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Bridge CS5 - colours wrong on second display

Nov 19, 2012 9:42 PM

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I have a dual monitor setup with Bridge permanently on the second display. Under Mac OS 10.5 the colours of the thumbnails and previews are correct. Under 10.8 (and I think going back to 10.6) they're wrong (desaturated). I have no problems with Photoshop CS5 and Lightroom on the second display. The Bridge window fills the screen and doesn't straddle the two displays. I tried Software Rendering and it doesn't fix it. Neither does Purging Cache. Anyone have a fix?

628 Views   11 Replies   Latest reply: Curt Y, Nov 20, 2012 6:40 PM
 
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  • Omke Oudeman
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    1. Omke Oudeman,
    Nov 20, 2012 1:37 PM   in reply to stephenbest
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    I tried Software Rendering and it doesn't fix it.

     

     

    Did you also check in Camera Raw Preferences if the 'Apply auto tone adjustments' is checked? If so deselect this option and try again.

     
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    Nov 20, 2012 2:55 PM   in reply to Omke Oudeman
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    Omke Oudeman wrote:

     

    Did you also check in Camera Raw Preferences if the 'Apply auto tone adjustments' is checked? If so deselect this option and try again.

     

    It's off. This isn't a raw issue as it affects rendered files (TIFF, JPEG etc) as well. The displayed colours are fine on the primary monitor.

     
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    Nov 20, 2012 3:46 PM   in reply to stephenbest
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    I just downloaded Bridge CS6. Fired it up, selected a folder, did New Synchronized Window and dragged this to my secondary display. Same problem. All this with Bridge CS6 at factory settings. Installed the 5.0.1 update. Colours were fine! Looked away and now all the now all the images are desaturated again. Select another folder. Colours are fine then desaturate. It looks as though Bridge is picking up the wrong profile when it rerenders the thumbnails. I had hoped this would have been fixed by now.

     
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    Nov 20, 2012 4:11 PM   in reply to stephenbest
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    Take a look at this and see it it helps.  http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/cr-auto.shtml

     

    At first you see the embedded profile then the profile you have set take over.

     
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    Nov 20, 2012 4:55 PM   in reply to Curt Y
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    Curt Y wrote:

     

    Take a look at this and see it it helps.  http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/cr-auto.shtml

    I'm not sure this applies to non-raw files. Most everything I have in Bridge are rendered files (JPEG, TIFF etc). If however I open the file with Camera Raw set at Camera Raw Defaults it's fine.

     

    If I purge the cache they momentarily look fine, then desaturate. It's almost as though the thumbnails are converted to a larger space (ProPhoto RGB?) and the data sent directly to the display. Why this would be only for the secondary display, and only for 10.6 (and later), is a mystery to me.

     
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    Nov 20, 2012 5:00 PM   in reply to stephenbest
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    Unless you use embedded thumbnail option, the thumbnails have to get their color profile somewhere.

     
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    Nov 20, 2012 5:05 PM   in reply to Curt Y
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    Curt Y wrote:

     

    Unless you use embedded thumbnail option, the thumbnails have to get their color profile somewhere.

    All images are tagged. Also "Preserve Embedded Color Profile" is set (I'm not sure why you wouldn't want to do this).

     
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    Nov 20, 2012 5:24 PM   in reply to stephenbest
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    I seem to have stumbled across Preferences settings for Bridge CS6 where the Preview (both in the Preview Pane and Full Screen Preview) are correct, but the thumbnails aren't.

     
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    Nov 20, 2012 5:40 PM   in reply to stephenbest
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    Might read this link, and the link in #4 for some more info.  http://forums.adobe.com/message/4780001

     
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    Nov 20, 2012 6:32 PM   in reply to Curt Y
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    Curt Y wrote:

     

    Might read this link, and the link in #4 for some more info.  http://forums.adobe.com/message/4780001

    I read this and a number of similar threads before posting. All I've managed to glean is that Bridge has (unresolved) issues with second monitors. I have a setup that works reliably (Bridge CS5 on OS 10.5) but am testing with a 10.8 partition on my Mac Pro to see if I can migrate some of my workflow to this. The fact that the latest version of Bridge doesn't display properly with factory settings is making me think I should stick with what works.

     
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    Nov 20, 2012 6:40 PM   in reply to stephenbest
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    From the photoshop forum there seems to be a number of problems with 10.8 and Adobe. 

     
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