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Forgiss · Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 3:14 pm

Hi all...

Need little help again.

Finally switched over to Mac and CS3 and have had to give up the trusted RSP in favour of C1 v4 and CS2 upgraded to CS3...

This is my problem... I am not getting consistent colour in my profiles. I am running the sRGB colourspace in Camera (Canon 5D), C1 and CS3 and I have the monitor calibrated with my Pantone Spyder.

If I adjust my images in C1 when converting from RAW to 16bit TIFF, I do not get the same vibrant colours when I open it up on CS3 (almost as if it's opening up in Adobe RGB) I have checked and re-checked... where could I be going wrong?

Help would be seriously appreciated!

davidcrehner · Joined: 20 Jul 2005 Posts: 4169

When you save to TIFF, do you check the little box in the save dialog that says something to the effect of "include color profile"?

Also, check your CS3 preferences. Is the working colour space sRGB? Do you have it set to convert to the working colour space, assign the working colour space, or warn you and ask what to do, when it finds a profile mismatch? For instance, if your default working space in CS3 is ProPhoto, and you have it set to just assign ProPhoto (instead of convert, or warn) when you open an sRGB file, then the colours will get shifted.

The washout you're talking about is usually when an Adobe RGB 1998 file gets "assigned" to sRGB (like in a web browser that is not ICC profile aware, such as IE), then the colours get shifted and look washed out.

Not sure.

On a different note, I hope you aren't using the built-in display of the MacBook Pro for colour critical work. You have it attached to a good external display, right? I don't think the panels in the MB Pros are even 8 bit panels... (6 bit with dithering?)

BTW, are you ignoring my chess challenge on Facebook? Ya coward... :-)

Forgiss · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:53 am

Nope... all set right... The only possible error is that Adobe CS3 allows for sRGB or sRGB IEC61966-2.1 (and I can't really find a difference apart from a low end Gamma change/shift and a lot of speculation)

Working on my nerves!

Forgiss · Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2008 8:26 am

I think I found something on the C1 forums... It seems to be a bug that happens in certain circumstances with certain profile sets (but usually when running dual screens... which I am not doing as we are traveling again)

bugger bugger bugger...