Color profile problems and text issues

hello all!
recently, after installing the java update i ran across some permissions problems when doing a permissions repair.
these java permissions seem to be the result of database updates and are fairly innocuous.
however, since then, my color profiles are screwed up. things look horrible. some pictures are fine, some bad. at first i thought it was just safari, but it's system wide. i've tried repairing permissions again but to no effect. i've downloaded the profiles from adobe and copied them into the profiles directory in library. no effect.
some profiles show up twice on the list. when i select, for instance, the second listing, the selection moves to the first listing. do you follow?
when i run the profile first aid this is what i get:
Searching for profiles...
Checking 88 profiles...
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/DCDM_X'Y'Z'.icc
Tag 'A2B1': Required tag is not present.
Tag 'B2A1': Required tag is not present.
Tag 'A2B2': Required tag is not present.
Tag 'B2A2': Required tag is not present.
Tag 'gamt': Required tag is not present.
The file is locked. Could not be fixed.
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Color/Profiles/DCI_P3.icc
Tag 'A2B1': Required tag is not present.
Tag 'B2A1': Required tag is not present.
Tag 'A2B2': Required tag is not present.
Tag 'B2A2': Required tag is not present.
Tag 'gamt': Required tag is not present.
The file is locked. Could not be fixed.
/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/EW-sRGB
Tag 'desc': Tag size is not correct. Could not be fixed.
/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/EPSON Perfection1250
Tag 'dmnd': Tag size is not correct. Could not be fixed.
Tag 'dmdd': Tag size is not correct. Could not be fixed.
/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/EPSON Perfection1250 TPU
Tag 'dmnd': Tag size is not correct. Could not be fixed.
Repair done - 0 out of 5 profiles fixed.
any suggestions would be most welcome. possibly help on reverting to the earlier java would be nice..don't know if that'll help but it started back then.
thank you!
cheers,
sean

okay, a boot up into safe mode and everything looks great, the way it should. everything looks awesome in another user account too.
so, it user specific. i've discovered these issues affect safari and not firefox. images in ff look fine.
if there are font or profile issues, how do i go about finding what might be broken in my main user account?
can i just transfer everything to a new user account? what are the steps involved?
thanks again for any help!

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OK.
First, let me post these side-by-side comparisons:
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You should try to familiarize yourself with the concepts of color management.
It's kind of too in-depth a subject to walk you through from a cold start here... There are a lot of good resources out there to help you get started. For example, in just a few seconds Google turned up this:
http://www.adobepress.com/articles/article.asp?p=1315593
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sorry uberfoto, did not get what MBP meant at first.
what Jan says about color calibration tool is right....and start again from the RAW.....
i am photographer in the advertisement, reportage, portraits and landscape.
my problem was to get the thinks printed as I saw them on the screen.
here what I have to say on that (part of another discussion):
".... Sorry, but no AppleTFT Display comes close to a hardware calibrated display. Maybe they are semi-professional. I do not say this to insult Apple, ore somebody else, but i say this to sway out the illusion of , " if I just spend more money on the calibration tool and software, I´ll have better prints". It´s just not possible, because the display cant show what is there. A Apple CRT Studio Display is far better in this. I you want to have a flat-screen TFT Display to bring good results, you have to choose one that is able to be hardware calibrated and has a higher lookup table (EIZO, LaCie, QuatoGrafics......)
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1. most people see the web on PC Display. those use a gamma of 2.2
(apple = 1.8) so pictures appear more blue with more contrast. this setting is made to hide the low ability of the system and display to show colors as they are and give and give crispy impression. So you will have to consider this when you prepare the pictures for the web. therefor the standard calibration of your MBP is best for your needs. ( for printing the Display has to be set on 5.600 kelvin ,that would be to warm 4 the wwweb).
2.
a) In the beginning I use Aperture 1.5 (or Lightroom) to select and prepare the pictures as I like them.
b) then I export them in 8 bit/300 dpi in the size they will be used as PSD or TIFF.
c) I will then open them in Photoshop (color-settings=web /internet) make the cleaning and so on.( 4 the web I always increase the saturation because sRGB and JPG will throw away lots of colors).
d) AND NOW "save for the web ". This is definitely the best tool to prepare pictures for the web. on the right upper part of the window there is a flash-open menu where you may choose to see the colors like in windows or macintosh system.
and on the lower right of the application-window there is a roll-down menu where you may preview the results in different browsers of your choice.
It is here where you can produce amazing high Q pictures 4 the web under 100 kb.
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good luck,
larry
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G5 dual 2.3/4,5 gigRam/ATI 9600 128MB-PB G4 12" Mac OS X (10.4.2) EIZO CG 21"+EIZO L985ex 21"
G5 dual 2.3/4,5 gigRam/ATI 9600 128MB-PB G4 12" Mac OS X (10.4.2) EIZO CG 21"+EIZO L985ex 21"

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George
This is very helpful information (I'll go back and mark it as such after I post this - a clumsy rating system but...)
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Message was edited by: Jrsy Man

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I had something similar happen when I upgraded to 10.4.8. In fixing the blue tint problem, I loaded a backup copy of the Color LCD profile. Subsequently, under exact circumstances I don't remember, the machine "lost" the profile. And the calibration option would just give an error.
So somehow, after further fiddling, I ended up with two copies of Color LCD profile, one the old 10.4.7 one, one the 10.4.8 one. I haven't had the problem of it losing the profile again.
But I might mention that there is a related problem which you may encounter. If I use fast user switching with another account and return to my (admin) account, the blue tint returns. The workaround is as described in this article:
http://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2006/02/fuscolor/index.php
I have created an alias to the DMProxy application as described in the above article, and have to run it after every time I use fast user switching.

Print driver/color profile problems after 2.0 update

Since I updated to the latest version of aperture 2 I have had problems with printing on my canon 5200R printer. The coloring is way off, as if aperture does not seem to recognize the canon print drivers or color profiles. I have read about printing from another program but was so happy with color quality using aperture 1.5, is there a fix for the current problem?

Bump.

Is there an article on how to set up color profiles.problem exporting

I organize and store photos in iPhoto. However I do editing in Photoshop Elements 6. When I take my photos back into iPhoto everything looks fine. So everything between iPhoto and Elements is fine. Some of my problems are:
1. When I use PSE6 to resize a photo for the web or I have it resized to attach to an email the coloring is dulled for what the corrected version that I had just prior to the resizing.
2. When I take a photo from iPhoto and drag it to the desktop to burn a disc for even non-Apple users the photo becomes dull.
3. I use two Epson printers. Sometimes the coloring looks good and sometimes it doesn't.
I have used Sypder to calibrate my computer however I'm thinking I like the ColorSync better.
Are there articles that will tell me step-by-step how to set up?

Hi IsACharlee,
If Home Sharing does not appear to be working after turning it on for both computers, see the additional troubleshooting steps in this article:
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
Have a good one!
- Ari

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