Damien Symonds

It's not a solution. Forget it. Let's move on.

No no no. It hasn't fixed the issue, it's just a clue about the issue. And again, it points to a problem with the calibrator, rather than with your computer or Photoshop. Next question, can you fill this out for me?

Yes, for it to be all crazy green like PS! Next question - in Photoshop, if you go to Edit>Assign Profile, and assign the monitor profile instead of sRGB to the image, does it make it better, worse, or the same?

What about Firefox, though? Is it still ok?

The second screen I sent is from the "Save for web and devices" dialog. It doesn't matter if you don't use that one. But yes, use Save. More reading for you: https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/02/trash-those-jpegs.html https://www.damiensymonds.net/2010/02/multiple-images-in-one-psd.html

Interesting. And it's ok? Do you have its settings just so? https://www.damiensymonds.net/2012/01/web-browsers-and-facebook.html

That's pretty old for technology. It's possible it's just failing. But we need to know for sure. Let's test a few more things. Which web browser do you use?

Nah, it just means that screen isn't colour-managed (doesn't draw on the monitor profile for rendering).

Which Spyder do you have, and how old is it?

Ok, phew. Then that probably just means it was a glitch in calibration. How many times have you calibrated just now?

When you're saving a photo, make sure that checkbox is ticked. It'll look slightly different depending on your version of Photoshop, but it will always be there somewhere.

There is one problem that's quite serious. Your image is untagged. This is really bad. You must ALWAYS have your profile attached to your image when saving.

Hi Becky, this happens to everyone from time to time. How about Bridge? Is it ok, or displaying weirdly too? Not just your workspace. The problem is worse than that. Follow this to its conclusion to fix the colour space problem.

Oh, Bridge will change your life! It's SO important. Watch this video: https://www.damiensymonds.net/importing-video Then this one: https://www.damiensymonds.net/bridge-video And please ask any questions you wish. Bridge is awesome, and I want to help you incorporate it into your life. I look forward to hearing.

Right. Only browse your photos using Bridge. Do you use Bridge? Great. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what it looks like to anybody. The only thing that matters is that it matches its pro lab print. As long as you can trust that what you see on screen is exactly what will print, then you can change your editing any way you like.

Just to clarify, xmp files only correspond to raw files, never to psd files. Yes, of course the PSD files are fine. And so are the raw files, except that they're back to being unedited, unless you can figure out how to match them up.

Where are you viewing it to make this judgement? Remember that not all programs are colour-managed. That means, not all programs show colour correctly. Only view your images in Photoshop or Bridge, never Windows Viewer or anything like that. Likewise, only ever use Firefox for your web browsing, NEVER Chrome or Internet Explorer.

It doesn't matter, the Export window isn't colour-managed. You've fixed the colour space problem, that's all that mattered. Why are you using the Export window anyway? There's never any need for it.

https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html Follow that ALL the way to its conclusion.

Export it where? In what program are you viewing the exported files?

Well, that's what we need to figure out.

Great! Good lab. So, tell me how your screen differs from those prints? Is the screen too cool? Too warm? Too dark? Too bright? Too something else?

Not here.

Good.