photoshop problem

[Collember]

Im not versed in this area to a great deal, but perhaps just check that the monitor itself isnt set to a profile itself (found in the V/Card settings), perhaps this is conflicting with CS2 yet when u leave this area to go to windows and view the jpg, the file seems right.


Its certainly a profile issue however.

[trancor]

You can set an option in photoshop to auto correct photoshop to the color of your monitor, this is most likely what would cause miscoloring in photoshop but correct coloring outside of photoshop.


try this -
Go to Edit>Color Settings... (Or Shift Ctrl K)

Click on more options, if you have "Desaturate monitor color by" or "Blend RGB Colors using Gamma" selected, your monitor colors in photoshop will look off. Normaly these options are used when things need to go to print so color settings can be changed to the printer's settings.

If you uncheck those boxes, photoshop (hopefully) will return to the state you would like it to be.

[Dtox]

Did you calibrate the new display?

Are you using Mac or PC?

On a Mac, color management is system wide.
On a PC however color management only applies to applications that can use it.
At least that's how it was with XP, Vista could be different.

But this would explain why it only happens in photoshop, if you're using XP anyway.

This is yet another reason why Macs rock!

[trancor]

Dtox, I wouldn't agree with you on that being why mac rocks (me being a pc user, I like how it handles colors), but if you think so, heh, everyone uses their system for something different

[Dtox]

I've only been a Mac user for a few years now. Used a PC since 1995. I still own and use a PC, but not for PS. There's not alot of support for 3D apps on a Mac.
During my PC only days I didn't know the difference.
But since making the transition I think apples use of color is much richer.

In addition, colors are the same system wide. When I view images in the finder, they look generally the same as they do in PS or bridge.
I also have some difficulties with perception of color and having a unified color management system helps out alot.
When I have to transfer images from mac to pc, I notice that the colors on the pc look somewhat washed out.

I'm not trashing the PC or looking to start a PC vs Mac war.

[trancor]

like I said, everyone uses their system for something different


edit - nore do I wish to instigate a pc mac wars, we all know linux is the best, hehe

[Tlock]

I will TRY to avoid the PC Mac thing, but i will say that System wide color managements is a core OS feature that Windows chooses to avoid like the plague. The reason it should be so, is simply cause Monitors are different and with OS's that have system wide color management images tend to look as expected from system to system and application to application. Systems that don't, always have issue where an image copied from your image editor to a word process will change the colors or ppl will say this image looks to dark on my system but not on another. Windows specific work around for this is the extensive use of sRGB which they use everywhere and is a rather poor implementation.

My OS comment is that i wish Windows had a System Wide Color Management and I can't wait for Leopard which will finally have Device Independent Resolution.

Both should focus on OS specific things rather than eat up Software developers market share, this goes to both. In regard to Linux let's be serious here i don't need a simply power house, i need a Graphic oriented system.

My 2 Cents.

[manny-berlin]

Wow.Thx for all these helpful answers:)
Unfortunatelly my hard drive broke for a couple of days so i had to reinstall all applications!!!
And suddently everything is going fine with ps and all colors are right now.
I guess the problem was the tft monitore driver!!Because i didnt reinstalled it this time.
hmmm i dont know!!
THX

[BlueFlare]

we all know linux is the best, hehe

Linux is a kernel, Windows is an OS, you can't compare the two. :rolleyes:

[trancor]

aww come on man, I'm just jokin around

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