Color preview problem in CS2

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Johannes Leckebusch
Jun 18, 2006
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I’ve a problem with viewing images with colourspace Adobe RGB (1998), which looks very strange to me.

I have calibrated my monitor with this test image:

http://www.johannes-leckebusch.de/temp/MonitortestbildAdobeR GB.png

All steps looks äquidistant (properly distributed and distinctable). As bridge says, there is the Adobe RGB colourspace included.

If I load this image in CS, then they grey scale looks correct, but the colours are clipped at the high end. Espacially the three red bars on the right side are quite indistinctable. If I switch to "proof" with my monitor colourprofile, the picture looks correctly.

Almost the same happens with photographs from my Canon 300D ("Rebel"), taken with Adobe RGB. Bridge also shows the pictures with to strong colours.

Most other programs do show the test image correct, e. g. MS-IE, XnView, IrfanView. Only the "Preview" of Windows XP does also show that squeezed colors.

Is there no way to show Adobe RGB pictures in CS2 correctly after loading?



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bmoag
Jun 18, 2006
You cannot calibrate your monitor by eye with a test image. You need one of the devices (Spyder/Monaco etc) to measure the output of your monitor and create a profile. The profile tells Adobe that a color that should be a certain shade of green actually measures out to whatever you monitor can put out. Color management software then makes the translations so that your first print should be a reasonable, but not necessarily the best possible, match to colors you see on screen. Soft proofing as you describe is just plain unreliable for general use. It is only useful for a few specific purposes and even then is not very accurate.
"Johannes Leckebusch" wrote in message
I’ve a problem with viewing images with colourspace Adobe RGB (1998), which looks very strange to me.

I have calibrated my monitor with this test image:

http://www.johannes-leckebusch.de/temp/MonitortestbildAdobeR GB.png

All steps looks
JL
Johannes Leckebusch
Jun 19, 2006
bmoag wrote:
You cannot calibrate your monitor by eye with a test image.

Of course I can.

You need one of the devices (Spyder/Monaco etc) to measure the output of your monitor and create a profile. The profile tells Adobe that a color that should be a certain shade of green actually measures out to whatever you monitor can put out.

That, indeed, I cannot do by eye.

Color management software then
makes the translations so that your first print should be a reasonable, but not necessarily the best possible, match to colors you see on screen. Soft proofing as you describe is just plain unreliable for general
use. It is only useful for a few specific purposes and even then is not very accurate.

Anyway – your answer does meet my point. But thank you.

Johannes.

"Johannes Leckebusch" wrote in
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I’ve a problem with viewing images with colourspace Adobe RGB (1998), which looks very strange to me.

I have calibrated my monitor with this test image:

http://www.johannes-leckebusch.de/temp/MonitortestbildAdobeR GB.png

All steps looks äquidistant (properly distributed and distinctable). As bridge says, there is the Adobe RGB colourspace included.
If I load this image in CS, then they grey scale looks correct, but the colours are clipped at the high end. Espacially the three red bars on the right side are quite indistinctable. If I switch to "proof" with my monitor colourprofile, the picture looks correctly.
Almost the same happens with photographs from my Canon 300D ("Rebel"), taken with Adobe RGB. Bridge also shows the pictures with to strong colours.

Most other programs do show the test image correct, e. g. MS-IE, XnView, IrfanView. Only the "Preview" of Windows XP does also show that squeezed colors.

Is there no way to show Adobe RGB pictures in CS2 correctly after loading? —

Jödel.



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Mike Hyndman
Jun 19, 2006
"Johannes Leckebusch" wrote in message
I’ve a problem with viewing images with colourspace Adobe RGB (1998), which looks very strange to me.

I have calibrated my monitor with this test image:

http://www.johannes-leckebusch.de/temp/MonitortestbildAdobeR GB.png

All steps looks

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