RebeccaHK Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 My images appear desaturated in photoshop and lightroom. The top left image is in photoshop and top right image is windows program. The image on right matches print from lab. If I go to View>Proof Setup>Monitor RGB (bottom image)... it seems to correct the problem in photoshop. I'm wondering if I accidently clicked on something somewhere I can correct? I can't figure it out. And I don't know how to correct in Lightroom. It seems to only be an Adobe problem. Please let me know if there is a solution. Thank you! I have a PC desktop running Windows 7 Prefessional and Photoshop CS5. It is under 2 years old, and has 32GB of RAM. Its hard drive has 234GB free out of 919GB. The last time I shut down was earlier today. I rarely run a cleanup program.
Damien Symonds Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 1 minute ago, RebeccaHK said: The image on right matches print from lab. If that's the case, then something has gone badly wrong with your calibration. This is not an Adobe problem. How long since you last calibrated?
RebeccaHK Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 It's been about a month since calibration. If it is a calibration issue...why are the images only wonky in Adobe and not in Windows?
Damien Symonds Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 Because, it seems, the monitor profile must be screwy? Only the Adobe programs utilise the monitor profile, you see - Windows itself does not.
RebeccaHK Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 Ohhh! ok that sucks. I actually paid someone to calibrate because it was super complicated for me. But now that I think about it... I think this problem started after he calibrated. Guess I need to figure out how to do it myself and see if it fixes it. Thank you so much!
Damien Symonds Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 It's not complicated. Which calibrator do you have?
RebeccaHK Posted December 31, 2016 Author Posted December 31, 2016 I have a Spyder 4. I just reset the monitor to factory default settings and it looks so much better. But it still doesn't match my prints. The colors look pretty close but the prints are darker than the monitor.
Damien Symonds Posted December 31, 2016 Posted December 31, 2016 Ok. You might need to do this: http://www.damiensymonds.net/2013/10/how-to-properly-re-install-spyder.html Then follow my directions here: http://www.damiensymonds.net/cal_S4P_pc.html
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