"Solarized" image

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hugh2596
Aug 7, 2004
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I am using Windows XP, PS 7.01 with an nVidia e-Ge-Force FX 5200 and a Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB. The monitor is new. The odd problem that cropped up a couple of days ago is that the image in Photoshop appears solarized mainly in darker areas with abrupt, jagged changes to black and the image overall is dull. Basically, it stinks. The same image opened in ImageReady or ThumbsPlus looks perfect with smooth gradation everywhere. Opening the same image with my old Sony monitor hooked up shows no sign of the solarization with PhotoShop, ImageReady or ThumbsPlus – it looks fine with all of those programs. It only shows up with PhotoShop and this new monitor – everything was fine with this PC/monitor/Photoshop the first 3 or 4 days of use.

I have uninstalled and re-installed Photoshop (starting at 3.0)thinking it would re-set something I somehow unset, but this didn’t change anything. I have also re-calibrated with ColorVision Spyder Pro. Mitsubishi said it has to be a PhotoShop problem.

I feel that this has to be something that I have inadvertently set wrong in the color preferences or somewhere else.

Any suggestions? Thanks, Randy
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gb
Aug 8, 2004
I feel your pain, I hate when stuff like this happens. Have you checked your nVidia custom color settings to see if by chance it has been screwed up. Perhaps if it is, then maybe somhow Adobe Gamma or Color vision is interacting with this improperly. Good luck!!
gb

"R. Hughes" wrote in message
I am using Windows XP, PS 7.01 with an nVidia e-Ge-Force FX 5200 and a Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB. The monitor is new. The odd problem that cropped up a couple of days ago is that the image in Photoshop appears solarized mainly in darker areas with abrupt, jagged changes to black and the image overall is dull. Basically, it stinks. The same image opened in ImageReady or ThumbsPlus looks perfect with smooth gradation everywhere. Opening the same image with my old Sony monitor hooked up shows no sign of the solarization with PhotoShop, ImageReady or ThumbsPlus – it looks fine with all of those programs. It only shows up with PhotoShop and this new monitor – everything was fine with this PC/monitor/Photoshop the first 3
or
4 days of use.

I have uninstalled and re-installed Photoshop (starting at 3.0)thinking it would re-set something I somehow unset, but this didn’t change anything. I have also re-calibrated with ColorVision Spyder Pro. Mitsubishi said it
has
to be a PhotoShop problem.

I feel that this has to be something that I have inadvertently set wrong
in
the color preferences or somewhere else.

Any suggestions? Thanks, Randy

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hugh2596
Aug 9, 2004
Thanks for your reply!

The problem seems to be solved and I’m not quite sure what solved it, but this is more or less what I did.

After uninstalling and re-installing photoshop about 5 times, I think I reloaded Adobe RGB 1998 from somewhere in the files. This didn’t help – by itself anyway. Then I downloaded the monitor driver from Mitsubishi and replaced the XP driver with it. Now the image in PS was completely pink and OK in the other programs. So since I had recalibrated with the spyder only about 20 times in the last few days with no luck, I did it again and to my complete amazment the image looked perfect in PS and the other programs. I also was able to get a very closely matched print!

I’d better send this off now as the hard drive on this PC I use for internet/email stuff is crashing. Next project.

Thanks again,

Randy

"gb" wrote in message
I feel your pain, I hate when stuff like this happens. Have you checked your nVidia custom color settings to see if by chance it has been screwed up. Perhaps if it is, then maybe somhow Adobe Gamma or Color vision is interacting with this improperly. Good luck!!
gb

"R. Hughes" wrote in message
I am using Windows XP, PS 7.01 with an nVidia e-Ge-Force FX 5200 and a Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB. The monitor is new. The odd problem that cropped up a couple of days ago is that the image in Photoshop appears solarized mainly in darker areas with abrupt, jagged changes to black
and
the image overall is dull. Basically, it stinks. The same image opened
in
ImageReady or ThumbsPlus looks perfect with smooth gradation everywhere. Opening the same image with my old Sony monitor hooked up shows no sign
of
the solarization with PhotoShop, ImageReady or ThumbsPlus – it looks
fine
with all of those programs. It only shows up with PhotoShop and this new monitor – everything was fine with this PC/monitor/Photoshop the first 3
or
4 days of use.

I have uninstalled and re-installed Photoshop (starting at 3.0)thinking
it
would re-set something I somehow unset, but this didn’t change anything.
I
have also re-calibrated with ColorVision Spyder Pro. Mitsubishi said it
has
to be a PhotoShop problem.

I feel that this has to be something that I have inadvertently set wrong
in
the color preferences or somewhere else.

Any suggestions? Thanks, Randy

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