arggg..going nust with PS CS2, need help!

[poind]

no, that did not work. the thing that worked was to set my windows
to sRGB..it was set to aRGB in the color management of my video
card. duh

I think the setting you would have accessed is still technically your monitor profile. It shouldn't be set as either aRGB or sRGB, but rather to its own calibrated thing. (Manufacturers usually provide a default monitor profile to get you started, but it's not ideal.)

It's the profile you'd use Adobe Gamma (in your computer's Control Panel) to generate if you don't use hardware-based profiling -- Adobe Gamma installs with Photoshop. Your monitor profile having been set to aRGB would certainly throw things off, but setting it to sRGB still shouldn't be the truly accurate/desired setting....

(Microsoft does have their Color Control Panel you can download and install that can somewhat make things easier, but certainly isn't necessary: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1E33DCA0-7721-43CA-9174-7F8D429FBB9E&displaylang=en )

 

[Sandman]

Daniella,

Ideally you will load an ICC profile for your monitor in Windows, rather than the sRGB profile. Using the sRGB profile may have solved your current problem, but it may cause other problems down the road.

I recall reading a few months back that you got a new LCD monitor. Consider going to their web site and see if you can find an ICC profile for that particular monitor. Once found, load that into Windows, rather than the sRGB profile. Even better, get any one of the many monitor profiling hardware solutions and create your own custom ICC monitor profile. This will get you one step closer to total color management. I have Eye One and really like it ~ very easy to use with excellent tutorials and support. A number of new products have been released since I researched and purchased mine, so there may be better products/values out there right now.

The ultimate goal is to have a monitor profile that gives you good color consistency for both print and web work. Right now, I am getting very good consistency for the web and excellent results with my prints matching my screen from MPIX.com, who is my primary pro lab.

All the best,

jim

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[Sandman]

poind,

I agree. See above (bingo).

All the best,

jim

wrote:

no, that did not work. the thing that worked was to set my windows
to sRGB..it was set to aRGB in the color management of my video
card. duh

I think the setting you would have accessed is still technically
your monitor profile. It shouldn't be set as either aRGB or sRGB,
but rather to its own calibrated thing. (Manufacturers usually
provide a default monitor profile to get you started, but it's not
ideal.)

It's the profile you'd use Adobe Gamma (in your computer's Control
Panel) to generate if you don't use hardware-based profiling --
Adobe Gamma installs with Photoshop. Your monitor profile having
been set to aRGB would certainly throw things off, but setting it
to sRGB still shouldn't be the truly accurate/desired setting....

(Microsoft does have their Color Control Panel you can download and
install that can somewhat make things easier, but certainly isn't
necessary:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1E33DCA0-7721-43CA-9174-7F8D429FBB9E&displaylang=en )

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[PhotoKhan]

...Here are 2 suggestions regarding color management:

1. If you have Adobe Gamma installed and calibrate by any other means, disable it by going the Startup folder and delete the shortcut.

2. Download and install this windows XP applet from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/ ... ... prophoto/colorcontrol.mspx

It concentrates all color management within Windows XP in a single applet. I find it quite useful.

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[PhotoKhan]

a MS link appears blocked...Let's try this:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/colorcontrol.mspx

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[Daniella68313]

Daniella,

Ideally you will load an ICC profile for your monitor in Windows,
rather than the sRGB profile. Using the sRGB profile may have
solved your current problem, but it may cause other problems down
the road.

yes I know that it is not going to work for printing..but for now I am not printing, only want to have it more or less similar when processing for the web. so that is enough for me for now.

I recall reading a few months back that you got a new LCD monitor.

Yes I have a LCD now..but I find the monitor calibrating process too cumbersome and the tools too expensive.

Consider going to their web site and see if you can find an ICC
profile for that particular monitor.

I will check that out.

Once found, load that into

Windows, rather than the sRGB profile. Even better, get any one of
the many monitor profiling hardware solutions and create your own
custom ICC monitor profile.

Like I said..too expensive.

This will get you one step closer to

total color management. I have Eye One and really like it ~ very
easy to use with excellent tutorials and support. A number of new
products have been released since I researched and purchased mine,
so there may be better products/values out there right now.

The ultimate goal is to have a monitor profile that gives you good
color consistency for both print and web work.

yes that,s surely best.

Right now, I am

getting very good consistency for the web and excellent results
with my prints matching my screen from MPIX.com, who is my primary
pro lab.

I will check them out. I am NOT happy with Calypso, my current print house.

All the best,

thanks again for the help.

jim

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[Daniella68313]

...Here are 2 suggestions regarding color management:

1. If you have Adobe Gamma installed and calibrate by any other
means, disable it by going the Startup folder and delete the
shortcut.

2. Download and install this windows XP applet from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/ ... ... prophoto/colorcontrol.mspx

It concentrates all color management within Windows XP in a single
applet. I find it quite useful.

the link does not work though..

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[Daniella68313]

a MS link appears blocked...Let's try this:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/colorcontrol.mspx

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