Color Shift from PS to Fireworks CS 3

How do I correctly manage the color between the CS3
application so that the color does not shift from Photoshop to
Fireworks in CS3. I have tried switching the color in convert to
profile in photoshop then save the file and re-open in FW and still
a huge change. I have switched the Bridge Profile for all
applications across CS3 and they are not consistent.

Expression 3, Expression Design or Expression Media?
pixlor wrote:
> I'm slightly confused. Is it that the programs
display the colors
> differently or that the colors
change when you save images? If you
> select a pixel and use the eyedropper tool to read its
color, do you get the
> same or different RGB values from both programs?
>
> I'm on Windows Vista, and not (as far as I know) using
any color management. I
> made an image in Firework (.png), opened it in
Photoshop, exported it from
> there as a .gif (with an exact palette) and added the
.gif to my original image
> in Fireworks. I saw no color change at all. When I have
the images open in FW
> and PS at the same time, I don't, visually, see a
difference. When I import my
> .png into Expression, however, the colors in the image
do change, so I
> know that can happen.
>
>
>

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Expression 3, Expression Design or Expression Media?
pixlor wrote:
> I'm slightly confused. Is it that the programs
display the colors
> differently or that the colors
change when you save images? If you
> select a pixel and use the eyedropper tool to read its
color, do you get the
> same or different RGB values from both programs?
>
> I'm on Windows Vista, and not (as far as I know) using
any color management. I
> made an image in Firework (.png), opened it in
Photoshop, exported it from
> there as a .gif (with an exact palette) and added the
.gif to my original image
> in Fireworks. I saw no color change at all. When I have
the images open in FW
> and PS at the same time, I don't, visually, see a
difference. When I import my
> .png into Expression, however, the colors in the image
do change, so I
> know that can happen.
>
>
>

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Hi,
Just a reminder for those who missed that thread (I guess this fix also
applies to LR 1 although I didn't check):
[FIX] Darker prints and color shifts when printing from Lightroom 2
(this is for Windows - Mac users please look here for a similar fix:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/lr_13_print/lightroom_print.htm )
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I'm using an Epson Stylus Pro 3800 with the latest Windows driver
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1. Do not let the printer manage colors and select "Other..." from the
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[FIX] Darker prints and color shifts when printing from Lightroom 2

Hi,
The problem :
When printing RAW or TIFF files from LR2, you get a printer output that
is much darker than it should be and that presents various color shifts.
I'm using an Epson Stylus Pro 3800 with the latest Windows driver
(6.50 - which is rather old by the way). The workaround described below
works for me under Windows XP SP3. It should also probably work with
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1. Do not let the printer manage colors and select "Other..." from the
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the printer output corresponds to what you see on your calibrated
display).
Apparently, although color management has been (allegedly) disabled in
the driver, there's something wrong between LR and the driver which
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The workaround (found after hours of hair pulling and paper and
expensive ink wasting):
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1. Instead of selecting "No Color Adjustments", set Mode to "Custom |
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5. Set **both** the "Input profile" and the "Printer profile" fields to
the very same profile that you specified in LR.
That is, if you specified Pro38 PGPP (Premium Glossy Photo Paper) in LR,
then also select Pro38 PGPP in both "Input Profile" and "Printer
Profile". This has actually the same effect has disabling color
management in the driver (what "No Color Adjustements" should normally
take care of).
That's it. When printing, you'll get exactly the same color results as
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color shifts.
One might think that the bug is in the Epson driver but in that case,
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is on the Lightroom side.
Note: Although Photoshop CS3 produces a correct printer output, it
demonstrates the same problem as LR when using the "Match Print Color"
option for soft proofing. But in that case, only the preview colors are
wrong. The printer output is ok. Which also tends to demonstrate that
Adobe has the problem, not Epson. Or maybe both... :-) .
Don't ask me why some users have the problem and other don't.
Hope this helps.
Patrick Philippot
MainSoft Consulting Services
www.mainsoft.fr

A sincere thank you for your reply, Michael. Sorry about the "it just doesn't make sense" shortcut. I have been trying to solve this issue since LR 1.1, spending dozens of hours on different trials and digesting everything written on this forum and the B9180 forum about color management and double profiling. My shortcut was a summation of my experience (and my frustration) but doesn't really advance the conversation. Here are some data that should be more useful in diagnosing the problem.
I am running Windows XP SP2. I calibrate my monitor monthly with the Spyder. The reason I suspect this may be an issue of double profiling is because the results (moderately strong magenta overlay plus an increase in contrast) match what more knowledgeable people than I on this forum describe when double profiling occurs. Perhaps I shouldn't presume it is double profiling, and follow Patrick Philippot's lead in naming the problem "color shifts." Patrick does refer in post #2 of this thread, however, to obvious double profiling.
I certainly do have a successful and consistent print method. With PS CS3, and either my Epson 1280 or my HP B9180, the output is almost always dead on. Here is how I do it. In PS from the print dialog box, under color handling I always choose "Photoshop manages colors." Then under printer profile I select the profile designated by the manufacturer for a particular paper/printer combination. Then in the printer driver I disable printer control of color. With the Epson I check the box "Off (No Color Adjustment)." With the B9180 I choose the option "Application Managed Colors." While I sometimes may tweak the final output, these procedures have served me well with PS for several years.
Contrasted with my positive PS experience, my experience with LR printing has been inconsistent. I regret having to be so imprecise but truly sometimes LR produces accurate results that match the calibrated monitor, but most of the time it does not. I use standard procedures with LR that parallel the PS ones described above. In LR's printing panel, under color management, I specify the correct profile, just as I did for PS. Then in the printer driver I use the same procedures I use with PS. Most of the time the prints have the magenta overlay and too much contrast.
BTW, the inconsistent LR printing only takes place with my HP B9180. I have never had any problem with off-color LR prints with my Epson 1280. Again, I emphasize that I have standard procedures that always work with PS (no matter which printer) and LR (but only with the Epson).
Unfortunately the LR printing problems are intermittent. Some of the time (perhaps 20%) LR produces fine prints in the B9180, indistinguishable from PS prints. When LR is printing well, it will continue to print fine until "something happens" and the output shows the color shift. This means I do not get a random sequence of good-bad-good-bad prints, but rather good-good-x factor-bad-bad-bad. Ths problem is that I do not know what this "x factor" is. Once, when LR was giving me accurate output, I simply changed the default printer (Control Panel-Printers and Faxes) from the B9180 to my Samsung 1430 laser; immediately afterwards the LR output colors shifted. Did LR react to this change in default printers? Another time I had good LR printing success with version 1.2 but ran into the problems described above when I upgraded to version 1.3.
Sorry for the long post. I am hoping that someone will see something that I am missing and provide a hint. I think, though, that Patrick is correct when he states, "I tend to think that the problem is with LR. After all, similar issues (obvious double profiling) are observed only in LR but with various printers."

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