CS2 and Browser Color not matching

[Etropal]

Good Morning all-
Hope everyone is having a great weekend-
I have a quick question that I'm thinking should be a quick fix-
I'm new to PS and recently noticed that the photos that I open up in
CS2 seem a bit dull in color compared to viewing in IE or other browsers-
Could someone help me find the right path to getting the photos to match
so that I will know exactly what I'm working with in PS.
Thanks in advance-
David

[johnastovall]

Originally Posted by Etropal

Good Morning all-
Hope everyone is having a great weekend-
I have a quick question that I'm thinking should be a quick fix-
I'm new to PS and recently noticed that the photos that I open up in
CS2 seem a bit dull in color compared to viewing in IE or other browsers-
Could someone help me find the right path to getting the photos to match
so that I will know exactly what I'm working with in PS.
Thanks in advance-
David

Have you used a hardware monitor calibarator and set the profile for CS2?

What kind of color managment do you do?

[Etropal]

I'm doing this off of my laptop
I havent used anything to calibrate it-
Is there a profile in CS2 that I need to use to match what I'm seeing
in the browser?

For example:When I open up a photo in IE..the colors look correct-
these are photos that either I have taken..or saved from the web-
But if I open up the same photo in CS2... the colors are not as vibrant
and the photo looks a little dull-

Thanks-

[zepp]

David...

If you could share your Photoshop color settings with us it might help us to guide you along. Assuming your on a PC, the settings can be found by clicking the Edit/Color Settings from the menu bar in Photoshop.

Monitor calibration affects your entire computer both photoshop and any other program use to view images so it's not going to be the culprit of the issue your having, all things being equal. That is unless photoshop is not recognizing it.

One way to check is to do two things assuming you are on a PC based computer.

1. Right click on the desktop and select "Properties" from the menu. Select "Settings" from the menu tab. Select "Advanced". Select "Color Management" and note the default color profile the computer is using. If none if listed and you are not manually calibrating your monitor then the default system profile on a PC will be SRGB. You can add it by picking the "Add" button and then setting it as default.

2. Go into photoshop and select "Edit" from the pull down menu and then select "Color Settings". Under the Working Spaces select the RGB working space arrow and scroll through profiles listed looking for one starting with "Monitor RGB". What follows the hypen is the profile photoshop is using and should be the same as the one set or listed in step one. Don't choose this for the RGB setting. All you are doing is checking to see if Photoshop is using the system set monitor profile.

If Photoshop is using it then things should be more equal in viewing in Photoshop and other programs. Just remember though that not all programs are colorsmart and can read embedded profiles in images. Images destined to be viewed on the web are best converted and saved in the SRGB color space should they originate in a color space other than SRGB.

I hope this is a start to help you research.

[zepp]

If both the system and Photoshop are using the same monitor profile the next thing I would check is this:

Open Photoshop and navigate to the Color Settings as listed in my first post.

Make sure that the "More Options" choice is selected. Then look down toward the bottom of the choices and you will see "Advanced Settings". Look to see if the "Desaturate monitor colors by" option is checked or not. If it is checked and there is a percentage number selected along with it this could be desaturating your images in photoshop from what you are seeing in other programs

[Etropal]

Thank you ..thank you..thank you...
Problem fixed. I must have messed with my monitor's settings because as soon as I set it back to SRGB, everything matched perfectly in browser and ps.
Thats why I love this forum.