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Hi!
I profiled my monitor (on a notebook) today, and now colors are off (in non Photoshop programs). I read all that I could find on color profiles and color management issues, but I am still missing something.
* I have a color profile for it (icc)
* which is assigned (windows xp under display settings)
* and Photoshop knows about it automagically
I used i1 (Gretag Machbeth) hw/sw for monitor calibration. Now, I understand that only _some_ applications are aware of the color profiles and so only _those_ apps will render the "right" colors on screen. But what I do not understand is, why do pictures, viewed with IrfanView for instance, look duller now? Is there a way to achieve good colors in web browsers (and ordinary image viewers) and at the same time use Photoshop with calibrated and profiled monitor to work with images? If I understand correctly, the modified LUT table causes windows to shift colors (this is what happens after machine starts up), but Photoshop knows how to handle that (the icc profile). Is there a way that LUT would not be modified and Photoshop would use a different icc for monitor? Or is that too much for icc monitor profile to handle? That way, web would look like it did before calibration and Photoshop would show correct colors… I even installed the new Color Control Panel from MS, but that confused even more. Even though my normal display settings show that I have assigned the monitor profile and it is the default one, this app does not show that profile for my display device. But I figure it is missing something.
Before, the monitor was not profiled and web pictures were, say OK. After profiling, web pictures are dull, but when opened in Photoshop, they look better.
Another question, related to profile conversion. My default working color space is Adobe RGB 1998. When I open an image without a profile, I choose the sRGB profile for that image. Do I need to select an option to _convert_ the image from source profile to my working profile? Same goes for images with embedded profile, which is not Adobe1998.
Or, to put the question another way: Should I always convert to working profile? Even if the source profile is sRGB? Why is editing in the target device profile bad?
Thanks,
Miha.
I profiled my monitor (on a notebook) today, and now colors are off (in non Photoshop programs). I read all that I could find on color profiles and color management issues, but I am still missing something.
From what I read, I gather that:* monitor is calibrated and
* I have a color profile for it (icc)
* which is assigned (windows xp under display settings)
* and Photoshop knows about it automagically
I used i1 (Gretag Machbeth) hw/sw for monitor calibration. Now, I understand that only _some_ applications are aware of the color profiles and so only _those_ apps will render the "right" colors on screen. But what I do not understand is, why do pictures, viewed with IrfanView for instance, look duller now? Is there a way to achieve good colors in web browsers (and ordinary image viewers) and at the same time use Photoshop with calibrated and profiled monitor to work with images? If I understand correctly, the modified LUT table causes windows to shift colors (this is what happens after machine starts up), but Photoshop knows how to handle that (the icc profile). Is there a way that LUT would not be modified and Photoshop would use a different icc for monitor? Or is that too much for icc monitor profile to handle? That way, web would look like it did before calibration and Photoshop would show correct colors… I even installed the new Color Control Panel from MS, but that confused even more. Even though my normal display settings show that I have assigned the monitor profile and it is the default one, this app does not show that profile for my display device. But I figure it is missing something.
Before, the monitor was not profiled and web pictures were, say OK. After profiling, web pictures are dull, but when opened in Photoshop, they look better.
Another question, related to profile conversion. My default working color space is Adobe RGB 1998. When I open an image without a profile, I choose the sRGB profile for that image. Do I need to select an option to _convert_ the image from source profile to my working profile? Same goes for images with embedded profile, which is not Adobe1998.
Or, to put the question another way: Should I always convert to working profile? Even if the source profile is sRGB? Why is editing in the target device profile bad?
Thanks,
Miha.
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