a friend in need

[Joey_M]

I just had a friend email me the follow any thoughts would be appreciated!:

"My wife is freaking out about some changes she made to some photos in photoshop. She took her little sister's senior pics over the weekend and has been editing them all afternoon/evening. She was horrified to see the images look over-sharpened in photoshop viewer, quicktime, etc. even though they look fine in regular photoshop. She is afraid she has ruined them and will not be able to restore to original and the originals are already deleted. Interestingly, they seem to look fine out of the printer."

I told him that it might be that her photoshop screen settings are set to viewing photos while her monitor (while viewing photo with other softwares) is set up for something else - like factory settings. I also said to always backup a copy before editing!

TIA for any info!
I have a photo if you want/need to see it.

[Joey_M]

I ran her photo through noiseware as the only thing I could see "wrong" was some grain. Here is the response:

"I can really tell that you have rid this pic of the graininess, but I don't think that was the original problem I was having. The pic you sent is still showing up distorted on my viewer. It only looks distorted (even mine did) when it is smaller than actual size. When I hit "view actual size", it is completely normal, although obviously very magnified. The distortion I see is definitely different than graininess. Hopefully it won't affect the pic once it is printed."
TIA for any info!

[katie pertiet]

Hey Joey, Could it be 'viewer' making it wonky? Does it look okay to her when she opens it in Photoshop? If it looks okay at 100% it should print okay.

Sorry I'm not more help.

[Joey_M]

Thanks for your thoughts, Katie! I think her viewer or monitor has to be off. They look great as she is editing them in photoshop & when she prints. Weird. Thanks again!