things I could do! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 How did you go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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