<Photoshop Colors Incorrect>

[busyrob]

I was wondering if anybody here had any idea as to why my Photoshop displays incorrect colors. For example, a dark blood-red in my photoshop looks faint, washed out lighter red.

Here's what I've tried since this has happened:
Swapped video cards: Nvidia Ti200 64 meg to Nvidia 6800 GT 256 mb
Swapped processors: AMD XP 1800 to AMD 64 3000+
Swapped RAM: Muskin PC2700 512 to Muskin PC3200 1024
Swapped Mobo: Asus A7A266 to Asus A8V Deluxe
Upraded OS: Windows XP to Windows XP SP2
Upgraded Photoshop: CS to CS2
Tested different FTP programs.

I'm out of stuff to investigate. The only thing I think I can try is uninstalling my monitor software, and profiles, and re-installing them. But my settings are on default.

Does anybody happend to know any other solutions? This is not even a common problem, so I don't know what to really do anymore.

[grinch]

Ah I've heard this problem many times, I'm not to sure on what the cure is, but I think it had something to do with pirated software?

[UNFLUX]

Go into your preferences and turn the color management off. ;)

[busyrob]

Well, I used CS version successfully for months (almost a year) then I think I changed something... maybe my monitor preferrences back in Feb, and I can't get the colors to change. It's weird because the monitor shows all colors the same on any application except for Photoshop. I uninstalled Photoshop, and installed the newer version, and it still has the same color problems. I don't think a pirated or retail version would matter. I hadn't in the past.

[mlk]

Maybe something's wrong with the adobe gamma loader.

And it's definitiely not from PS but rather from your comp. specs or config.

[grinch]

Maybe something's wrong with the adobe gamma loader.

And it's definitiely not from PS but rather from your comp. specs or config.

Are you positive? I just remember hearing about that similar problem, and the cure was a retail version. Ofcourse I could be totally wrong, just trying to help!

[Krilnon]

Go into your preferences and turn the color management off.

I can almost guarantee that that's your problem.

[busyrob]

I uninstalled my monitor (Natural Color), and that helped out a little bit. Every color seems dead on, except for the colors that have blues. I don't think I have color management on... I'll have to check when I get home, but I'm almost postive I turned that off 3 days ago.

[Vexir]

Go into your preferences and turn the color management off. ;)

Yeah dude this probbaly will fix it. When I installed CS, all my colors were hella lighter than they should have been, so I turned color management off... and boom. :azn:

// edit: BTW doesn't this belong in Drawing and Design?

[busyrob]

I thought it would go under Photoshop technical support forum.... but there isn't one!! GAH!

[busyrob]

That worked. Thx!

[cocoj]

go to view/proof setup/monitor rgb
and it will all be ok.

[Vexir]

Lol I've never even been in the Proof Setup submenu, time to investigate... unless one of you people want to tell me what the significance is.

[mr sweden]

The proof colors are there to simulate print, at least the cmyk. Dont really know what the rgb prewiew's needed for.

Another strange thing I have noticed is that when I'm saving for web as gif, lets say a simple logo in a web standard pink like #FF3399, the color gets dirty - color management off, 256 as gif setting. Ofcourse I can change the gif palette and pick the right color(s), but that's a bit too much to ask, is'nt it?

[Vexir]

The proof colors are there to simulate print, at least the cmyk. Dont really know what the rgb prewiew's needed for.

Another strange thing I have noticed is that when I'm saving for web as gif, lets say a simple logo in a web standard pink like #FF3399, the color gets dirty - color management off, 256 as gif setting. Ofcourse I can change the gif palette and pick the right color(s), but that's a bit too much to ask, is'nt it?

Everything can't be perfect, I'm sure you won't be affected by #FF3399 too much. :dog: