Adobe Color Issues

I have perfectly good internet connection, but over half the time when I work in Illustrator and InDesign, the Adobe Color feature has issues and "can't connect." I want to use all the color themes I've made, but I rarely have access to them.

It looks to me like the Color Themes panel is not color managed—that's always been a problem with Kuler and the current web version.
You can really see it with the 100% cyan and magenta patches in this example, where the document and Swatches panel respond to changing CMYK profile assignments, but the Color Theme panel does not. Obviously the 100% cyan patch in the Theme panel is not accurate for any printing condition and looks more like out-of-gamut 0|255|255 RGB:
A custom CMYK profile assignment
Japan Color Coated
I think the work around is to select your colors in the Color Theme panel as Lab, move the swatches into your Swatches panel, and convert them to CMYK from the swatches panel where the conversion to CMYK will be color managed.
Here you can see when I pick colors as Lab there's no shift when I send them to the Swatches panel:

Similar Messages

"We are experiencing an issue connecting to the Adobe Color CC servers"

Keep getting the error "We are experiencing an issue connecting to the Adobe Color CC servers" every time I try to access Color CC, I am signed into the Creative Cloud.
Has anyone else had this problem?

I have been getting the same issue for about a week now. However if I create a new Adobe ID with another email address, that email doesn't have the issue. Does anyone know what might be causing this? I have tried clearing cookies and using multiple browsers and nothing seems to work.

Adobe Color aka Kuler download and viewing issues

Ive been trying to utilize the new adobe color and I'm finding that once I find a palette I like, I try to download it and when I try to view it, the file type is un supported in all of the CC apps I have including photoshop, Illustrator and after effects Does anyone know how to use them once their downloaded or at least how to view them so they can be used?

You don't need to download the ase file from color.adobe.com to view it in photoshop / Illustrator / After Effects / InDesign / Flash. These products have "Color Themes" panel at
Windows > Extensions > Adobe Color Themes
or
Windows > Color Themes
Simply favorite a theme on color.adobe.com and it would show up in this panel. From here you can use them directly in your designs.
Let me know if that works out for you.

Adobe Color Print Utility Issues

I am on a Mac 10.8.5 and when I open the Print>File dialog box of the Adobe Color Print Utility there is no option to set the colour management to off. I need this as I'm using Photoshop CC which doesn't have that option anymore. There are other options such *** paper handling or paper feed but not the colour management option or options to set the paper type. Has anyone got any ideas on this. I am also considering downloading CS2 as a work-around, does this work with Mac 10.8.5?

Have you checked out this link? https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/no-color-management-option-missing.html
Your suggestion about using CS2 won't work since this was written in Power PC code.
The last version of Mac OSX that has Rosetta which allows running Power PC apps on an Intel Mac was Snow Leopard OSX 10.6.8, so OSX 10.8.5 wont work for CS2
An excerpt:
Turn off Color Management:
Mac OS
Expand the Print dialog box by clicking the arrow next to the Printer pop-up menu.
Use the pop-up menu in the middle of the dialog box to locate the options for paper type and color management. The menu choices and locations for these options change depending on your printer driver.
Set Paper Type to the paper that most closely resembles the paper you're profiling.
Set Color Management to Off. Some printer drivers turn off Color Management automatically.
Windows
In the Print dialog box, select your target printer and click Properties.
Set Paper Type to the paper that most closely resembles the paper you're profiling.
Set Color Management to Off.
Note: In some printer drivers, select Advanced or Custom to locate these options.

I can't access Adobe Color Themes in Illustrator

Hi,
I've dowloaded the latest Illustrator from CC and when I click on Windows on the menu bar I don't see Extensions like I see in Photoshop. I can't access the Adobe Color Themes like I can in Photoshop. This same issue applies with InDesign. Do I need to reinstall Illustrator and InDesign?
Thank you,
Robert

Kuler was the extension. It is now renamed to Color and not an extension anymore. You can access the Color themes from the Window menu or from the Swatches panel (click the little icon at the bottom of the panel).

Installation error: Adobe Color JA Extra Settings CS4

I have a multiuser Mac CS4 Design Studio (college department). All but one computer is installing fine. This is a PowerMac G5 with 10.5.8. Clean as a whistle, nothing funny installed, no other problems.
The installer fails when installing Illustrator, specifically when installing the additional-but-required item named "Adobe Color JA Extra Settings CS4". It simply fails with a helpful "Error 2" message. I don't know what this item is, but without it, Illustrator won't install.
All other CS4 applications install fine. I've repaired permissions, tried installing from another Admin user on the same computer, etc. I've tried installing both from the original CDs and from the downloaded license installer. Etc etc.
The Adobe installation log appears useless. I run the "Adobe Support Advisor" which tells me:
Issue no: id18470
Unable to update an installed font when installing the Adobe Creative Suite 4 product
and points me to:
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/403/kb403901.html
Which, if related at all, doesn't provide any info since it doesn't tell me what font is related (although my gut feeling is this isn't a font issue at all, but it's impossible to know). Anyway I try using the Support Advisor to upload the logs to Adobe but keep getting "The storage server is unavailable! Please try again later." That's helpful. Anyway, to rule out any font permission issues I force-propagated proper permissions in /Library/Fonts and ~/Library/Fonts. No change.
I've been on hold with Adobe Support for 45 minutes and can't stay on much longer, so I figure I'll post here to see if anyone has any suggestions. I wish they'd at least have better music.
Any idea what this file/item is, and if there's either another way to install it (ie copy from another Mac) or manually deselect it from the installer?
The last chunk of lines from the installation log follows; no idea where the proper cutoff is.
Thanks!
1 Deleted
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:16 2010 INFO
Completing repair for payload at /Volumes/Adobe CS4 Design Premium Disc 1/Adobe CS4 Design Premium/payloads/AdobeColorEU_ExtraSettings2-mul/AdobeColorEU_ExtraSettings2-mul.dmg
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:17 2010 DEBUG
RepairPayload succeeded.
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:17 2010 INFO
Physical payload repair result:0
[       0] Tue Mar 2 11:36:17 2010 INFO
Calling the custom action code for post-repair for payload {69A6AF34-639F-4AC8-8EFB-86DB91C5E106}
[       0] Tue Mar 2 11:36:17 2010 DEBUG
BEGIN Payload Properties
ARK_UninstallAliasName=Uninstall Adobe Color EU Extra Settings CS4
AddRemoveInfoEstimatedSize=2216341
AdobeCode={69A6AF34-639F-4AC8-8EFB-86DB91C5E106}
CLE=
EULA_LANGUAGE=en_US
INSTALLDIR=/Applications
MEDIATAG=
OS64Bit=0
UILanguageSelected=en_US
UPGRADEQUALSN=
defaultLanguage=en_US
driverAdobeCode={E8B28C6D-46DF-4842-9B06-9924D94DA1E0}
eula_EPIC_EULA_ACCEPTED=1
eula_EPIC_EULA_SELECTED=0
installLanguage=en_US
installSourcePath=/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Installers/502814f68fd7e36868492dfad441107
mediaName=Adobe CS4 Design Premium Disc 1
mediaPath=/Volumes/Adobe CS4 Design Premium Disc 1/Adobe CS4 Design Premium/payloads/AdobeColorEU_ExtraSettings2-mul/AdobeColorEU_ExtraSettings2-mul.dmg
mediaType=1
mediaVolumeIndex=1
parentAdobeCode=
platform=OSX
productName=Adobe Color EU Extra Settings CS4
sessionID=502814f68fd7e36868492dfad441107
setupVersion=2.0.138.0
END Payload Properties
Operation complete. Setting status: 0
Popping new operation
Creating instruction for payload {2B47D5DE-E019-4130-AB69-2DAB4DEEBB0A} Adobe Color JA Extra Settings CS4
[       0] Tue Mar 2 11:36:17 2010 INFO
Calling the custom action code for pre-install for payload {2B47D5DE-E019-4130-AB69-2DAB4DEEBB0A}
[       0] Tue Mar 2 11:36:17 2010 DEBUG
BEGIN Payload Properties
ARK_UninstallAliasName=Uninstall Adobe Color EU Extra Settings CS4
AddRemoveInfoEstimatedSize=2216341
AdobeCode={2B47D5DE-E019-4130-AB69-2DAB4DEEBB0A}
CLE=
EULA_LANGUAGE=en_US
INSTALLDIR=/Applications
MEDIATAG=
OS64Bit=0
UILanguageSelected=en_US
UPGRADEQUALSN=
defaultLanguage=en_US
driverAdobeCode={E8B28C6D-46DF-4842-9B06-9924D94DA1E0}
eula_EPIC_EULA_ACCEPTED=1
eula_EPIC_EULA_SELECTED=0
installLanguage=en_US
installSourcePath=/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Installers/502814f68fd7e36868492dfad441107
mediaName=Adobe CS4 Design Premium Disc 1
mediaPath=/Volumes/Adobe CS4 Design Premium Disc 1/Adobe CS4 Design Premium/payloads/AdobeColorJA_ExtraSettings2-mul/AdobeColorJA_ExtraSettings2-mul.dmg
mediaType=1
mediaVolumeIndex=1
parentAdobeCode=
platform=OSX
productName=Adobe Color JA Extra Settings CS4
sessionID=502814f68fd7e36868492dfad441107
setupVersion=2.0.138.0
END Payload Properties
Custom action code for pre-install for payload {2B47D5DE-E019-4130-AB69-2DAB4DEEBB0A} returned : [object Object]
BEGIN Dependent operations for DRIVER {E8B28C6D-46DF-4842-9B06-9924D94DA1E0} Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium
{78F4C3FA-BE2D-4392-A98A-68A3498E3E94} Adobe Anchor Service CS4
{BC286945-85E3-44BC-86E0-F6F856E159CB} Suite Shared Configuration CS4
END Dependent operations for DRIVER {E8B28C6D-46DF-4842-9B06-9924D94DA1E0} Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium
Checking operation result for {78F4C3FA-BE2D-4392-A98A-68A3498E3E94} Adobe Anchor Service CS4
Checking operation result for {BC286945-85E3-44BC-86E0-F6F856E159CB} Suite Shared Configuration CS4
Operation can be attempted
Popped
BEGIN Payload Properties
ARK_UninstallAliasName=Uninstall Adobe Color JA Extra Settings CS4
AddRemoveInfoEstimatedSize=2216341
CLE=
EULA_LANGUAGE=en_US
INSTALLDIR=/Applications
MEDIATAG=
OS64Bit=0
UILanguageSelected=en_US
UPGRADEQUALSN=
defaultLanguage=en_US
driverAdobeCode={E8B28C6D-46DF-4842-9B06-9924D94DA1E0}
eula_EPIC_EULA_ACCEPTED=1
eula_EPIC_EULA_SELECTED=0
installLanguage=en_US
installSourcePath=/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Installers/502814f68fd7e36868492dfad441107
mediaName=Adobe CS4 Design Premium Disc 1
mediaPath=/Volumes/Adobe CS4 Design Premium Disc 1/Adobe CS4 Design Premium/payloads/AdobeColorJA_ExtraSettings2-mul/AdobeColorJA_ExtraSettings2-mul.dmg
mediaType=1
mediaVolumeIndex=1
parentAdobeCode=
platform=OSX
productName=Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium
sessionID=502814f68fd7e36868492dfad441107
setupVersion=2.0.138.0
END Payload Properties
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:17 2010 INFO
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
Installer Operation: PayloadInstaller
*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
Request to install payload
[       0] Tue Mar 2 11:36:17 2010 INFO
setting timeout
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:17 2010 INFO
Beginning installation for payload at /Volumes/Adobe CS4 Design Premium Disc 1/Adobe CS4 Design Premium/payloads/AdobeColorJA_ExtraSettings2-mul/AdobeColorJA_ExtraSettings2-mul.dmg
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:17 2010 DEBUG
Setting determined properties...
Mounting payload image at /Volumes/Adobe CS4 Design Premium Disc 1/Adobe CS4 Design Premium/payloads/AdobeColorJA_ExtraSettings2-mul/AdobeColorJA_ExtraSettings2-mul.dmg
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:19 2010 DEBUG
Payload mounted at /tmp/.tempdirVk0XtuAb
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:19 2010 INFO
Reading instructions from /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Installers/R2/Setup.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallSetup.js
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:19 2010 DEBUG
Uninstalling {7E8C0B6B-A9DD-47C2-9589-43442F753117} as part of upgrade installation.
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:19 2010 INFO
Reading instructions from /Library/Application Support/Adobe/Uninstall/{7E8C0B6B-A9DD-47C2-9589-43442F753117}.js
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:19 2010 ERROR
Unable to get alias data from uninstall db for storage key {7E8C0B6B-A9DD-47C2-9589-43442F753117} due to error 4
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:19 2010 FATAL
JavaScript processing failed with error:
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:19 2010 DEBUG
Rolling back prior actions...
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:19 2010 INFO
Completing installation for payload at /Volumes/Adobe CS4 Design Premium Disc 1/Adobe CS4 Design Premium/payloads/AdobeColorJA_ExtraSettings2-mul/AdobeColorJA_ExtraSettings2-mul.dmg
[       1] Tue Mar 2 11:36:20 2010 ERROR
InstallPayload failed.
[       0] Tue Mar 2 11:36:20 2010 DEBUG
Adding failed payload to required list
Adding failed payload to required list
Adding failed payload to critical list
Adding failed payload to required list
Adding failed payload to required list
[       0] Tue Mar 2 11:36:23 2010 DEBUG
Mid stream failure: User decided to quit
[       0] Tue Mar 2 11:36:23 2010 INFO
Calling the ROLLBACK custom action code for pre-install for payload {2B47D5DE-E019-4130-AB69-2DAB4DEEBB0A}
[       0] Tue Mar 2 11:36:23 2010 DEBUG
BEGIN Payload Properties
ARK_UninstallAliasName=Uninstall Adobe Color JA Extra Settings CS4
AddRemoveInfoEstimatedSize=2216341
AdobeCode={2B47D5DE-E019-4130-AB69-2DAB4DEEBB0A}
CLE=
EULA_LANGUAGE=en_US
INSTALLDIR=/Applications
MEDIATAG=
OS64Bit=0
UILanguageSelected=en_US
UPGRADEQUALSN=
defaultLanguage=en_US
driverAdobeCode={E8B28C6D-46DF-4842-9B06-9924D94DA1E0}
eula_EPIC_EULA_ACCEPTED=1
eula_EPIC_EULA_SELECTED=0
installLanguage=en_US
installSourcePath=/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Installers/502814f68fd7e36868492dfad441107
mediaName=Adobe CS4 Design Premium Disc 1
mediaPath=/Volumes/Adobe CS4 Design Premium Disc 1/Adobe CS4 Design Premium/payloads/AdobeColorJA_ExtraSettings2-mul/AdobeColorJA_ExtraSettings2-mul.dmg
mediaType=1
mediaVolumeIndex=1
parentAdobeCode=
platform=OSX
productName=Adobe Color JA Extra Settings CS4
sessionID=502814f68fd7e36868492dfad441107
setupVersion=2.0.138.0
END Payload Properties
Operation complete. Setting status: 2
Popping new operation
Creating instruction for payload {6CA25E84-FDC9-4EAE-86A6-FE0697BAF171} Adobe Color NA Recommended Settings CS4
User exited workflow.
Marking payload {6CA25E84-FDC9-4EAE-86A6-FE0697BAF171} Adobe Color NA Recommended Settings CS4 as canceled
Status object
Log of: object
isRunning {boolean}: false
percentComplete {number}: 100
message {object}: [object Object]
Log of: object
code {number}: 1
Set payload canceled status
Creating instruction for payload {9153FB2B-184A-4FBD-A4DE-334CFD5900E9} Adobe Utilities CS4
User exited workflow.
Marking payload {9153FB2B-184A-4FBD-A4DE-334CFD5900E9} Adobe Utilities CS4 as canceled
Status object
Log of: object
isRunning {boolean}: false
percentComplete {number}: 100
message {object}: [object Object]
Log of: object
code {number}: 1

you can uninstall any cs4 program that is installed.
clean (Use the CC Cleaner Tool to solve installation problems | CC, CS3-CS6)
and retry installing.
if you again see a 1603 error, check your install logs for more specific info - Troubleshoot installation with install logs | CS3, CS4

Camera Raw 8.7.1 color issues

After the recent camera raw update to 8.7.1 I have noticed some pretty bad color shifts between camera raw and photoshop cs6. The colors in camera raw look very saturated and then when moving into photoshop the saturation shift is pretty dramatic. I never had these issues before the update. I have attached a screenshot illustrating the color issue. I am working on a very good monitor ( NEC PA 242W ) and it is color calibrated using NEC Spectraview calibration system. I have double checked my color setting in photoshop and camera raw to make sure I was viewing the same color space. I am just wondering if this is maybe a bug in the update and others are experiencing the same issues or if I am just missing something.
I would also add that I am using the Creative Suite CS6 and not CC. If that makes a difference.

Thanks ssprengel for the suggestions and running a side by side yourself. I went through all my settings and applied your suggestions and did a side by side each time. I even uninstalled the entire creative suite on my system then reinstalled and updated and I still get the same outcome. It was fine yesterday with the previous version of ACR. It seems like the updated version is not showing the image preview in any color space. When I switch the color space in the workflow options the histogram changes but it doesn't seem to affect the preview window. And yes the preview button was checked on it was just when I was using the screen grab tool in windows it took focus away from the application so that is why the settings appear grayed out. I have attached more screen grabs below illustrating all my settings. Also here is some system info if anyone out there has a similar setup and would be willing to test.
Adobe Photoshop Version: 13.0.1 (13.0.1.3 20131024.r.34 2013/10/24:21:00:00) x64
Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit
Version: 6.1 Service Pack 1

Photoshop CC Color Issues

When I updated my Photoshop program two updates ago I began having color issues in Photoshop as the rest of the Adobe Suite. Regardless of whether the color mode is RGB or CMYK the colors appear washed out on the program. This image http://i.imgur.com/BWVwbx2.jpg is an example. The image on the right is a screen shot of the original image of the shoes copied from the website, the image on the left is the same image copied into photoshop. When I try to save the RGB file as a jpeg or a PDF it looks the same as it did in the program, washed out. However, when the file is CMYK color mode and I try to save it as a jpeg or PDF it looks like this http://i.imgur.com/TAUyeOf.jpg. Both my coworker and I started having this issue on our seperate computers around the same time so I don't believe that it is a graphics card issue or something along those lines. How can I fix this? I have tried calling Adobe support, but unfortunately the person on the phone was not very experienced in the program and unable to help.
Some Info about my computer:
Currently I have Photoshop CC with the 14.2.1 update. I have Windows 7 Professional SP1, 64-bit OS, 8 GB of RAM (7.87 GB Usable) and 360 GB free space on the (C:) drive.

Illustrator and Windows Photo Viewer agree. They should, because they're both fully color managed. I assume Photoshop shows the same.
Picasa is not color managed. All bets are off there, it can display like anything under the sun, depending on what color space the file was created in, and how your monitor displays color.
There is a basic checklist for color management issues:
1 - is the application color managed at all?
2 - is there an embedded document profile, and what is it?
3 - what is the monitor profile?
We've established #1. For #2, see in the lower left corner of the Photoshop image window. Click the little arrow and check "document profile". What does it say?
#3 is often the critical one. This is where your calibrated monitor profile should be - but if you don't do that, it's often a manufacturer supplied profile. These are often worse than worthless. The best option here is to use sRGB if you have a standard gamut monitor (like the U2412) - or Adobe RGB if you have a wide gamut monitor (like your co-worker's U3011). Yes, there is a significant difference between these two.
Anyway:
Go to Control Panel > Color Management > Devices. Set sRGB IEC61966-2.1 as your default monitor profile there and relaunch Photoshop:
With this setting, Photoshop, Illustrator and Windows Photo Viewer will display (more or less) correctly. It could still be that the file had the wrong document profile, or none at all, but the file will display correctly as it is.

How to use downloaded Adobe color theme (.ase) in Photoshop cc?

How to use downloaded Adobe color theme (.ase) in Photoshop cc?

I can confirm this functions but there is no indication it's been successful and the swatches appear in the Swatches panel, *not* in the Libraries panel where I would expect them. My issue is that IMO this should not even be an issue, because a palette created on color.adobe.com should just show up in PS CC unless I'm not understanding the intended behavior.
Anyone?

Illustrator CS6 color issues when saving JPG

I have recently gotten rid of the Pantone+ color books and replaced them with the old color books, using the "Workaround 1: Replace Pantone Plus with older Pantone color books" help from Adobe. Followed all of the instrauctions and had no issues until two weeks ago. Then suddenly when saving PDFs I had to start changing the output Color Conversion to ' convert to destination'. I never had to take this extra step before. Now if I do not do this it saves some colors as black. Whatever, I got over that and take the extra step.
TODAY, now I can't even save JPGs without color issues. Some JPGs save correctly. Then I use the same color in a different file, and it saves completely different. Same color profiles, swatch options, blah blah blah.
Someone help me. I am extremely fed up with these issues. Like everyone else, this is my job and now it is making a huge impact on my work...

What program are you using to view the PDFs?

Dual monitor color issue - oversaturated image in CS4

Hi, I wonder if you can help. I found people having similar issues, but never seen an actual answer, so your input would be greatly appreciated.
My set-up:
MacBook Pro Dual Core intel based 15.4 2.6GHz running OS X 10.5.6 - also my primary display
HP LP2475- secondary display
CS4
Both monitors were calibrated using X-rite Eye-one LT (each with a separate profile)
I've tried calibrating each monitor 3 times and still get the proble,
My problem:
Running in dual monitor mode in bridge or safari/firefox- no problems at all: almost consistent colour between both monitors.
When I open the images in Photoshop CS4, they look fine on my MacBook screen, but when I drag them over to the HP the color is grossly oversaturated - especially in the red. What am I doing wrong? (in fact on the HP monitor, the color looks perfect in bridge but super insanely saturated in CS4)
Does anyone have a clue on how I can fix this?
Thanks!

You say your running 10.5.6? Why haven't you updated to 10.5.8?
FWIW, I never had color issues under 10.5.X, however I have since upgrade to 10.6.
See the thread I started in which Adobe responded:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/483359

Lightroom/CS3 color issues on Mac

Hello,
I've seen a few posts about color issues, and I've tried following the advice posted, and I'm still having a problem. My photos appear fine in PS and in Lightroom (as well in in Mac's previewer) but when I upload them to the web or view the saved file on another computer, they appear severely desaturated with a blue tone.
I'm using running Mac OX X on a new MacBook Pro. I have Lightroom and CS3 installed and fully patched.
I am shooting in RAW with my Nikon, and importing the photos to Lightroom. In Lightroom, I choose "edit in CS3" and then the file opens in CS3. My settings for that are to open it as a 16 bit PDF ProPhoto RGB. My color settings in CS3 are set to ProPhoto RGB working space, preserve embedded profiles, ask when opening and pasting.
The files still look great when I open them in PS, and then I save them and when I look at them again in Lightroom they also look good (the same). However, if I export them as .jpgs from Lightroom, or save them directly from CS3, they lose their color quality.
I've found that if I change my proof setup to "monitor RGB" then I can see the photos the same way they appear when saved (the bad, desaturated version).
I would really appreciate any help anyone could provide. I am generally happy with my Lightroom/CS3 workflow, but I'm totally baffled with this color issue.
Emily

Well, I think what you need to do is get a better grasp on the fundimentals of color management-which is a bit beyond the scope of what the forums can offer you.
The bottom line is that Lightroom & Photoshop CSx (meaning past CS or actually even back to 7) can and does make use of display profiles (you can't turn it off even if Photoshop has a setting that makes you think you can). An image in Lightroom and Photoshop is always color managed...outside of an app that is color management, all bets are off.
Save, assigning and converting to profiles are all very different. Photoshop CS3's color settings are absolutely critical because that's how you deal with managed and unmanaged color.
Until you learn different, I would suggest that you set your CS3 color settings to North American PrePress 2....if you want images for the web, Convert To sRGB or use the new Save For Web (which can now do the sRGB conversion-finally).
For other uses and purposes, I would suggest that you seriously consider using Adobe RGB-until such time that you understand the implications of using Pro Photo RGB.

Print Setup says use Adobe Color Printer with No Color Management even though I have my .icc printer profile selected

I have a ColorMunki Photo and a Canon Pixma Pro 100 that I have been using on my Mac with Photoshop CC. No issues. I must have changed something because now when I go to print, a popup says "Please use Adobe Color Printer Utility if you need to print with No Color Management". It is telling me that my I am trying to print without color management and this method of printing isn't supported. So, I reprofiled my monitor and printer and have brand new .icc profiles and it is still doing the same thing. Can someone tell me the exact things that need to be changed in Photoshop in order to use my .icc profile for color managed printing? I have no idea what I have changed. If I change to a different profile that message doesn't pop up. My document profile says that it is the same as the printer profile I am trying to print from. Does the document profile need to be set to my monitor .icc profile or the printer .icc profile that I want to print from? Any help would be appreciated! It is driving me crazy!

Please read these very recent thread, as it applies to you in full:
Re: color settings after calibrating monitor with Spyder 4Pro

Could not initialize photoshop because of a problem using the adobe color engine (Win 7)

Was running the lastest version of Photoshop CS5 and added a second quad graphics card and 4 more monitors. Now PS will not start and I get the error message "could not initialize photoshop because of a problem using the adobe color engine."
Computer has 2 NIVDIA Quadro4 NVS420 graphics boards with 8 Samsung SyncMaster 1920x1080 monitors. If I disable 4 of the monitors CS5 starts normally. I do not have to remove the added graphics card. When I extend the desktop again to all 8 monitors I get the error above.
How do I trouble-shoot the problem? Is it Photoshop, NIVDIA or Windows 7?

Well, not exactly a full solution yet (at least for my setup), but I am certain now that this issue is (mostly) caused by nVidia's drivers. You may be able to fix your setup by simply installing the latest drivers for your NVS420 cards (266.45 for Win 7/64 rel. 01/12/2011).
Since you are using two identical cards, this could do the trick.
Caveats - Make sure you:
1. Select Custom Install, the Express Install will most likely not work properly.
2. Unselect the Audio Driver (if available), the nVidia HD(MI) Audio driver could
screw up your speech recognition (if you use it) or other audio software - it did for me.
3. Select Clean Install. If you don't, files like C:\Windows\System32\drivers\nvlddmkm.sys
and several other driver related files will not be overwritten, causing all sorts of neat effects.
4. After the Install is complete, reboot your system whether the Installer prompts you or not.
After testing various configurations, disabling two - six of my eight monitors I am at this point:
I am now using nVidia's lastest and greatest piece of crap (read driver), version 266.58, released just two days ago. After an initial snag with maximized windows extending to the bottom of the main monitor (underneath the taskbar), a re-install & reboot solved that issue.
All three driver versions tested (260.89, 260.99, 266.58) now allow me to start PhotoShop without any problems; providing I first disable the two monitors fed by my onboard graphics (nVidia 780a based), leaving me with six monitors connected to three GTS-450 cards. I can even re-enable the two other monitors once the program is open, and it continues to work fine. However, I must disconnect them again for the next start of PhotoShop.
On an interesting side note:
After disabling six monitors (leaving only two on a GTS-450), I was also able to open and run SoundBooth CS5, which previously would not open, citing the audio driver as the problem. After sucessfully starting SoundBooth I could re-enable all six other monitors (incl. onboards),
and that program now opens and works fine with all 8 monitors connected. [ODD !!!]
Other than Adobe Software, I've had only one other issue with my setup:
When playing online poker at PokerStars, occasionally and quite randomly one of multiple tables would freeze up. I'll try disabling the two onboard monitors for that program as well to see whether the random freezes stop.
Overall, while I think that Adobe produces fine software and nVidia has been in need of an overhaul for quite some time now, I also think that Adobe and nVidia software engineers need to work more closely together to ensure that problems like this don't arise in the first place after a product has been released to the public. IMHO, this is avoidable!
PS:
Here's a link to a great tool for multiple monitors, Display Fusion by Binary Fortress.
I use the free version, it allows you to do cool things like have individual wallpapers for all
your monitors, or stretch a single image across all monitors. With the Pro Version ($25),
you can also add individually customizable taskbars to each monitor, and a lot more.
http://www.displayfusion.com/

Color issues in Mountain Lion with Acrobat Pro

I'm not sure I'm in the right forum, but here it goes.
Since upgrading my OS to Mountain Lion, I've noticed when viewing PDFs output from InDesign 5.5 that once in Acrobat Pro the colors look muted and inaccurate. I never saw this in Snow Leopard, hence my posting. Color in InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop CS5.5 seem just fine, it's only when a PDF is viewed in Acrobat that I see this muted color issue.
What I'm concerned with is are these problems when viewing only, or is the PDF color range itself screwed up? I do prepress work and am using an Eizo CG241 display, CS5.5 and Acrobat Pro 10.1.4.
Thanks!

If you are using a calibrated display, the calibration software should set your Displays>Color profile for you. Mine is set to "PA271W 0610738UA 2012-11-14 14-57", which is the name of the profile created by the calibration software. This is where color temperature, gamma, and color corrections are stored (in my case for prepress work at 5000K and 1.8 gamma).
Sorry about this long-winded posting, but I think the last few paragraphs may help make some progress, and I must first digress to get to them...
Control of color profiles embedded in my PDF files is done in Adobe Creative Suite (verson 6 at this time). I use Bridge to synchronize the suite. North American Web/Internet is for files going to the web and I apply sRGB to those files when opening them (if they aren't already sRGB). North American Prepress 2 is for files going to a printing press, and I apply Adobe RGB to files when opening them (if they aren't already Adobe RGB).
Files for the web are saved using Photoshop's "Save for Web..." command, which is set to sRGB and uses the Document Profile for a preview.
Files for print are converted to CMYK and placed in InDesign or Illustrator, where they are saved as PDF/X-1a files, which are CMYK and those values are preserved (not color managed). I should note that before that point, during client proofs, the files are placed as Adobe RGB. They are replaced by CMYK images before making a PDF/X-1a file for the printing press. Either way, the files display correctly and identically (except for any color gamut differences) regardless of color mode or application. (This is color management working correctly.) Except for Acrobat and Reader.
Until CS6, all PDF files would be displayed by Acrobat identically to how they appeared in the originating application (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign). Now all PDF files are darker, more drab, and shifted slightly toward blue.
Here's the weird thing. No matter what I do, even if I start with an sRGB file and save it as a Photoshop PDF using the Save for Web command, so it has been sRGB throughout the process, when the PDF file is viewed in Acrobat or Reader it is darker, more drab, and shifted slightly toward blue.
My first hypothesis was that Acrobat and Reader were applying sRGB to everything. But that appears to be wrong. Now I'm thinking that it's my calibrated display profile that is being ignored. And since it is calibrated for 5000K and 1.8 gamma, that is what explains the big shift in darkness, vividness, and color. It may be that the display profile, not the embedded color profile, is all that matters!
If so, a good experiment would be to calibrate one of your displays for 5000K and 1.8 gamma. If Acrobat and Reader are ignoring the display profile, you should see a very obvious difference in displayed PDF files compared to displays using 6500K and 2.2 gamma (which is just about everyone these days, except for publishing professionals who do exacting print work).
Sheesh!

Adobe Color Issues

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for