Andz Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I've tried ready the help files and other sources on the internet, but I'm having dificulty to get a standart color scheme for my works. All the tutorials I could find deal with printing colors but all I do in photoshop are textures for 3d models or background paintings for games. Every image I export has different colors then what I was seeing inside PS. Below is a side by side screengrab, the left is a PS view and the output on the right. How do you guys deal with this when making textures or backgrounds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 well... #1 don't use that picture viewery thing that ships with Windows... try using mplay and see if there is a difference...and in photoshop there is a color management thing that runs on startup...have a look in the preferences and see what it is set to... color is a HUGE issue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andz Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 Hi arctor, once outside PS, the color looks the same everywere across windows (internet explorer, firefox, paintbrush, etc...) Only PS seems to be screwed. I haven't tried mPlay because this is going on at the office. I'll try to send the image to check on my home computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdg Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I would - and have - turn off color-profiles in Photoshop completely. If you have to use them try to stick to srgb - if your monitor supports it. But you can ask 10 people and get 10 different answers. But ColorProfiles need to be setup for the whole pipeline "Monitor, Scanner, Printer ..." and usually are used for printing. If you have access to a calibrated A-class monitor for video previewing things might be different. One thing I could think of is: Maybe there is some global gamma setting in houdini that you can change. And maybe you want to read some of the "linear workflow" tutorials ... maybe there are some infos you can use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andz Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 Hi rdg, can you tell me how to shut it off completely? I never scan or print anything, all I do in PS is paint. And usualy paint stuff that will be seen on general consumers monitors, like web stuff and games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheUsualAlex Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Hi rdg, can you tell me how to shut it off completely? I never scan or print anything, all I do in PS is paint. And usualy paint stuff that will be seen on general consumers monitors, like web stuff and games. ctrl+y to turn on/off color proofing. in my experience thus far, I find turning it on matched the color I see everywhere else (jpgs on the web at least). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitallysane Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 Hi rdg, can you tell me how to shut it off completely? I never scan or print anything, all I do in PS is paint. And usualy paint stuff that will be seen on general consumers monitors, like web stuff and games. Edit>Color Settings Colors might shift because you have set a working space which is different from the color space of the image you open. You can fix that with Edit>Convert to profile...>Working RGB In After Effects you might use color profiles, too. Makes for easy simulations of film stock on monitors, a very nice feature. Dragos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andz Posted June 26, 2007 Author Share Posted June 26, 2007 Hi guys, I think it is working now, but I had to keep some setings different from what I see on other computers here. But at least the colors look the same across aplications. Thank you for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted June 26, 2007 Share Posted June 26, 2007 It would really be a good idea to look into things like calibrating you monitors and setting up a color workflow - esp if you're working for clients... it can be very very involved BUT it can also be pretty simple...just making sure that way /you/ see on /your/ monitor is the same as what the /client/ will see on /theirs/ etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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