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« Reply #140 on: May 23, 2009, 05:35:20 pm »

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Yes.
okay.
Could you please make another screenshot with my third monitor profile set for both LCD and Asus - that from above (the last one) but in addition the same image opened in the Mac preview and in Safari.
(close all applications before you set the new monitor profile in ColorSync and restart them afterwards)
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« Reply #141 on: May 23, 2009, 05:50:50 pm »

I assume you mean "AsusVW192S_modified.icc" ?

I set both monitors to this profile, then opened the spin file in Photoshop, went to 'save for web', then opened spin file in Safari and Preview:

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« Reply #142 on: May 23, 2009, 05:54:50 pm »

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I assume you mean "AsusVW192S_modified.icc" ?
I set both monitors to this profile, then opened the spin file in Photoshop, went to 'save for web', then opened spin file in Safari and Preview:
yes, that's right.
Sorry... the gamut of that "spin" profile is quite small. I still think that the image viewed in the regular Photoshop window is less saturated.
Could you do the same screenshot but not with the spinned image but with your AdobeRGB original file?

and in a second step: same procedure but with ProPhotoRGB set as monitor profile for laptop and TFT.
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« Reply #143 on: May 23, 2009, 06:09:47 pm »

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yes, that's right.
Sorry... the gamut of that "spin" profile is quite small. I still think that the image viewed in the regular Photoshop window is less saturated.
Could you do the same screenshot but not with the spinned image but with your AdobeRGB original file?

and in a second step: same procedure but with ProPhotoRGB set as monitor profile for laptop and TFT.

FIrst step:

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« Reply #144 on: May 23, 2009, 06:16:08 pm »

Step 2, but I should point out that it looked nothing like this on screen. The images were far far less saturated, rather grey looking, in fact, except for the bottom-left image which looked normal.

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« Reply #145 on: May 23, 2009, 06:16:41 pm »

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FIrst step:
hey - we are closer now (or am I colour blind?).
The sole image that is different here is the left preview in the "safe for web" tool.
At the beginning of the thread I asked you to use the "safe as" command.
What happens if you convert your AdobeRGB image to sRGB and then "safe as" JPG and open it in Mac Preview (or Safari or both)?

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Step 2, but I should point out that it looked nothing like this on screen. The images were far far less saturated, rather grey looking, in fact.
brilliant. Don't worry about saturation. For the screenshot your display profile is assigned and that's why it looks different here.
Essential is only: what matches and what matches not. And it's only the "safe for web" tool that is off (only on the left side) while the rest is on a par.

So: there is a bug with the "safe for web" tool, okay.
BUT: you can work with my third Monitor Profile as this seems to work - at least in a way that you can work in Photoshop and convert to sRGB and get the same in the web (actually you could use the "safe for web" tool as well but you should ignore the left image and compare the regular Photoshop window with the output of the Safe for web" tool on the right side).
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« Reply #146 on: May 23, 2009, 06:25:16 pm »

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What happens if you convert your AdobeRGB image to sRGB and then "safe as" JPG and open it in Mac Preview (or Safari or both)?

I think we did this at the start so we're going round in circles  

It produces a more saturated sRGB file than what we see in Photoshop. It's like Photoshop is using a different sRGB profile to the rest of the world (and I think I said that in the first page already  )

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« Reply #147 on: May 23, 2009, 06:26:19 pm »

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I think we did this at the start so we're going round in circles
please convert again to sRGB but switch the CMM to Apple CMM before (you can set it directly in the "convert to" dialogue).

did you set my modified (3) monitor profile?
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« Reply #148 on: May 23, 2009, 06:36:00 pm »

Which Photoshop version do you use?
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« Reply #149 on: May 23, 2009, 06:38:52 pm »

Can you send me a TIFF or larger JPEG shot from your computer without "Save for web"? So i will check what is the problem excatly, i used to have this problem before but i fixed it, i was using CS2 but then upgraded to CS4 and no problem at all with any, even using LR or DPP or Aperture or FlexColor, all giving me accurate correct color [if correct WB and exposure ofcourse] and all matching my prints and also same on my internet browsers.
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« Reply #150 on: May 23, 2009, 06:41:30 pm »

I'm getting there... takes time
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« Reply #151 on: May 23, 2009, 06:51:17 pm »

Ok, I ran 4 tests and I have a hunch I might know the answer, so I'll test that in a minute.

Anyway, the results.

My regular profile, CMM:



My regular profile, ACE:



Your modified profile, CMM:



Your modified profile, ACE:



As you can see, Photoshop is now behaving as expected, displaying the sRGB file the same way as other programs. So what changed? I'm about to test for a hunch... fingers crossed.

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« Reply #152 on: May 23, 2009, 06:54:05 pm »

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fingers crossed.
indeed! looks good!
My idea was that your Photoshop colour manages with a generic monitor profile though the monitor profile set in ColorSync shows up correctly in the list. But the "ProPhoto-Test" shows that it adresses ProPhotoRGB as monitor profile here.
well, I'm curious...


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« Reply #153 on: May 23, 2009, 07:01:10 pm »

And I can reproduce the problem:

:D:D:D:D

All I changed was the profile of my Macbook monitor profile back to it's own profile, and I am back to the old problem (keeping my external monitor on my regular profile).

My Macbook screen died recently, so I never use it any more and that's why I have the external monitor. Keeping it on the same profile as my external monitor is no problem. I'm guessing that this problem started happening around the same time that I switched to an external monitor!

So what's going on? Is either the OS or Photoshop getting confused between profiles?
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« Reply #154 on: May 23, 2009, 07:02:41 pm »

Oh, and I would never have worked this out without you. Thank you so much. If you're ever in Tallinn the beer is on me
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« Reply #155 on: May 23, 2009, 07:04:02 pm »

This seems like a serious bug from either the OS or Photoshop.
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« Reply #156 on: May 23, 2009, 07:08:50 pm »

so here: http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index....st&p=286136
you went back to two different monitor profiles???  

anyway - have fun!
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« Reply #157 on: May 23, 2009, 07:11:16 pm »

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so here: http://luminous-landscape.com/forum/index....st&p=286136
you went back to two different monitor profiles???  

anyway - have fun!

Yes, I reverted back to my normal setup after doing your Prophoto RGB test on both monitors. Using the right profile for each monitor should work!
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« Reply #158 on: May 23, 2009, 07:13:03 pm »

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Yes, I reverted back to my normal setup after doing your Prophoto RGB test on both monitors. Using the right profile for each monitor should work!
should but does not!  
Don't change the conditions while testing. Change them afterwards for further tests :-)
Good that it's solved now!
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