2 Replies Latest reply: Jun 19, 2014 5:04 AM by Ruben Carmona RSS

    Don't view the right colors

    steenmikkelsen2 Community Member

      Hi.

       

      I have problem with the color Photoshop CS% shows my picture with.

       

      I all other programs, ACDSee, Snag-It, Picasa and ....  - my pictures colors  is OK .

       

      But then I open the same picture in Photoshop CS5 the color change to colors I don't like.  Se the picture.

       

      My graphiccard is a Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 with opdated drivers - driverversion is 337.88.

       

      Hope someone can help me.

       

       

      photoshop color changes.jpg

        • 1. Re: Don't view the right colors
          Noel Carboni Community Member

          Looks like a color-management problem to me.

           

          Photoshop strives to show you accurately rendered color, per the color profiles in your images and the color profile associated with your monitor.  Many/most other programs do not do proper color-managementThis is key.  You may be interpreting the color you like as the "correct" color, when in fact it's the one that's wrong.

           

          If your monitor profile accurately describes your monitor's color characteristics, then it is the other programs that are displaying the images in an oversaturated manner, because they are ignoring the monitor's color profile.  Trust what you see from Photoshop.

           

          Chances are, given the images you've posted, this may be happening:  Your monitor is a wide-gamut model and Photoshop sees a profile associated with it (by the OS) that tells it just that, and so Photoshop color-manages accordingly:  Colors in images tagged with the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 profile are desaturated some, for accurate display.  Other applications that ignore the monitor's color profile will not transform the colors and will thus oversaturate them.

           

          One other possible problem:  The monitor profile may not accurately describe the monitor.

           

          Color management is a bit too complex a subject to try to teach post by post on a forum.  I suggest you seek information on it online.  Beware of folks saying "just do this", as it's not a thing you can just set and forget and get it right.  You have to wrap your mind around how it all works to be able to make sensible choices on your system.

           

          What do you see in your OS's Color Management dialog?

           

          -Noel

          • 2. Re: Don't view the right colors
            Ruben Carmona Community Member

            Actually, a monitor calibration with a colorimeter (Spyder, etc.) would help. It would create a dedicated monitor profile that "accurately describes the monitor".