LCD Monitor and Color Variances

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pandora
Jul 5, 2004
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I’m currently having a problem with a new LCD monitor. The images that I work with in Photoshop 7.0 then upload to a website are substantially different in color appearance. I’ve not had this problem before with my old monitor.. only the LCD. I’ve worked with hundreds of ONLINE images before and never had this problem.

Does Photoshop "correct" the color when the image is opened in it? When I compare the same pictures side by side (an opened image in photoshop vs. IE explorer window image) they are very different.

Would running Adobe Gamma to create an ICC profile help so that when i viewed the image in both places (photoshop and web) they’d be the same in color appearance?

Any help would be appreciated! Thank you!

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brent_bertram
Jul 5, 2004
Pandora,
If you don’t have an accurate profile for your monitor , then Photoshop cannot accurately display any image, Ian Lyons Image Flow < http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.lyons/ps7-colour/ps7_color.gi f>

.. That’s where Adobe Gamma or other profiling software comes in, <http://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/1403e.htm> . Once you have an accurately profiled display, you may still find that IE images look different from the same image in Photoshop ( IE is not color managed on the PC platform ). If you assume web images to be the sRGB colorspace, perhaps you’ll be happy, but it’s a longshot <G> .

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Brent
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LenHewitt
Jul 5, 2004
Pandora,

Adobe Gamma is not designed for use with LCD monitors and so it is not recommended to use it for them.

In Proof Colours select Monitor RGB. The display within Photoshop will then match the display in IE
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brent_bertram
Jul 5, 2004
Pandora,
Len is correct, BUT, the adobe tech doc has a procedure for massaging the OEM profile ( if it’s compatible) with Adobe Gamma to create an acceptable LCD profile for use in Photoshop ( or other apps for that matter ).
"Note: Flat panel display monitors (e.g., Apple Studio Display) do not use brightness and contrast. Instead, they use white point and black point levels to adjust the monitor’s characterization. Because of this, load the ICC profile that comes with your flat panel in Adobe Gamma without modifying the settings except the Description. Make sure to save your profile with a filename that matches the Description name."

This procedure does nothing to assure the accuracy of your image, unless the factory profile is good enough.

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Brent

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