Expert: Evgenia (Jenny) Grinblo - 10/6/2011

Question
Hi Ms Grinblo! How are you?I have 2+1 questions to ask if its ok with you or you can answer one at a time,though they are very easy..Anyway,firstly i have lost interest in photoshop completely since 3 months due to some personal reasons & dont feel like trying anything beyond a point,so,i wanna know is there any place where my work can be judged or rated?
Secondly, im attaching an image where i have tried to paste hair & instead of improvising im making it darker & might crop to hide the flaws, i want to know how can i make it look good & realistic..,
Last but definitely not the least,if you remember my healing brush paints in black & im not sure whether you checked with the normal mode on the picture i sent earlier bz if yours was not black or grey that means i have a BUG..so how adobe can help me though i have posted this at forum & ps family & i'v been asked for a screen shot & after that i will ask at support center..If you like you can answer one thing first & i'l post again, bye for now >KD.

Answer
Hi again,

1. There are a few communities where you can get feedback on your work. I'm a big fan of LinkedIn groups. There are design related groups you can join and post your work to get others' opinions. What I wonder is, if you've lost all interest in Photoshop, why are you still looking for feedback and advice? I don't mean this to sound rude, I'm just wondering where your motivation is coming from after all.

2. What exactly are you trying to do with this image? What you mean by "good and realistic" and what you mean by it might be different things. I'm not sure what your objective is. From what I understand, you are trying to get different hair on this person?

3. I did actually check and the same black/gray effect did happen to me. I gave you the solution in my previous answer. I am very doubtful that your problem is the result of an issue with the program itself, especially since your downloaded the trial version and others would have complained by now if the download link contained a corrupt version of Photoshop. Do let me know if Apple support finds a bug with your program. It would be good to know for the future.

Good luck,

Evgenia