gamma driving me crazy

Hi all,

I recently put together a new machine and installed my copy of Photoshop CS on it. This box has Win XP, my old one is running W2K. Setup is the same; the monitors are calibrated using a Spyder and not running Adobe Gamma.

On the old machine, the appearance of files opened in PS is quite similar to what is displayed using other graphics programs, including ACDSee, ThumbsUp , webviewing the uploaded files on Renderosity, and in the Epson print preview within PS.

On the XP machine files opened in PS appear much darker than with these other programs. It seems to affect only PS, whatever it is. It is disconcerting to see the difference in PS and in the Epson print preview box which opens in PS in the print dialog.

The gamma of the files seems quite similar in all situations between the two machines except for PS on the XP box.

There is no difference in my color management settings between the two machines (I keep the old one as backup), and for the life of me I can’t figure out what’s going on. At what point are gamma settings independent of monitor calibration in PS? I’ve been through the color management tab in PS and can’t seem to correct this problem there, but perhaps there is something hidden somewhere I have not tried.
Any suggestions would be appreciated…

Hi all,

I recently put together a new machine and installed my copy of Photoshop CS on it. This box has Win XP, my old one is running W2K. Setup is the same; the monitors are calibrated using a Spyder and not running Adobe Gamma.
On the old machine, the appearance of files opened in PS is quite similar to what is displayed using other graphics programs, including ACDSee, ThumbsUp , webviewing the uploaded files on Renderosity, and in the Epson print preview within PS.

On the XP machine files opened in PS appear much darker than with these other programs. It seems to affect only PS, whatever it is. It is disconcerting to see the difference in PS and in the Epson print preview box which opens in PS in the print dialog.

The gamma of the files seems quite similar in all situations between the two machines except for PS on the XP box.

There is no difference in my color management settings between the two machines (I keep the old one as backup), and for the life of me I can’t figure out what’s going on. At what point are gamma settings independent of monitor calibration in PS? I’ve been through the color management tab in PS and can’t seem to correct this problem there, but perhaps there is something hidden somewhere I have not tried.

Any suggestions would be appreciated…

TIA,

On 23 Sep 2004 12:19:07 -0500, "Toby" wrote:

Hi all,

I recently put together a new machine and installed my copy of Photoshop CS
on it. This box has Win XP, my old one is running W2K. Setup is the same; the monitors are calibrated using a Spyder and not running Adobe Gamma.
On the old machine, the appearance of files opened in PS is quite similar to
what is displayed using other graphics programs, including ACDSee, ThumbsUp
, webviewing the uploaded files on Renderosity, and in the Epson print preview within PS.

On the XP machine files opened in PS appear much darker than with these other programs. It seems to affect only PS, whatever it is. It is disconcerting to see the difference in PS and in the Epson print preview box
which opens in PS in the print dialog.

The gamma of the files seems quite similar in all situations between the two
machines except for PS on the XP box.

There is no difference in my color management settings between the two machines (I keep the old one as backup), and for the life of me I can’t figure out what’s going on. At what point are gamma settings independent of
monitor calibration in PS? I’ve been through the color management tab in PS
and can’t seem to correct this problem there, but perhaps there is something
hidden somewhere I have not tried.

Any suggestions would be appreciated…

TIA,

Different monitors?

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Hecate – The Real One

veni, vidi, reliqui

That wouldn’t explain why there is a different gamma between ACDSee and PS on one machine and not on the other. I’ve switched monitors and the problem persists.

Toby

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On 23 Sep 2004 12:19:07 -0500, "Toby" wrote:

Hi all,

I recently put together a new machine and installed my copy of Photoshop CS
on it. This box has Win XP, my old one is running W2K. Setup is the same; the monitors are calibrated using a Spyder and not running Adobe Gamma.
On the old machine, the appearance of files opened in PS is quite similar to
what is displayed using other graphics programs, including ACDSee, ThumbsUp
, webviewing the uploaded files on Renderosity, and in the Epson print preview within PS.

On the XP machine files opened in PS appear much darker than with these other programs. It seems to affect only PS, whatever it is. It is disconcerting to see the difference in PS and in the Epson print preview box
which opens in PS in the print dialog.

The gamma of the files seems quite similar in all situations between the two
machines except for PS on the XP box.

There is no difference in my color management settings between the two machines (I keep the old one as backup), and for the life of me I can’t figure out what’s going on. At what point are gamma settings independent of
monitor calibration in PS? I’ve been through the color management tab in PS
and can’t seem to correct this problem there, but perhaps there is something
hidden somewhere I have not tried.

Any suggestions would be appreciated…

TIA,

Different monitors?

—

Hecate – The Real One

veni, vidi, reliqui