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Sickman

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PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2005 12:08 pm    Post subject: PS 7 Color is dark on every image! Reply with quote

Every image I open/edit with potoshop 7 is dark. It's only dark on PS, if I open the same image in any other image viewer it's color is normal.

How can I fix this?
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PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2005 1:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

First check your color settings. Go to edit > color settings.

Under "Working spaces" what is the RGB set at? If it is not set at sRGB IEC61966-2.1, or Adobe RGB (1998) set it to one of those and see if that does anything.
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Sickman

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PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2005 1:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

SteveS wrote:
First check your color settings. Go to edit > color settings.

Under "Working spaces" what is the RGB set at? If it is not set at sRGB IEC61966-2.1, or Adobe RGB (1998) set it to one of those and see if that does anything.


I tried both of the settings (one was default) and still same issue.

I took a screenie to show what it's doing.

http://img104.echo.cx/img104/2613/darkness5sn.jpg
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qubert

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PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2005 2:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Try uninstalling Photoshop with add remove programs, then reboot your computer, then put the computer in safe mode, then install ps in sm after you install it in sm reboot the computer in normal mode then open up ps and try the pict agian.

I have put a link here to show you how to get it in to safe mode if you don't know how.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001052409420406?OpenDocument&src=sec_doc_nam

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Sickman

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PostPosted: Sat May 07, 2005 4:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

qubert wrote:
Try uninstalling Photoshop with add remove programs, then reboot your computer, then put the computer in safe mode, then install ps in sm after you install it in sm reboot the computer in normal mode then open up ps and try the pict agian.

I have put a link here to show you how to get it in to safe mode if you don't know how.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2001052409420406?OpenDocument&src=sec_doc_nam


Did as you suggested and its still dark.

I don't know why ps is the only image software that is doing this...
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qubert

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PostPosted: Mon May 09, 2005 10:32 pm    Post subject: Re: PS 7 Color is dark on every image! Reply with quote

Sickman wrote:
Every image I open/edit with potoshop 7 is dark. It's only dark on PS, if I open the same image in any other image viewer it's color is normal.

How can I fix this?


Seee my screen shot of my ps 7.0 color setup. go through and set each one of my color settings to your colour setting and see if that helps.

This is a strange problem.

also check your levels (ctrl-l) to see where they are. post a screen shot of that for me.



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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 7:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

RGB Color Management OFF???
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qubert

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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 11:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cbadland wrote:
RGB Color Management OFF???


I have had no problems with it being off so far, it works for me and what I do, and I have been using PS 7.0 for the past two years or so.

WHATEVER WORKS! Big Grin

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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 12:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If it is off, it doesn't give it own interpretation of colors as it does when you have one selected.. It might work actually..
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, CM Off is not quite so bad. Especially if what you do is only web bound and eveything is in the same sRGB color space. (but that is so Photoshop 4…)

However, a picture is more likely to display incorrectly in PS if he chooses NO color management. (For instance if his working space is sRGB and he opens an AdobeRGB file without color managing he’ll see quite a color/contrast change form the original intent. True, the RGB numbers won’t change, but it will display way off.)
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