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 01/25/2003 03:43:22 PM · #1
I use both paint shop pro7 and photo shop eliments. I have tryed to calibrate my monitor using both programs, the problem is that when i look at the images in each program the image looks way different. the colors are different as is the tone ect..
My question is if there is any way to make my images look the same no matter wich program i am using to view/edit them.
 01/25/2003 05:55:03 PM · #2
That is an excellent question. I use both PSP7 and PS7. Since I got my new computer a month ago my prints don't even come close to looking like they do on the screen (for both). PSP7 used to be OK. How does this calibration business work (how can I do it). It's about time I learn.
 01/25/2003 06:34:27 PM · #3
I think the less I mess with a photo the better it is.
 01/25/2003 06:45:29 PM · #4
Don't know if this will help or not but my image color became more accurate after I removed the "Adobe Gamma Loader" from the programs startup menu. Don't know if that would help you guys out any or not. I think both PhotoShop and PhotoShop Elements put the "Adobe Gamma Loader" into the programs startup menu upon installation. You may want to move the shortcut file out of the programs startup folder to you desktop and restart and see if that helps any. If it's still the same you can simply put the "Adobe Gamma Loader" back into the programs startup menu.

Hope this may have been of some help to someone.

Thanks!
Bill Miller (wackybill)
 01/25/2003 06:48:15 PM · #5
Originally posted by joshua_2415:
I use both paint shop pro7 and photo shop eliments. I have tryed to calibrate my monitor using both programs, the problem is that when i look at the images in each program the image looks way different. the colors are different as is the tone ect..
My question is if there is any way to make my images look the same no matter wich program i am using to view/edit them.


I don't know what the capabilities of PS Elements are, but you need to tell one of the programs to use the monitor ICC profile which you created with the other one. That should get started toward sorting you out.
 01/25/2003 07:45:21 PM · #6
I hope that this will be of some use to you.We all have the same problem with want you see on your screen is not want you get on print out.This software came with a new motherboard I fitted.A trial can be downloaded fromthis site www.colorific.com Ihave found it to be very good
 01/26/2003 11:30:36 AM · #7
bump. any more advice
 01/26/2003 12:10:25 PM · #8
Originally posted by Jacko:
Since I got my new computer a month ago my prints don't even come close to looking like they do on the screen (for both).


With regards to printing.. Something I found out recently (for a bit of repro-graphics I did) was that CMYK printers will not reproduce an RGB image close, or even near, to the original. I found this out to great detriment when having some leaflets printed. :-( (We now have 3300 dull leaflets!)

I don't know about your printer setup, but it may be worth finding out what colour profile your printer uses and try setting PS/PSP to that?
 01/28/2003 06:47:49 PM · #9
I just emailed jasc technical support and got this reply, {This did work at least mostly for me},

Color Management is a method for approximating a match between what is
displayed on your monitor and what a final printed output will look like.
This is an approximation due to various limitations in monitors and
printers.

Although it would be impossible to cover every device in use, the following
steps should be standard for all devices that can support standard Windows
color management.
This procedure requires having access to the driver disk for both the
printer and the monitor. If you do not have these available, most vendors
will have device profiles available from their web sites.
First off, we'll start with the monitor. Go to;
Start
- Settings
-- Control Panel
Double click on the Display icon. Select the tab for Settings. At this
point, it is necessary to ensure that both the display adapter and the
monitor are correctly defined. In the Settings dialog box, you will see
Display:
(Monitor) on (Display Adapter)
Be sure that these are accurate and correctly define the monitor that you
have and the display adapter installed in your system. Next, while in the
Settings area of the Display Properties, select the advanced button. You
should now see a tab for Color Management. Selecting that tab will show you
the currently installed profiles for the monitor. By default, you will not
have a defined profile. Select the Add button, you will be presented with an
Add Profile Association dialog box. Now, navigate the dialog box to the
driver for the monitor, you will then specify the profile that matches your
monitor.
After that, it will appear in the Color Management dialog under Profiles
currently associated with this device, click the OK button and then the next
OK button. You will now be back to Control panel.
Next, double click on the Printers folder, right click on the printer and
select Properties from the context menu. In the Printer Properties dialog
box, select the tab for Color Management.
You will see the same dialog for this device as you did for the monitor.
Add the profile for the printer using the same steps as performed with the
monitor.
After the profiles have been defined for the devices, go back into Paint
Shop Pro.
Go to;
File
- Preferences
-- Color Management
Enable the check box for Enable Color Management, then enable the radio
button for Basic color management. The device profiles should be listed in
their respective list boxes and you should be set to start testing the
settings.

If you have problems or questions during this process it would be best to
contact the specific manufacturer of your Monitor or Printer to get the most
help.

Thank you for contacting Jasc Technical Support.
If you have further questions or comments please do not hesitate to contact
us.


I then went into photo shop elements {wich is just a smaller version of photo shop} and selected edit color settings and pressed the no color settings tab. This has solved the probolem in that both programs know display images the same. i still have to adjust my monitors color seperatly to get the prints from my printer to match. At least when im edditing in both programs the images are identical in color ect..

I think theres such a great difference in how all of the different types of printer translate colors to the paper that there is no quick fix for this problem.
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