Monitor profile used by PS ?

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Daniel Masse
May 12, 2004
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Like many, I have been spending many hours trying to understand color management…

But nothing seems to work as it should… So, back to basics.

My monitor has been calibrated and profiled using an Eye-One system. I have defined this profile as the default profile for my monitor.

Yet, when I compare my desktop image to the same image loaded in PS 7 (using Adobe RGB as work space), the colors are noticeably different. However, when I preview the final image, using the monitor profile, then both images are identical… Why is that ?

I realize many people have probably asked that question many times, but I have not been able to find the answer, and there are so many sites about color management…

Thanks for your help !

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Graeme Cogger
May 12, 2004
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Like many, I have been spending many hours trying to understand color management…

But nothing seems to work as it should… So, back to basics.
My monitor has been calibrated and profiled using an Eye-One system. I have defined this profile as the default profile for my monitor.
Yet, when I compare my desktop image to the same image loaded in PS 7 (using Adobe RGB as work space), the colors are noticeably different. However, when I preview the final image, using the monitor profile, then both images are identical… Why is that ?

I realize many people have probably asked that question many times, but I have not been able to find the answer, and there are so many sites about color management…

Thanks for your help !
It’s because the monitor profile is _only_ used by applications that understand colour management – and that doesn’t include Windows when it displays your desktop image. Windows knows nothing about how profiles work – it simply tells apps like Photoshop which one to use.
In Photoshop, if you preview using the monitor profile, it displays the image how it would look in a non colour managed app.
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Hecate
May 13, 2004
On Wed, 12 May 2004 19:01:37 +0200, "Daniel Masse" wrote:

Like many, I have been spending many hours trying to understand color management…

But nothing seems to work as it should… So, back to basics.
My monitor has been calibrated and profiled using an Eye-One system. I have defined this profile as the default profile for my monitor.
Yet, when I compare my desktop image to the same image loaded in PS 7 (using Adobe RGB as work space), the colors are noticeably different. However, when I preview the final image, using the monitor profile, then both images are identical… Why is that ?

I realize many people have probably asked that question many times, but I have not been able to find the answer, and there are so many sites about color management…

Thanks for your help !

Here’s a cheap way to understand colour management if you’re willing to do some reading –

Martin Evening has a book called Adobe Photoshop for Photographers (which is excellent btw and ought to be on any Photographers shelf if they use PS).

He also has a web site for the book:
http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/

Go there and click on the book cover. Then click on Photoshop Colour Management in the sidebar on the left.

Near the bottom of that page you’ll see a PDF symbol. This is the whole chapter on PS Colour Management from his latest book. Just right click (Command-click if you’re on a Mac) and click "Save Target As" (or whatever the Mac version of that is) and download it. Then read at your leisure. He explains it really well.

Hope that helps.



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Daniel Masse
May 13, 2004
Graeme Cogger wrote:
It’s because the monitor profile is _only_ used by applications that understand colour management – and that doesn’t include Windows when it displays your desktop image. Windows knows nothing about how profiles work – it simply tells apps like Photoshop which one to use.
In Photoshop, if you preview using the monitor profile, it displays the image how it would look in a non colour managed app.

Windows XP does not use color profiles ? That explains it, then…

Thanks !
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Daniel Masse
May 13, 2004
Hecate wrote:
Here’s a cheap way to understand colour management if you’re willing to do some reading –

Martin Evening has a book called Adobe Photoshop for Photographers (which is excellent btw and ought to be on any Photographers shelf if they use PS).

Yes, I have a copy of Martin Evening’s book – except that the copy I have is about PS6. I read it, and I saw no mention of color management by Win XP… I just downloaded the new chapter, and I will read it carefully…

Thanks !

He also has a web site for the book:
http://www.photoshopforphotographers.com/

Go there and click on the book cover. Then click on Photoshop Colour Management in the sidebar on the left.

Near the bottom of that page you’ll see a PDF symbol. This is the whole chapter on PS Colour Management from his latest book. Just right click (Command-click if you’re on a Mac) and click "Save Target As" (or whatever the Mac version of that is) and download it. Then read at your leisure. He explains it really well.

Hope that helps.



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