Color management/pictures seem too yellow

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Todd_Hoefen
Oct 19, 2005
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Hey all,

I have been having some problems with PS CS lately. I have been trying to edit pictures taken with my Canon Powershot S50. Whenever I open the picture in Photoshop it comes up looking very yellow. I have opened pictures taken with my camera and then some random pictures taken off the internet. Both come out looking yellow. I have a Dell 2005FPW flat panel monitor. I thought that I had some setting messed up in Photoshop so I tried to set the Color Management to Color Management Off. When I tried to open one of my pictures it would come up and say "the document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current RGB working space." If I tell it to "discard the embedded profile" the picture comes up looking normal but if I select "use embedded profile" then it comes up looking a little yellow. When I use the Color Management off setting it lists my RGB working space as "Monitor RGB – Dell 2005FPW Color Profile" if I set it back to the North AMerica General Purpose Defaults setting then it sets my RGB working space to sRGB IEC61966-2.1.

I read some posts here from people that sounded like they similar problems but those posts were 5 years old and were from PS version 4,5 and 6. I decided to try and remove my colorcorrection schemes on my nVidia GeForce 6800 card. I have tried to do several color corrections using Adobe Gamma but haven’t had much success. One thing about this monitor is that it is very bright and I have messed with it a little to make it not as bright. I thought that maybe I messed up the color correction and that was causing Photoshop to adjust my photos when opening them. So then I restored the default color profiles and tried opening the files again. They still look yellow. If I use Windows Picture Viewer to view the photos they look fine. It is only when I open them in photoshop that they turn yellow. Anyone have any idea why this is happening and how I can fix it?

Thanks,

Todd

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Jim
Oct 19, 2005
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Hey all,

I have been having some problems with PS CS lately. I have been trying to edit pictures taken with my Canon Powershot S50. Whenever I open the picture in Photoshop it comes up looking very yellow. I have opened pictures taken with my camera and then some random pictures taken off the internet. Both come out looking yellow. I have a Dell 2005FPW flat panel monitor. I thought that I had some setting messed up in Photoshop so I tried to set the Color Management to Color Management Off. When I tried to open one of my pictures it would come up and say "the document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current RGB working space." If I tell it to "discard the embedded profile" the picture comes up looking normal but if I select "use embedded profile" then it comes up looking a little yellow. When I use the Color Management off setting it lists my RGB working space as "Monitor RGB – Dell 2005FPW Color Profile" if I set it back to the North AMerica General Purpose Defaults setting then it sets my RGB working space to sRGB IEC61966-2.1.

I read some posts here from people that sounded like they similar problems but those posts were 5 years old and were from PS version 4,5 and 6. I decided to try and remove my colorcorrection schemes on my nVidia GeForce 6800 card. I have tried to do several color corrections using Adobe Gamma but haven’t had much success. One thing about this monitor is that it is very bright and I have messed with it a little to make it not as bright. I thought that maybe I messed up the color correction and that was causing Photoshop to adjust my photos when opening them. So then I restored the default color profiles and tried opening the files again. They still look yellow. If I use Windows Picture Viewer to view the photos they look fine. It is only when I open them in photoshop that they turn yellow. Anyone have any idea why this is happening and how I can fix it?
Thanks,

Todd
The best way to fix this problem is to create a profile for your monitor with either Monaco or Colorvision. Adobe Gamma is alleged to be unsuitable for LCD monitors.
Using a monitor profile as your working space is incorrect. A good source of information is Ian Lyon’s website
www.computer-darkroom.com.
Jim
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Chris_Cox
Oct 19, 2005
This means that your display profile is bad, as explained in the FAQ.

Yes, you should not use any color correction in the video card driver, only Adobe Gamma or similar display calibrator.
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Todd_Hoefen
Oct 19, 2005
As far as I know I have restored everything and still have the same problem? Any other suggestions.
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Chris_Cox
Oct 20, 2005
Sigh.

The problem is still your display profile: Photoshop uses it, and Windows picture viewer doesn’t use it. When you turn color management off, Photoshop displays images similar to the way picture viewer does (ignoring the monitor profile and giving inaccurate color).

You need to remove ALL "calibration" done using the video card driver – that’s making things worse, not better.

Since Adobe Gamma doesn’t work well with flat panels, you’ll either need to revert to the manufacturer’s profile or get a third party calibrator for your display. But once you remove the damage done in the video card driver, the manufacturer’s profile should be OK.
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Pipkin
Oct 20, 2005
Chris,
so, we’re still waiting for Adobe Gamma supporting LCD monitors ?? 🙂 Something will occur? Or it’s impossible by definition ? A half of world is sitting in front of LCDs nowadays…
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Chris_Cox
Oct 21, 2005
It’s possible. But we haven’t done it.

Apple has a good calibrator built into the OS that’ll handle any kind of display.

And Microsoft…..
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Pipkin
Oct 21, 2005
OK. Thanks a lot!
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Gustavo Sanchez
Oct 21, 2005
And Microsoft…..

Microsoft?
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jerrytchan
Oct 25, 2005
I had the same problem on my XP Pro system: images were opening in Photoshop CS with a yellow hue, while Windows Picture and Fax Viewer displayed them without the yellow. I opened up the Display window from the Control Panel, and under the Settings tab clicked on Advanced. In the newly opened Advanced window, I seleced the Color Management tab and found a default color profile being used. Removed it, restarted Photoshop, and everything is now fine.

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