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Expert: - 3/24/2008


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Dear Kevin! I using photoshop for web graphic, printing works and photo adjusting since Photoshop 5.5 and never had problems in color setting until now. I have a graphic card that allows to use two monitors (Sony and ViewSonic). Any other graphic applications (Neat Image, In Design, Flash) shows colors normally but all photoshop family (Photoshop 7, SC, Album 2, Album 3) shows very limited almost opposite colors according to Color Wheel. All image looks like neon colors of deep blue, hot pink and lime green - like color negative. I tried different settings, check monitors resolutions (it is 32 not 16) and only turning Color Management Off - shows some positive result but still a lot of pink (red turns into violet and burgundy turns into black) I understand that there something in the process (or setting of the profile) that read the opening image but I don't know how to fix it. By the way - changing in the color setting seems doesn't show any visually noticeable changing in the image reading. I would be really appreciated if you can solve the problem and help me to fix it. For such long time of using Photoshop a very reliable tool for Graphic Designer, it is my first experience that I couldn't find a solution on my own and really need professional help. Thank you in advance, Sergey Nesterov

Answer
Hi Sergy,
Do one or more of the following:

Solution 1:
Re-create your monitor ICC profile in Adobe Gamma:
1. Exit from Photoshop.
2. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel.
3. Double-click Adobe Gamma.
4. Click Next in the Adobe Gamma Wizard dialog boxes. (Note: If you don't see a Next button, click Wizard to start the Adobe Gamma Wizard.)
5. Click Save in the Save As dialog box.

Solution 2:
Change the number of colors displayed by the video card:
1. Choose Start > Settings > Control Panel, and double click Display.
2. Click the Settings tab.
3. Choose a different color-depth from the pop-up menu in the Color Quality section (Windows XP) or Color menu (Windows 2000, Me, 98, NT4):

-- If the current color-depth is 16-bit or 32-bit, choose True Color (which may be designated as 24-bit color; 16,777,216 colors; or millions of colors).

-- If the current color-depth is True Color, choose 16-bit or 32-bit color.

4. Restart Windows and Photoshop.


Hope this helps,
- Kamal Krishna

Kamal Krishna

Expertise

I am a brainbench certified Photoshop professional and have been using the tool since 1998. Since then I have been constantly upgrading myself with the newer versions of the same. Please feel free to ask me for issues or difficulties, be it technical or creative. I am here to help.

Experience

About 12years, I have been using photoshop extensively for print media, animation, presentations, broadcast designs, mobile content etc.

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Education/Credentials
Bachelor of Science(Computers)

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Brainbench Certified for Adobe Photoshop 7.0, Adobe Photoshop 6.0, Adobe Photoshop 5.5.

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