I've come to this conclusión, not because I've PM you asking for help with something that should be trivial for you like how to sabe and reuse a watermark layer (which you so elegantly refused to do!!! Thank you again and I am sorry I would take some of your time...), but because some of the answers to some questions about "mistakes", or better put, wrong choices in exposure at the time the capture is done, is pretty much always: "Don't worry, you can fix it later"... I admit I've started to use a PP software, but, so far, I haven't done more than deciding on the color to use, and even then I've been happy with the preset installed on an oldes version of Elements. So; I still think that is always better to get it right on camera, that's all... I'm sorry if some people feel ofended with this remark, but that's what it seems like, to me. P.S. Sorry for all the editing, but I'm typing on a spanish "speaking" laptop and it keeps trying to change the english for spanish words, as you can see in the begining of this post... Hey, even the Elements came in spanish and I haven't spoken the language in 3 years (that's also why I asked for help...)
Look, when I receive a 3rd unsolicited PM saying, "OK, I'm here and I don't know how do this...", I wonder who, if anyone, here isn't going to start letting you know that they're not your personal tutor and maybe you should start poking around this forum and elsewhere and start learning things on your own before you get stuck. There's being nice to someone learning, and then there's enabling behavior, and by message #3 I saw a pattern I needed to put a stop to. And I did point you to resources that would help.
As for my replies, I suspect you're looking solely at my responses to people who ask what they can do differently on an image they've posted, or are looking for a critique. I promise you, the first time post asking the same I won't even mention post processing but will instead say, "Go back in time and space and reshoot it with this lens and with these settings", particularly when it's a landscape involving dense cloud formations, or a kid playing in the yard with an amazing smile, or some other fleeting moment captured. Tell me this, what other advice can I give when the shot has been taken and they ask about it? I can assure you my advice has never been, "Don't worry, you can fix it later", but rather something more akin to, "OK, since this is what you have, and this is what you've done, this is what I'd do differently/additionally to fix it". Take a hard look at my posts and I dare you to find me advocating sloppy/lazy photography. You will find that I strongly advocate knowing your post processing tools because they are critical tools in the creative process, particularly in certain types of photography, but never at the expense of knowing how to take a good photo.
Folks, I'm sorry for derailing this thread, but I spend a lot of time and effort here trying to pass on a little of what I've learned, both from this forum and elsewhere. So when I get called one-dimensional, and someone who should be ignored, forgive me for getting a little pissed off - particularly when it's by someone who has sent me more than a few unsolicited requests for help with specific post processing problems they are stuck in the middle of with their copy of Elements (and who also got prompt answers and/or recommendations for places to follow up). English as a second language or not, it's ignorance personified.
