one photo + 2 different programs = color problem

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Arno_Beulink
May 9, 2005
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Hi,

Ok i try to explain good and easy:

1 day ago I installed Adobe Photoshop CS2 Try out version. I made a good photo of a cat, I put the photo on my computer. I have Windows XP SP2 and TFT monitor Philips 170C, so I click double on the photo to view in "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" software.
The photo is good and little darker, it is ok, because when I made the photo there was little dark too. So no problem….

Ok when I start Adobe Photoshop CS2, and I open the photo I made, I was surprised, I saw the photo more less darker and more noise, (too many) brighter…
On my another pc (with RGB monitor) I have older version of Photoshop CS, I open the photo I made, no more less darker, it was same photo I saw in "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer".
So I believe the problem is in Adobe Photoshop CS2. Maybe auto adjusting? But i didn’t changed anything in Photoshop CS2.

Today I tried to find same problem in Knowledge base and Forums at www.adobe.com, I also tried Adobe Gamma, it didn’t worked.

Bug? Auto adjusting? or something?

Arno Beulink
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Chris_Cox
May 9, 2005
The problem is not with Photoshop – the problem is with your display calibration (Adobe Gamma) and your understanding of color management.

Photoshop is color managed (so images should look the same on different displays), but the "Windows Picture and Fax Viewer" is not color managed (so images will look different on different displays).
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Arno_Beulink
May 10, 2005
I already said I tried Adobe Gamma, and it didn’t solved my color problem…

It seems old version of Adobe Photoshop CS doesn’t use color management . SO I think maybe I also can disable the color management of Photoshop CS2.

If I can, where I can find it?
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Chris_Cox
May 10, 2005
Photoshop has used color management since version 5.0.
You may have changed the settings, but it is still color managed.

And there really is no such thing as disabling color management.

My first guess is that you changed the settings in CS and didn’t make them match in CS2.
LM
Lynch_Mike
May 10, 2005
What you might want to do is look at
View>proof setup and see what works for you.
(monitor RGB perhaps?)
On the other hand, if you want your screen to match your printer output, you might want to set it to a different profile.
-Mike
LM
Lynch_Mike
May 10, 2005
Or under Edit>color settings, compare the working spaces between your 2 programs. -Mike
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Arno_Beulink
May 14, 2005
It works, thanks 😀
(monitor rgb)
GB
George Bushit
May 14, 2005
I’m having the same problem but I don’t have the CS1 version installed.

When I was using CS1 version everything printed so nice. Now when I print with CS2 it looks way darker. So dark that some of the things you can see on screen are printed as black or almost black.

To get around it, I could print to PDF. When I print from the PDF that Photoshop made, everything looks the way it used to look when I was using the CS1 version.

The printer is an Epson R200 but I don’t think this is a printer problem as PDFs and printouts from other applications look great.

How can I get it back to the way it was or change to some standardized color so I don’t have to use the print to PDF workaround all the time?
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Pierre_Courtejoie
May 14, 2005
GB, you need to set up CS2 the same way you did it for Cs in the color settings.
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George Bushit
May 14, 2005
Pierre

When I had CS1 I didn’t mess with the color settings. The same goes for CS2. The color settings are default values.
GB
George Bushit
May 14, 2005
I’ll check back tomorrow but for now I guess I’ll manage with using an old Photoshop. I can’t sit and wait for answers all day or making PDFs just to get it to work right.
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dave_milbut
May 16, 2005
<http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps8_colour/ps8_1.htm>
GB
George Bushit
May 18, 2005
dave,

What is that? I can’t see. The page is blocked by the firewall.
GB
George Bushit
May 18, 2005
I asked the admin to check it out. He downloaded the PDF and mailed it to me. The information looks like it has the answer to my question.

Thanks a lot dave!
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dave_milbut
May 22, 2005
you’re welcome george. that’s ian lyons’ site. he’s a forum regular and moderator and color guru. he has one of the best explinations of color management for ps on the net.

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