Turning Adobe Gamma on and off

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Derek Fountain
Jan 13, 2004
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Is there a simple way to turn Adobe Gamma on and off as required? As described in an eariler thread, it’s getting in my way more than it’s helping for much of what I’m doing.

I’m using PS7.01.
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mmacdon
Jan 14, 2004
I know you can turn it on and off with "System Mechanic" software, at least that’s how I’ve done it. I’m sure it is in some Start Up key in the registry.

Mack
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Bart van der Wolf
Jan 14, 2004
"Derek Fountain" wrote in message
Is there a simple way to turn Adobe Gamma on and off as required? As described in an eariler thread, it’s getting in my way more than it’s helping for much of what I’m doing.

I’m using PS7.01.

Although I don’t see how, but I missed your other thread, it can get in the way (it just corrects wrong color rendition), just move it out of the Startup folder, and back in if you need it.

Bart
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Mike Russell
Jan 14, 2004
Bart van der Wolf wrote:
"Derek Fountain" wrote in message
Is there a simple way to turn Adobe Gamma on and off as required? As described in an eariler thread, it’s getting in my way more than it’s helping for much of what I’m doing.

I’m using PS7.01.

Although I don’t see how, but I missed your other thread, it can get in the way (it just corrects wrong color rendition), just move it out of the Startup folder, and back in if you need it.

On the off-chance he’s using Macintosh, this would be controlled by the Extensions Manager for OS9 and before, and System Prefs on OSX.

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Derek Fountain
Jan 14, 2004
Although I don’t see how, but I missed your other thread, it can get in the way (it just corrects wrong color rendition), just move it out of the Startup folder, and back in if you need it.

I’m working with sRGB images, and the target is a website (i.e. I want output to look as close to right as possible on any monitor). Having Adobe Gamma running makes my monitor look totally different to most other people’s monitors. My images look fine under Windows on my monitor, but much too dark on any other monitor – or, for that matter, my monitor when I’m running Linux.

I’ll kill off Adobe Gamma as you suggest and reinstate it when I want to print an image (which is rarely).
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Doug Nelson
Jan 20, 2004
Derek Fountain wrote in
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I’m working with sRGB images, and the target is a website (i.e. I want output to look as close to right as possible on any monitor). Having Adobe Gamma running makes my monitor look totally different to most other people’s monitors. My images look fine under Windows on my monitor, but much too dark on any other monitor – or, for that matter, my monitor when I’m running Linux.

I’ll kill off Adobe Gamma as you suggest and reinstate it when I want to print an image (which is rarely).

Since most people have uncalibrated monitors, and sRGB is as close as we have to a web standard, just unload gamma and leave it unloaded and use sRGB as your working space. You will then be looking at your image on an uncalibrated monitor. Of course, if you ever want to output to print you’d have to reload it, recalibrate, and choose a different working space, such as AdobeRGB. Plus, if your monitor is uncalibrated your web image color will drift over time.

I, however, simply consider it their fault for not calibrating their monitor 🙂

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