Recently I decided to put up a website, using Smugmug. After creating it and uploading a few of my photos, I noticed significant desaturation of color, not drastic but significant. The vibrant colors of a golden sunset on red rocks is noticeably desaturated, making it appear somewhat drab.
At first I suspected the Smugmug site. After discussion with their help desk and some further investigation and thought, I no longer believe that. I have found that the only 3 programs that display my photos normally are Lightroom, Photoshop, and Windows Photo Viewer. If I import into anything else, Word, Excel, MS Paint, etc., the photos are "drab".
If I email any of these photos, they are received (on numerous devices) in their "drab" condition. I have sent them to my wife's PC laptop, and her iPad... drab. I have pulled up the Smugmug website on other computers... drab. However, if I take any of these emailed photos, or download one back from the website and pull it into LR, PS, or Win Photo Viewer, it is back to normal.
My monitor is calibrated regularly using Spyder 3. One complicating factor... I very recently replaced my graphics card. I'm using a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970. Drivers are up to date.
I'm at a loss and could really use some help.
Thx,
Harold Fritsche
Windows 7
Nvidia GTX 970 GPU
Lightroom CC 2015
Photoshop CC 2014 |
