I am having a somewhat weird problem...
When opening a jpg or raw file in Photoshop Elements 4.0 or Nikon Capture
4.4, I can see the thumbnails showing portraits with skin colour =
magenta...
When in EDIT mode of both Elements and Nikon Capture, I am seeing the same
problem.
When I view the images in Window Explorer (WIN XP), both the thumbnails and
filmstrip view versions show normal skin tone...
When I view the images in Photoshop Album Starter 3.0, the skin tone once
again is NORMAL...
After seeing the problem, I have removed and reloaded my Photoshop Elements
4.0. But the problem remains.
I have tried recalibrating my monitor (LACIE electron blue 19inch) with
sypder 2 software. The problem remains.
When I view web pages, and other windows-based applications, all the colours
on screen seem to be NORMAL....
The only problem is when viewing in Nikon Capture and Photoshop Elements!!
What's wrong??
Any advice please....
JimKramer - 18 Dec 2006 15:10 GMT
> I am having a somewhat weird problem...
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> Any advice please....
Do you have the color space set to sRGB in both programs?
Lionel - 19 Dec 2006 00:34 GMT
>> I am having a somewhat weird problem...
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>> Any advice please....
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>Do you have the color space set to sRGB in both programs?
Good point, Jim. That's something I didn't think to ask in my
response.
Ed Ruf (REPLY to E-MAIL IN SIG!) - 18 Dec 2006 18:10 GMT
>I am having a somewhat weird problem...
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>Any advice please....
Check the monitor profile PSE and NC are loading. These are the only apps
with color management, which would make use of it. Also check the working
color space as well.

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Lionel - 19 Dec 2006 00:33 GMT
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>I have tried recalibrating my monitor (LACIE electron blue 19inch) with
>sypder 2 software. The problem remains.
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>The only problem is when viewing in Nikon Capture and Photoshop Elements!!
It sounds like your colour profile has gotten screwed up, or that you
perhaps have more than one program trying to run your colour
management.
I can't think of anything specific, unfortunately, because there's a
bunch of places where this could be going wrong. I'd try looking at
the following:
1: Make that Adobe Gamma is disabled/removed (check in your Control
Panel)
2: Open the Optivision tool for your Spyder & check to see if the
"Calibration Enabled" checkbox is ticked, then see which profile is
selected.
3: Look in "Display Properties", then "Colour Management" for your
cololur profile. Removing it *should* make your colour-managed app's
look the same as your normal Windows app's. If the problem remains,
it's likely that Adobe Gamma or another colour-management tool is
running things.
4: You might try uninstalling your video card drivers, rebooting, then
reinstalling them (download the latest versions if you're running
older versions). This is a bit of a long shot, but it could be the
cure if your drivers or config are corrupted.
Best of luck, & please let us know what kind of results you get.