color calibration photoshop CS3 and vista

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Nov 2, 2007
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Hi all,

I’ve got a new problem with Windows Vista and photoshop CS3. If I make a print screen, then open it into Photoshop, I have a bunch of options : color settings and coding 8, 16 or 32 bit and also this error message saying that "the monitor profile …. appears to be deffective, please rerun your color calibration software." Ok, coming back to the print screen, whatever option I sue, what I see in photoshop is in agreement with the colors of the screen in itself. Where there is a problem is when I want to save in jpeg: 1 – I can only do it if I chose the 8 bit coding (otherwise it is not even possible to save in jpeg
2 – everythin which is grey on the screen becomes slightly pink. 3 – nothing og that happens if I want to save in Tiff, for instance…

I’m totally lost with all these parameters and any help would be appreciated.

thanks a lot,

Pluton
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Mike Russell
Nov 2, 2007
"pluton" wrote in message
Hi all,

I’ve got a new problem with Windows Vista and photoshop CS3. If I make a print screen, then open it into Photoshop, I have a bunch of options : color settings and coding 8, 16 or 32 bit

Use 8 bit per channel.

and also this
error message saying that "the monitor profile …. appears to be deffective, please rerun your color calibration software."

This is a problem that could prevent Photoshop from working correctly at all. – are you using a calibration device for setting up your monitor? Check the windows system color settings and see what profile is associated with your monitor. It should be either a profile from the manufacturer of the monitor, or a profile produced by your own calibration software. Third choice would be an sRGB or other generic profile.

Ok, coming back to the print screen, whatever option I [use], what I see in photoshop is in agreement with the colors of the screen in itself.

So far so good.

Where there is a problem is when I want to save in jpeg: 1 – I can only do it if I chose the 8 bit coding (otherwise it is not even possible to save in jpeg

This is normal. jpeg is an 8 bit per channel format.

2 – everythin which is grey on the screen becomes slightly pink.

Sounds like you’re assigning a different profile to your image when you save it as jpeg.

3 – nothing og that happens if I want to save in Tiff, for instance…

I’m guessing that you are either not embedding a profile when you save as tiff, or embedding a different profile.

I’m totally lost with all these parameters and any help would be appreciated.

The main thing that people miss when saving screen grabs is that they should be assigned the display profile in Photoshop, and converted to sRGB. Otherwise you will get the sort of color cast you are describing. The colors often take on a warm cast on a calibrated monitor because the red is bumped increased to lower the color temp. In addition to this, you have a separate problem because your display profile does not seem to agree with Photoshop.
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Mike Russell – www.curvemeister.com
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pluton
Nov 2, 2007
ok, thanks a lot for all this. It will take me a few days to understand
and experiment everything. Hopefuly, I’ll come back to you with good news.

Pluton
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pluton
Nov 12, 2007
This is a problem that could prevent Photoshop from working correctly at all. – are you using a calibration device for setting up your monitor? Check the windows system color settings and see what profile is associated with your monitor. It should be either a profile from the manufacturer of the monitor, or a profile produced by your own calibration software. Third choice would be an sRGB or other generic profile.

ok, I’m coming back to you. I’m trying to see the color profile used in
Windows but without success. I’m using Windows Vista. I do not even know where to go?

Thank you,

Pluton
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pluton
Nov 12, 2007
well, finally I made it but I do not know how exactly.
It looks like everything is fine now…

thanks again,

Pluton
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pluton
Nov 12, 2007
well, nope, it is not fine, my jpeg save from photoshop CS3 are still red wether or not I use a color profile.

The main thing that people miss when saving screen grabs is that they should be assigned the display profile in Photoshop, and converted to sRGB. Otherwise you will get the sort of color cast you are describing. The colors often take on a warm cast on a calibrated monitor because the red is bumped increased to lower the color temp. In addition to this, you have a separate problem because your display profile does not seem to agree with Photoshop.

I do not know how to change this……. Ahhhhhh

thanks,

Pluton
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pluton
Nov 12, 2007
here are finally my results :

1 – print screen
2 – open the file in Photoshop (no more error message)
3 – everything looks fine
4 – print from photoshop – colors are fine
5 – save the document either in bmp or jpeg
6 – open the document in Windows Photo Gallery
7 – the jpeg or bmp image is red (i meani more red than it is supposed to be)
8 – print from Windows Photo Gallery – colors are fine (same as when printed from photoshop)

Does it mean that Windows Photo Gallery does not work properly ?

thank you,

Pluton
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pluton
Nov 12, 2007
opening the bmp or jpeg images on different computers results in fine/nice colors…I’m now assuming that something is wrong with my Windows Photo Gallery Device?

Pluton
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Mike Russell
Nov 12, 2007
"pluton" wrote in message
here are finally my results :

1 – print screen
2 – open the file in Photoshop (no more error message)
3 – everything looks fine
4 – print from photoshop – colors are fine
5 – save the document either in bmp or jpeg
6 – open the document in Windows Photo Gallery
7 – the jpeg or bmp image is red (i meani more red than it is supposed to be)
8 – print from Windows Photo Gallery – colors are fine (same as when printed from photoshop)

Does it mean that Windows Photo Gallery does not work properly ?

No. It probably means that you have saved a screen grab with either no profile, or with your working space profile. The warmer colors are more noticeable on your screen than in the print. For more info on the display profile, click on Start>Help, and search for the two words display and profile.
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Mike Russell – www.curvemeister.com

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