Print screen captures don’t look right

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bigbogus
Sep 21, 2006
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I’m recently having a problem with PS CS2 when is use the PrtScr button to capture a shot of the screen and paste it into PS. When I paste the capture the image doesn’t look right. It appears that it’s contrast gets turned up and it also appears to have a slight grey tint to it. The white areas of the screen capture appear grey and the entire image appears to have a higher contrast. This problem only occurs with PS. I paste the same screen capture in ImageReady and it appears perfectly fine. Does anyone know how to fix this? This only started happening recently and I’ve tried uninstalling/reinstalling PS, but still produces the messed up image. Any thoughts?
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YrbkMgr
Sep 21, 2006
You need to calibrate your monitor.

see:

chrisjbirchall, "Saving for web dulls colours" #6, 18 Sep 2006 11:23 pm </cgi-bin/webx?14/5>
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bigbogus
Sep 21, 2006
I originally thought that might be the case, but the image appears to be fine when I use ImageReady to edit the photo. It is only PhotoShop that is altering the image view. Does this still mean it’s a problem with my monitor?
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YrbkMgr
Sep 21, 2006
Yes.

The reason is captured at the link provided by Chris, at Ian Lyons’ site. See the Article on Photoshop Colour Management <http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps9_colour/ps9_1.htm>. 15 minute read, 10 minute calibration, you’re done.
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John_Bean_UK
Sep 21, 2006
You need to calibrate your monitor.

…. and make sure your working colour space is sRGB, or alternatively convert to sRGB after pasting the screenshot from the buffer.

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Bernie
Sep 21, 2006
On my Mac, I have to assign the Monitor profile to my screen captures, then convert them to my working space. Would the same thing need to be done on a Windows machine?
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YrbkMgr
Sep 21, 2006
I have to assign the Monitor profile to my screen captures

I’m not sure what that means.
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Bernie
Sep 21, 2006
Open you screen capture in PS, assign the monitor profile to it, convert to working RGB space
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YrbkMgr
Sep 21, 2006
Oh, I see what you’re saying. Yeah, well, my preferences are set such that images without a profile are converted to the working space, which, in my case, is sRGB.
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Andrew_Pietrzyk
Sep 22, 2006
my preferences are set such that images without a profile are converted to the working space

Well, images without embedded profile cannot be converted to anything. You’d have to ASSIGN profile to an un-tagged file before you could CONVERT it to another. This is where "don’t color manage" falls on its face… there is no such thing! Un-tagged files assume (get assigned) Working Space profile when you try to CONVERT.

Repeat 1000 times… assign does not equal convert…

What CN says is the correct way to color-manage screen shots.

Clipboard does not embed color profile so when you paste it into PS’s new document you need to ASSIGN profile. Your (good) monitor profile is the best source (profile)… before converting for output. Assigning sRGB might be the next best course of action.
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YrbkMgr
Sep 23, 2006
images without embedded profile cannot be converted to anything.

Interestingly enough, when you copy an image into clipboard, in order to put it into photoshop, generally, you create a new image and paste it into that image.

The pasted object, then, takes on the profile of that image, which was determined by the New Image dialog.

So, there is no formal "assigning" other than by the very nature of pasting it into a new image.

<shrug>

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