Help! Color Management in PS7

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Phosphor
Sep 27, 2003
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Hello,

I was wondering if anyone might be able to help with this one…

I use PS primarily for web design and publishing. All graphics I create show up darker in IE. This is obviously a color management issue. The current settings are:

Working Spaces
Settings: Web Graphics Defaults
RGB: sRCG IEC61966-21
CMYK: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
Gray: Gray Gamma 2.2
Spot: Dot Grain 20%

Color Management Policies
RGB: Off
CMYK: Off
Gray: Off

Advanced Mode:

Conversion Options
Engine: Adobe (AEC)
Intent: Relative Colormetric

Use black point compensation (on), use dither 8-bit channel images (on)

Advanced Controls
Both "desaturate monitor" and "blend RGB colors using gamma" are off.

View> Proof Setup> Working CMYK.

These settings have always worked for me. Until a few days ago. Usually I would check my PS 6.0 settings, but I’ve tried working with graphics in that and launching them in IE with the same ugly result.

When created in Macromedia Fireworks MX everything seems normal.

My monitor is Trinitron Compatabile 9300K G2.2, so I don’t think it’s a gamma issue.

I’ve deleted the Preferences and Color Settings from the Applications> Adobe> folder, with no change.

Also, something that has also never happened before, is Adobe keeps telling me to change my scratch disks drive. Could there be a reason for this? My RAM hasn’t given me any problems.

If anyone could shine some light on this subject I would be eternall grateful.

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Phosphor
Sep 27, 2003
Fireworks and IE are not color managed at all — thus they’re not compensating for your display, and using "monitor RGB" as their effective working space.
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Phosphor
Sep 27, 2003
Your monitor profile is hosed- run A. Gamma and start with a fresh (not your current) profile, anyone will do.
Bet that will solve everything.
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Phosphor
Sep 28, 2003
Thanks Barry. What it did solve was the scratch disk error, but the color is still not showing up correctly. Would re-installing help?
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Phosphor
Sep 28, 2003
Yes, re-installing worked. Thanks very much for all your help.
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dennis johnson
Sep 28, 2003
Adjusting your monitor profile with Adobe Gamma has absolutely nothing to do with getting rid of the scratch disk message, GOMC. The scratch disk message is not an "error message", in any case. It is simply a notification that your Photoshop scratch disk is on the same logical drive as your Windows swap file, which is not the optimal setting for Photoshop’s performance. If you move or delete your Preferences file, the next time you start Photoshop you will always see the scratch disk message, as your scratch disk settings – and all your other user-defined settings – have returned to default.

The problem you described initially was the result of a bad monitor profile, combined with Photoshop’s color management being turned on.

Simply reinstalling Photoshop does not remove your Preference file from the previous install, so I am at a loss as to why that would have fixed your problem, unless you have somehow turned off color management. That will cause images to appear the same in Photoshop as other apps – on *your* computer – but it isn’t normally recommended.

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