Photoshop unsaturated colors

[KadBandit]

Hello
Maybe someone can help me.

I have calibrated my (LCD) monitor w/ Adobe Gamma. I use color management in photoshop (Adobe 1998) as in NC 3.5

When I open a Nef file in PS7 from NC.3, the colors doesn't match (they are a bit unsaturated in PS)

When I open a JPEG using color management from explorer into PS , colors doesn't match with those I got in XP prview. XP preview and NC 3.5 are OK.
I'm getting crazy...

 

[ShawnDobie]

I'm sorry to say I can't help ya, but you're not the only one. I also have the same problems, but only since I started using PS 7.01. I hope someone can help us out....

Hello
Maybe someone can help me.
I have calibrated my (LCD) monitor w/ Adobe Gamma. I use color
management in photoshop (Adobe 1998) as in NC 3.5
When I open a Nef file in PS7 from NC.3, the colors doesn't match
(they are a bit unsaturated in PS)
When I open a JPEG using color management from explorer into PS ,
colors doesn't match with those I got in XP prview. XP preview and
NC 3.5 are OK.
I'm getting crazy...

 

[Frits]

Adobe RGB has the advantage of having a wider color gamut and represents colors more faithfully. sRGB, while having an inferior (narrower) color gamut, does have the characteristic of showing more color saturation then real-life (exagerates somewhat).

So, when working in adibe RGB, while being closer to the actual colors, it will appear less saturated then sRGB workspace and can be interpreted as being undersaturated.

Frits

 

[KadBandit]

that's very frustrating, because : in nc3.5 with adobeRGB colorspace, colors looks like those shown with xP viewer and not ps7!....

Adobe RGB has the advantage of having a wider color gamut and
represents colors more faithfully. sRGB, while having an inferior
(narrower) color gamut, does have the characteristic of showing
more color saturation then real-life (exagerates somewhat).
So, when working in adibe RGB, while being closer to the actual
colors, it will appear less saturated then sRGB workspace and can
be interpreted as being undersaturated.

Frits

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http://www3.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=69895

 

[Dave Angel]

No reason for that difference. If you're getting an unsaturated appearance from Adobe images, it's probably indicates your PS7 isn't using the Adobe color space. The default is to use RGB colorspace, and in that colorspace, Adobe images will look dull.

Just as an experiment, open an Adobe image that looks flat to you. Go to Image-> Mode-> AssignProfile. Look at the drop-down box at the bottom to see what profile is currently active. I suspect it'll say sRGB. It ought to say "Nikon Adobe RGB 4.0.3000" or something similar.

Anyway, to switch profiles on an image that PS7 got wrong, you just change it in that dorpdown.

You probably also want to change the "Working profile," so that documents are assumed to be in Adobe.

Adobe RGB has the advantage of having a wider color gamut and
represents colors more faithfully. sRGB, while having an inferior
(narrower) color gamut, does have the characteristic of showing
more color saturation then real-life (exagerates somewhat).
So, when working in adibe RGB, while being closer to the actual
colors, it will appear less saturated then sRGB workspace and can
be interpreted as being undersaturated.

Frits

--
http://www3.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=69895

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DaveA