Ellen Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 (edited) I have a PC desktop running Windows XP and Photoshop CS4. It is over 2 years old, and has 2.00GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 59.9GB free out of 149GB. The last time I shut down was just before posting this thread. I have never run a cleanup program. I do not have or use internet on the computer where I have my image files or photoshop. I've calibrated my monitor with i1 software. The images look fine when they are printed, or if I view them on my desktop screen (outside of photoshop). In photoshop, the colors have a blue cast that is horrible. I have had multiple people look at it, I can't find anything to fix it. The files are sRGB. It is not the files, it is something in photoshop and it wasn't there a couple of months ago. It is killing me trying to work on images when I can't see accurate colors in photoshop. Please help!!! When I go into bridge and look at other older files, they will come up looking normal originally, but as I watch they change into the bad color cast. It's horrible. I really don't know what to do. The last few shoots I've been making it work by spot checking images as jpgs on my desk top and then doing anything that had to be done in photoshop without worrying about the horrible color, but it is not a reasonable workflow. Please have an answer!!! The top image is the one with the color cast. The tutu is purple. The bottom image is correct and shows correct printed or outside of photoshop on my computer. Edited June 8, 2016 by Ellen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 8, 2016 Share Posted June 8, 2016 What makes you think it isn't the calibration? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellen Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 When I view the images via any other media viewer except for photoshop the colors are as they should be. I don't understand what I need to change in Photoshop so that the colors are back to what they should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 No, see, that's exactly why I suspect it is a calibration problem. Because Photoshop (and Bridge) is the only program which actually uses the calibration profile, so if the calibration profile is faulty, it will only show the problem in Photoshop. How long since you last calibrated; and exactly which calibrator do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellen Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 We calibrated it a month ago and it became worse than it was. We are using i1match calibration software with gretagMacbeth i-1display. Any help would be appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 It's most likely that your calibrator is simply dead. It's WAAAAAY older than the expected lifespan of such devices. Can you test something for me? In Photoshop, open a photo, then go to Edit>Assign Profile. From the drop-down menu in that window, choose your monitor profile. The colours of the image will change when you do so - I need to know if they change to match the colours that you see in the photo outside Photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellen Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 YES! The colors went to correct colors! So do I just need to buy new calibration software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 Yes ma'am. That Assign Profile check proves that the calibration is faulty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellen Posted June 9, 2016 Author Share Posted June 9, 2016 Thank you so much. This has been driving me crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha LaRue Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 And can you check this too please? http://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html The first photo you posted is not in sRGB or has some other issue with the colorprofiles. (see the little * at the top, near the filename?) Also this: http://www.damiensymonds.net/tut_colsettings.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Symonds Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Gosh, good catch!! It is sRGB, but her Color Settings must be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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