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Hello,
I’m not a graphic designer, nor do I have a deep knowledge of color space, color profiles, or image rendering. However, I need to try to help out a coworker who is running into some problems.
This coworker came to me the other day asking why the color of a logo in a tiff was slightly different than the color of that same logo in a PDF file. She is running Windows XP, but the files were created with Photoshop and Acrobat on a Mac.
Additionally, she says that images saved in Photoshop on a Mac typically look horrible on her PC — the color is "off". She does not have Photoshop, and is opening images for proofing with the native Windows preview application. This problem occurs on every Windows XP computer we have in the office.
Ideally, this person should be able to open images and documents without there being a drastic shift in color. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but, for example, the color in the original image and one saved in Photoshop should be pretty close when viewed side by side on the same computer. I’m wondering if there is something that the designers need to do when prepping files to make sure colors display accurately on a PC?
Can anyone help point me in the right direction here?
Thanks.
Joseph
I’m not a graphic designer, nor do I have a deep knowledge of color space, color profiles, or image rendering. However, I need to try to help out a coworker who is running into some problems.
This coworker came to me the other day asking why the color of a logo in a tiff was slightly different than the color of that same logo in a PDF file. She is running Windows XP, but the files were created with Photoshop and Acrobat on a Mac.
Additionally, she says that images saved in Photoshop on a Mac typically look horrible on her PC — the color is "off". She does not have Photoshop, and is opening images for proofing with the native Windows preview application. This problem occurs on every Windows XP computer we have in the office.
Ideally, this person should be able to open images and documents without there being a drastic shift in color. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but, for example, the color in the original image and one saved in Photoshop should be pretty close when viewed side by side on the same computer. I’m wondering if there is something that the designers need to do when prepping files to make sure colors display accurately on a PC?
Can anyone help point me in the right direction here?
Thanks.
Joseph
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