Photoshop 7 renders colors (or drop shadows) differently from 6.x?

JM
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Javier_Moreno
Aug 20, 2004
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I’m sorry if this is an old issue, but may be relevant to CS vs. 7 users…

Earlier, I was teaching a user how to do several things in Photoshop. I have 7.01, he has 6.0. I sent him a copy of the .psd file I was working on. When saved as a .jpg or .jpg, I noticed that the shadow that was created in 7.0 was lighter on his 6.0 machine! This was also evident when we compared screenshots, and uploading similar images to a web directory.

I guess my question is this:
Do the two versions tend to render color differently? Or, different means to render drop shadows? It seems that the drop shadow was lighter in PS6 version than in PS7.

Thanks for any help in advance.

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YrbkMgr
Aug 20, 2004
The issue is color management. If both of your monitors are profiled correctly, you should see no difference between web, your monitor, and his monitor.

I suggest you both re-run Adobe Gamma from the control panel.
JM
Javier_Moreno
Aug 20, 2004
Monitor calibration isn’t the issue, since we are looking at two versions of the file saved between the different versions of photoshop.

I’m taking a part of the .psd file (in PS7), and saving it as a .jpg/.gif, the drop shadow is a part of this image. My trainee is also taking the same .psd file (in PS6), taking the exact same area, and also saving it as a .jpg/.gif. We compare and contrast, and we both agree that PS6’s drop shadow is lighter than PS7. This instance occurs in both monitors, regardless of calibration.
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Chris_Cox
Aug 20, 2004
Javier – it could be an issue if you are looking at it on two different machines.

But it sounds like your color preference just don’t match.

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