 Robyn Gwilt |
Colour problem in PS Help, I've just got a new Samsun T220 screen, and have gone through all the standard calibrations (I don't have a Spyder), but my colours look great, reds are red, whites are white..... when I open a photo file, the images look 100's, BUT, when I open the image in PSE5, suddenly, i've lost my white, and it's now cream!!! Even in the little check box (the black/white one you toggle in the bottom left), it shows it as cream, and if I open a pic and use the dropper and want to select white.... its CREAM!!!! Yet when I get out of PS, my whites are white!!! Can someone pls help me ! (Last night I was doing wedding edits and it was perfect :( ) Thanks Robyn
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- Carlton Ward Contact Carlton Ward Carlton Ward's Gallery |
Hi Robyn, Make sure all everything is running off the same color profile. One of the advantages of calibration is that you will create a profile and then run all your editing programs & printers with that profile assigned to them so that no matter what you do, you are working from the same color scheme. I use Colorvision Spyder2 and calibrate every 2 to 4 weeks (or if I change the lighting in my room). It very simply guides you through the process and it makes a huge difference. Well worth the $$ and Spyder2 is about $100 US. They have Spyder3 now but I haven't tried that one. I have also heard good things about One-Eye and some not so good things about Pantone Huey. I have had my Spyder2 for about 4 years now and its still doing a great job. Hope this helps, Carlton
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Robyn Gwilt |
Hi Carlton, it wasn't the calibration as such, coz when I looked at pix, the whites were 'normal', until I opened in PS. I Googled it, and came up with this, which has worked a charm!!!! I am very new to PSE 4 so this might seem like a simple question for some. Yesterday using my program I had no problems. Now today, using some of the exact same elements (a flower and some lace) which are both white in color.....today when I try to use them they transfer into my PSE 4 as a cream color. And I have tried turning them back to white by painting them and I can't even get the color white for the "picker" to chose that color. OMG!! And I can't transfer a white picture into the program to choose that as my color because everything white I bring into the program turns cream color. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggg!!!! This I am sure there is a simple answer, perhaps I just have something set wrong, but I am not sure why yesterday the lace and flower were white and today they are cream. Been going crazy all morning trying to fix what I think should be so simple. Any advise would be greatly appreciated.....but please make it simple...I am still working on getting to know all the terms and options and buttons in this program. TY so much.........or you can email me at Doodlescrapper@aol.com.:rolleyes: ________________________________________ douglas m scott August 11th, 2007, 12:32 PM Shayebryd, Open a new White blank document like this: 1. Hold down CTRL +N --this will open new document window 2. Choose a document size (any size and resolution will work) 3. Under Color Mode choose ---RGB Color. 4. Under Background choose ---White 5. Click OK. 6. Click Edit. 7. Click Color Settings. 8. At this window choose---No Color Management. The document should now be much whiter.
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Richard Lynch |
Robyn, Color management is indeed the issue here, but I don't know that the method you found is the real 'solution'. All that is doing is turning color management off, and that means previews will not reflect any calibration that you are doing...that likely means results will be pretty unpredictable. Carlton is right that you will want to consider better calibration to be sure your screen is calibrated and that the ICC profile built is correct. If it is not correct, that can result in the type of 'cream' background you see in your whites -- usually a result of setting the white balance to the wrong setting. I use Spyders...and recommend the Spyder Express for those on a budget: http://aps8.com/spyderexpress.html These devices make better calibration than you can by eye, and create your ICC profile that should render accurate previews in Elements, and in the long run yield more reliable and consistent results. I hope that helps! Richard Lynch
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Robyn Gwilt |
THanks Richard (and Carlton) - all seems to be working 100's again. But I do know I need to invest in a Spyder (or something similar) I'm in South Africa, so will have a look and see if we can get the Spyder Express and if not, will prob get it from BH Photovideo. Regards Robyn
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