how to disable color management in CS2?

I had my monitor and printer set up so that no color management in the photo editor works well.
I just upgraded to photoshop CS2 and by default it has color management. How can I turn it all off?

Peter asks ...

I had my monitor and printer set up so that no color management in the photo editor works well.

It will work even better in Photoshop with color management turned on though, especially if you need to look at others work or need to send out files to be viewed or printed elsewhere ...

I just upgraded to photoshop CS2 and by default it has color management. How can I turn it all off?

You can set it to ignore the monitor icc profile by opening Photoshop and do View - Proof Setup and click on 'monitor RGB', then close Photoshop without opening a file. This will become your default. You can tell it to ignore profile mismatches etc with Edit - Color Settings and unchecking the boxes in the 'color management settings' section and in the RGB etc dropdowns select 'off'. This is for CS, it might be different for CS2.

In the long run most people find it's better to simply calibrate and characterize their monitors and use color management, especially if sending files out to be printed elsewhere, but if you're just outputting to a single printer and you get accurate prints and a close match between screen and print then I can see why you might want to turn it off ...

Bill

Thanks.
One reason I want it off is because I want the photos to look the same whether I put it in photoshop, word processor, web browser, or as a screen background, etc. Since not all apps have color management, the only solution I know is to adjust the monitor and printer drivers themselves. I wish color management is applied at the OS level, not just in a few software.

"Bill Hilton" wrote in message

You can set it to ignore the monitor icc profile by opening Photoshop and do View - Proof Setup and click on 'monitor RGB', then close Photoshop without opening a file. This will become your default. You can tell it to ignore profile mismatches etc with Edit - Color Settings and unchecking the boxes in the 'color management settings' section and in the RGB etc dropdowns select 'off'. This is for CS, it might be different for CS2.

In the long run most people find it's better to simply calibrate and characterize their monitors and use color management, especially if sending files out to be printed elsewhere, but if you're just outputting to a single printer and you get accurate prints and a close match between screen and print then I can see why you might want to turn it off ...

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:23:59 GMT, "peter" wrote:

Thanks.
One reason I want it off is because I want the photos to look the same whether I put it in photoshop, word processor, web browser, or as a screen background, etc. Since not all apps have color management, the only solution I know is to adjust the monitor and printer drivers themselves. I wish color management is applied at the OS level, not just in a few software.

i havent been following this thread, so I'm not sure if you are on Windows or Mac. However, on Windows, when i am working on images whose ultimate destination is to be viewed in some sort of microsoft app or system utility (which includes screen bg), I set my photoshop color settings differently, and its very easy. Just go to color settings, RGB, and pull down to Monitor RGB. When i use this, photoshop tends to display images very similar to what they will look like as windows wallpaper and very close to how they would display in powerpoint or microsoft word. It might not be perfect, but its close and easy.

"peter" wrote in message

I had my monitor and printer set up so that no color management in the photo editor works well.
I just upgraded to photoshop CS2 and by default it has color management. How can I turn it all off?

Goto edit and choose color setting
(shortcut keys"shift+ctrl+k)
then choose setting at the top dialog box
choose color management off...
there you have it plain and simple.....
'cheers'

"Dan M" wrote in message

"peter" wrote in message

I had my monitor and printer set up so that no color management in the photo editor works well.
I just upgraded to photoshop CS2 and by default it has color management. How can I turn it all off?

Goto edit and choose color setting
(shortcut keys"shift+ctrl+k)
then choose setting at the top dialog box
choose color management off...
there you have it plain and simple.....
'cheers'

This is correct for earlier versions of Photoshop. In CS2 the setting for minimal color management is called Monitor RGB.
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Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com

Yes, I couldn't find an OFF setting.

This is correct for earlier versions of Photoshop. In CS2 the setting for minimal color management is called Monitor RGB.
--
Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com