Is Adobe Gamma not installed with CS3?

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greg
Apr 17, 2007
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It is not in the control panel on a clean CS3 install. Has Adobe stopped including Adobe Gamma in the CS3 installations?

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dave_milbut
Apr 17, 2007
yikes! i hope it’s there!
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Rob_Keijzer
Apr 17, 2007
Remember that you have to view CP in Classic Mode. Also (wild guess) you may need to have administrative rights.

Rob
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greg
Apr 17, 2007
Control Panel is in Classic Mode already, it just isn’t there anymore.

It was there when I had CS2 installed and worked normally. Uninstalled CS2 for clean CS3 install – now there is no Adobe Gamma?
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Rob_Keijzer
Apr 17, 2007
I don’t know. My copy of Ps CS3 will be in the local store here by April the 30th.

Apart from that, I switched to a hardware calibrator (GMB Eye-1) long ago, and they’ll have to pull it from my cold, dead hand.

Rob
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Raw_shooter
Apr 17, 2007
I use Eye-One Display 2 at my office for calibrating and profiling LCD monitors, but I use Adobe Gamma on the road to ‘ballpark’ the projectors I use for speaking events.
I really need my Adobe Gamma!
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Rob_Keijzer
Apr 17, 2007
I really need my Adobe Gamma!

Try to find a way to use the one from the previous version. Maybe install that again.

Versions of Ps install in separate folders, and up to now, could all be launched at will.

Rob
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Andrew_Curatola
Apr 17, 2007
Give a look see in Programs–>Common Files–> Calibration–>Adobe Gamma. Maybe it’s there and for some reason didn’t make it to Control Panel.

Andrew
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Rob_Keijzer
Apr 17, 2007
Good point, Andrew!
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Raw_shooter
Apr 17, 2007
No, it is not there either.
Of course on my CS2 computer, it is there and in the Control Panel.

I’m guessing that Adobe is finished with Adobe Gamma and this is how we all find out.

If I manually add the Calibration files to the CS3 computer, Adobe gamma will load and work, but it will not install the loader for the startup menu. ?
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LenHewitt
Apr 18, 2007
It would make some sense to have removed AdobeGamma as it isn’t suitable for LCD Monitors which are by far the most common now.
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aaron
Apr 24, 2007
If you are running Vista look in here:
c: \ program files \ common files \ control panels
there you will find *adobe gamma.cpl*
copy this to your windows \ system32 folder and it will appear in you control panels list.
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Raw_shooter
Apr 24, 2007
No question, I can (and did) manually add Adobe Gamma, but my question was – has Adobe stopped installing Adobe Gamma with the release of Photoshop CS3?
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John Joslin
Apr 24, 2007
It would make some sense to have removed Adobe Gamma as it isn’t suitable for LCD Monitors which are by far the most common now.

Well that doesn’t make sense to me.

Firstly there are still CRTs out there, and secondly Adobe Gamma does work on some LCDs.

Having said that, it is pretty ancient but, if that were the reason to remove it, it should be replaced.

Maybe a bit more Adobe cost cutting, to go in line with their price increases. 🙁
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dave_milbut
Apr 24, 2007
Maybe a bit more Adobe cost cutting, to go in line with their price increases

surely not collusion with the calibration manufacturers… 🙂
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Mathias_Vejerslev
Apr 24, 2007
Adobe Gamma is no longer distributed with Photoshop. Many experts argue that visual ‘calibration’ doesnt really exist and give a false sense of security (every person sees slightly different etc), plus the fact that it is not suitable for LCD monitors.

You are expected to buy a hardware calibrator. Like it or not.
Apr 24, 2007
Mathias,

Though 100-200 euros can pay more than a pair of beers anywhere, I don’t think that’s way too expensive for a professional tool like Photoshop.
MV
Mathias_Vejerslev
Apr 24, 2007
I dont think so either, but factor in the number of Photoshop users, and how many of them are actually going to buy a hardware calibrator. Are we better or worse off as a whole?

I dont know.
Apr 24, 2007
I understand what you mean: Better Adobe Gamma than nothing. But, if I follow your reasoning (and I think I do), I’d hope that we would be better off in a general sense if general users would start thinking more appropriatedly about what is colour reproduction. That means no eyeball, use a calibration device, use a proper illumination, etc…

Hyperoptimistic, I know 😉
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dave_milbut
Apr 24, 2007
so not only are they charging us more (even for the standard version, don’t get me started about the extortion edition!) but now we don’t have imageready (buy flash!) and we don’t have a calibrator (buy external). jeez louise!

maybe they’re developing adobe gamma into a for pay application… wouldn’t suprise me.
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Mathias_Vejerslev
Apr 24, 2007
Dave,

I think you are missing the point. Software calibration is not calibration. Really, it isn’t. Now we just need to educate the whole user base save for the top pros on this.
Apr 24, 2007
Microsoft rulez the World
Adobe sees it for you
X-Rite calibrates that vision.

Surrender, Dave. Resistence is futile!
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aaron
Apr 24, 2007
well in answer to the original quesion: NO, Adobe still distributes AdobeGamma with CS3. I told you how to find it. It’s just not installed (for whatever reason, I thought it mught be due to Vista)

And whats this crap about gamma correction NOT working on LCD’s? what rock have you been living under?. I bounce from office to office doing temp contracts, and first thing I do is calibrate everyone’s monitors using Adobe Gamma, you wouldnt believe the results. If you can more closely match the colour onscreen to the printed output then there’s bugger-all guess work involved.
Sure most LCD’s dont have the rich black of a CRT, but every monitor can benefit from some gamma correction and colour adjustment. Maybe you just have no idea how to use the program…
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Charlie_Choc
Apr 24, 2007
If you are running Vista look in here:
c: \ program files \ common files \ control panels
there you will find *adobe gamma.cpl*
Not there on my Vista Ultimate machine with CS3. It *was* there when I had CS2 installed, though.

Charlie…
http://www.chocphoto.com
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aaron
Apr 24, 2007
That’s really strange – I did a fresh install of Vista (formatted too) and only installed CS3. the file was there.
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Charlie_Choc
Apr 24, 2007
That’s really strange – I did a fresh install of Vista (formatted too) and only installed CS3. the file was there.
CS2 uninstall must have removed it.

Charlie…
http://www.chocphoto.com
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dave_milbut
Apr 25, 2007
I understand mat and gus. but it IS better than nothing. and as a non-pro user, i don’t feel the need to get closer than i’ve been to "true calibration" than i’ve been since version 5.0 using adobe gamma. My prints match my screen and are what i expect them to be and that’s enough for me.

I’ll keep cs2 installed anyway for a while, and if it comes to it, use the 3rd party free calibration sw.
Apr 25, 2007
Dave,

The thing is that with the current prices in the lower range you don’t have to be ‘a pro’ (yikes!) to get a calibrator. And the thing is that they are much easier to use than Adobe Gamma.

I don’t know how things are in Quahog, but under this rock an EyeOne Display-2 is quite easy and relatively cheap. And the Pantone Huey is even cheaper and easier.
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Ivan_V_K
Apr 27, 2007
Hi, guys,
seems that the forum is moderated, and the message thread is broken. So, how I suppose to operate with Adobe gamma in CS3 under Vista, if it does not appear in the control panel and autostart?

Any manual way to make it working or just step down to CS2

Thanks!
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alan_ingham
Apr 27, 2007
Adobe Gamma does NOT repeat NOT come bundled with CS3. Somewhere in Podcast No 29 they mention this – but the podcast is an hour in length so I’m not going to listen to it again to find out exactly where in the Adobe Team conversation it is mentioned.
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STYLiX
May 6, 2007
Hi!!.. I’ve the solution.
you can setup Adobe Gamma by extract file "Adobe Gamma.cpl" from file "data1.cab" of Adobe Common File Installer of Adobe Photoshop CS2 CD to the "system32" folder. Then the Adobe Gamma Wizard Control Pannel will be in the Control Pannel of all Windows (Windows Vista too).

But the easy way is.. download an installation file that i made.

from >> <http://download.yousendit.com/2A6DF406436CABC6>

if the file was dead.. tell me >>
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Sandy_Bachman
Jul 12, 2007
I am running Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit Edition with Photoshop CS3 and went to the control planel/display an there is no Adobe Gamma there as was with Windows XP. I tried looking in c:/program files/common files/control panels and didn’t find the *adobe gamma.cpl mentioned in a message posted by Aaron. Where is the Adobe Gamma that came with Windows XP? Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Sandy
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John_Joslin
Jul 12, 2007
Sandy

If you read the previous posts you will see that Adobe Gamma does not come with CS3 and was never a part of Windows.

If you want it, the solution is in Post #30.
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Sandy_Bachman
Jul 12, 2007
John:

CS2 is not installed on my computer now just CS3. How would I go about doing it now. I still have the old hard drive with CS2 installed on it.
Sandy
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John_Joslin
Jul 12, 2007
Read Post #30 again, there are two answers there.
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ID._Awe
Jul 13, 2007
The link in post 30 has expired.
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John_Joslin
Jul 13, 2007
He should have been quicker!
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STYLiX
Jul 15, 2007
This is the new one link and it will appear in only 7 days <http://download.yousendit.com/545D258B60B44544>

And many many people try to ask me about
-why you don’t put the adobe gamma loader in the startup -is the adobe gamma has effected, should i need to add it on windows startup?

The adobe gamma is the tool which can edit the default ICC profile file of your monitor driver. So when you opened the adobe gamma, edited and save change to the icc profile file when done. That you already edited the default ICC profile file for your monitor. So when your windows opened up, your new profile was loaded by windows too.

That why i didn’t put adobe gamma loader in the windows startup.
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clarence_coronel
Jul 22, 2007
cans someone post a working link of this installer?
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chrisjbirchall
Jul 22, 2007
CS2 is not installed on my computer now just CS3. How would I go about doing it now. I still have the old hard drive with CS2 installed on it.

Just reinstall CS2. It will go into it’s own directory and shouldn’t affect CS3. During the proces, Adobe Gamma will be installed.

Be aware that Adobe Gamma was intended for use with CRTs and cannot accurately calibrate budget LCD monitors.
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fortisx
May 11, 2008
I have a similar problem. I can open Adobe Gamma from the Control Panel but cannot get it to run at startup, even though I put a shortcut to the Adobe Gamma Loader in my Programs/Startup folder.
Any ideas on how to load Adobe Gamma at startup?
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Janet_Ford
Jul 4, 2008
You can view this video which explains how to find/install the Adobe Gamma.

<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cge3zE5cNP0>

You’ll find the file in:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Control Panels

file name is: Adobe Gamma.cpl

drag it into: C:\WINDOWS\system32

then it will appear in your Control Panel as one of the options.
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Andrew_Warfield
Jul 15, 2008
Bob – can you please explain why we cannot distribute that file? I mean why let us even have the entire thread if we cannot get a solution for it?

I just cant understand why we can post 3rd party links to the other files – but the .exe is forbidden?
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ID._Awe
Jul 15, 2008
It would be nice if Adobe offered it on the download page with the normal ‘this is not supported, yada, yada, yada’ stuff.
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dave_milbut
Jul 15, 2008
sure would. but that would entail some empathy towards their customers… 😐
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CrackeR-HackeR
Dec 12, 2008
WHAT DO YOU NEED OR SHOULD I PUT IT THIS WAY > WHAT DOES THE Adobe Gamma.cpl DO TO MY SYSTEM? THE REASON IAM SAYING THIS COSE SOMEONE DID USE THIS ON HACKING PC SYSTEM , FOR EXAMPLE THE YAHLEITE HACKING STORY BY A YAHOO CHATTER CALLED GAMMARAYS .

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