Colors open Finder and ACR and Photoshop look different

[Flipper196]

Hi, I just got a new IMac 27". When I open the unedited pictures in Finder the colors look ok but when I open them in ACR and PS the colors are washed out. I calibrated my monitor but still wait for the pictures of the lap to arrive to compare them. 

But why do the colors in Finder look so much different? All is set to sRGB, also in ACR and PS. I also tried to set everything the new calibration (like in picture), doesn't matter, the colors stay washed out in ACR and PS. Please see attached screenshots of ACR and Finder View...Finder is more saturated....

thanks so much!!

[Flipper196]

This is an other example of edited pictures, in Photoshop the colors look ok but in Finder they look over saturated..

[Damien Symonds]

3 hours ago, Flipper196 said:

 

This is very very very very very very very very very very bad.  NEVER use your monitor profile as an image colour space.  Only ever use sRGB.

[Flipper196]

Yes ok, got it, thank you, but it is the same even with sRGB..... the view is different in Finder and ACR and Photoshop....why, do you know?

[Flipper196]

It's the same with the setting in sRGB....see pictures attached...Finder more saturated than ACR and PS...

[Damien Symonds]

Yep, that's fine.  Finder isn't colour-managed, you see.  It's perfectly normal (though annoying, I agree.)

All that matters is that Photoshop matches your pro lab prints.  Does it?

[Flipper196]

Thanks, yes I am still waiting for my pictures, the computer is brand new...yes it is annoying...it's so weird that nobody else I talked to seems to have that problem, they all say the pictures look exactly the same in Finder and PS....

[Damien Symonds]

No, you don't need new prints.  Your old prints are fine - do you have any lying around?

[Flipper196]

NO, not from my 'new' printing lab which is Mpix... :-( But I will get them in 1-2 days. I have one canvas that looks the same in finder but not in PS

[Damien Symonds]

Ok, let me know as soon as they arrive.

[Damien Symonds]

Please don't worry about this in the meantime.  Monitor calibration isn't valid unless you're doing it with prints in hand, so we can't know what's going on.  Just chill out and drink wine for a couple of days until the prints arrive.

Did you follow my instructions here?

[Flipper196]

Yes I did, I calibrated my laptop with spyder all the time. I will have a couple of wine glasses ? thanks for your support!!! 

[Flipper196]

Hi Dmaie, the pics from Mpix are here and unfortunately they don't look much like my PS pictures, the prints are way more saturated and yellow, please see attached files. What can I do?

[Flipper196]

Sorry, typed too fast and typed your name wrong ? 

the color settings in PS are these:

[Damien Symonds]

Great!  Now you have the prints, you can calibrate again to match them.

[Flipper196]

OK, but with my Spyder there is not really something except the brightness that I can change myself...How would I do it? I probably read your article again, right ;-)

[Damien Symonds]

Which Spyder is it?

[Flipper196]

Spyder 5 pro 

[Damien Symonds]

Well, this is all the control you have:

https://www.damiensymonds.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/14.-s5p08.gif

[Flipper196]

Ok will try and let you know. Should I get prints again after calibrating again?

Or could it be Mpix? Maybe I should order different labs? It’s so confusing with everything looks different 

[Damien Symonds]

No more prints.  Just concentrate on matching the prints you have.

[Flipper196]

I calibrated two times step by step following your directions...

the colors are still almost as they were and the pictures are still more yellow.. ?

[Flipper196]

When I just look at the display on my desktop, the picture with the settings SrGB look saturated, old calibration less saturated and new calibration very little saturated...first picture is new calibration, middle is older one and last in SrGB setting from the computer...

Edited December 18, 2017 by Flipper196

[Damien Symonds]

2 hours ago, Flipper196 said:

I calibrated two times step by step following your directions...

the colors are still almost as they were and the pictures are still more yellow.. ?

That's at 6500K?

[Flipper196]

Where can I see what the Kelvin is with the new calibration?