Installing color profiles in Windows 7?

I've read that it's possible to use Leopard color profiles in Windows 7. Does anyone know exactly how to do this? The only thing I can find in the windows 7 control panel is to manually calibrate the display.
thx
lenn

Hi lenn,
maybe this can help you: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=651014
Regards
Stefan

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As kglad said the logs do not show any errors.
For troubleshooting using log files you can refer : http://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/troubleshoot-install-logs-cs5-cs5.html
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Color profile problem after installing CS4

OK.
First, let me post these side-by-side comparisons:
As you can see in Image 1 (the "before," left-side photo in each comparison), the colors and overall appearance are distorted. I've read things about gamma but it's all confusing to me. This is surely a color profile problem, right? The transition among pixels that involve colors of yellow and gray is rocky, grainy, and the flat out color is just wrong. Now this color problem affects pictures when opened in both Photoshop 7.0 and the standard Windows Photo Viewer. Meaning, whenever I open pictures in both PS 7.0 and Windows Photo Viewer (my default viewer), this color problem totally messes up certain photos and really damages my ability to edit. I'm an avid photo editor and it's imperative I have proper color display so that I can accurately edit. Keep in mind that certain pictures do not take on this error. When a photo is generally brighter, the distortion is basically invisible. It's photos that are dark or have dark portions in them that display the distortion.
*Note: I took these before-and-after pictures with my camera, because screencapping would not work, since you all don't have the same color profile issue on your computer. That's the only way I can show you!
HOWEVER, when I open photos in another standard Windows application, "Microsoft Office Picture Manager," the color problem is magically erradicated altogether. It shows photos as I've been seeing them all along, until I installed CS4 about two weeks ago. Before installing CS4, everything was fine and I had been using Photoshop 7 for years and have never had a problem. I'm guessing CS4 messed something up. It had to have. Just FYI, I uninstalled CS4, hoping it would reverse the problem. But still, the color issue persists in PS 7 and in my regular Windows Photo Viewer.
Since images display their true form in Windows Office Picture Manager, I don't think I need to calibrate my screen. Or do I? I've read things about it, and to some people, it's not necessary. Right? Okay. I really hope someone can give some advice! Thank you!
P.S. Here's the original photo. On my screen, it looks distorted when opened in photoshop or opened w/the viewer. However, here on Firefox, it's fine.

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
The one thing to remember is this: There is NO quick solution, easy set of defaults, or direct answer to making your setup do what you want without your having to understand color management.
People may tell you to calibrate your monitors, or use a particular color profile as a default, or whatever, and they may have good, solid reasons for telling you those things, but if you don't attempt to get your mind around color management it will always seem as though something isn't working right, or is simply magic, which will be frustrating to you.
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What version of Windows are you running?
Do you know the difference between a color-managed app and one that is not color-managed?
Which of the apps you're using/showing above are color-managed?
What are your settings in Edit - Color Settings?
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This is the specific Windows Update that brought it in:
Beyond the obvious problem (of a virtual machine not actually having a physical monitor, certainly not an Acer S271HL in this case), this Windows Update is installed with virtually no fanfare. Though as a rule I set my own systems to notify me but not install updates, and I do actually read about the updates Microsoft is proposing installing on my system, most folks don't - they simply allow Windows Update to do its thing without much thought.
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Does it seem that Microsoft may be trying to become more aggressive about pushing color-management out to users? If that's the case, wouldn't you think they should fully implement color-management in their own software - e.g., in their browsers? Conveniently, Internet Explorer wasn't affected by this update, because it ignores monitor profiles.
Please excuse my little rant to let off a little frustration over unexpected system changes. Thanks for reading.
-Noel

No, actually the System Default stayed the same, but the ACER profile showed up in the Devices panel. However, [ ] Use My Settings was NOT checked, implying they found some way to install the profile that's outside the normal configuration settings somewhere between the Advanced and Devices level configuration.
The fix is to check the [ ] Use My Settings box, add the profile one wants to use in the Devices panel, and [Set as Default Profile]. This overrides the setting above.
-Noel

Console Messages:Color profile errors after fresh install of Snow Leopard

This is a dump of the Console Messages for my Macbook Pro immediately after a fresh install.
Are all the Color profile errormessages normal?
24/12/2010 16:06:02 com.apple.launchd[1] * launchd[1] has started up. *
24/12/2010 16:06:17 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.bsd.dirhelper) Throttling respawn: Will start in 6 seconds
24/12/2010 16:06:18 com.apple.launchd[1] (com.apple.smb.sharepoints[24]) Exited with exit code: 71
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24/12/2010 16:06:35 com.apple.service_helper[90] launchctl: Error unloading: com.apple.backupd-auto
24/12/2010 16:06:35 com.apple.service_helper[90] launchctl: Error unloading: com.apple.backupd-wake
24/12/2010 16:06:35 com.apple.service_helper[90] launchctl: Error unloading: com.apple.backupd-attach
24/12/2010 16:06:37 com.apple.fontd[82] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
24/12/2010 16:06:38 com.apple.fontd[82] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
24/12/2010 16:08:52 com.apple.coreservicesd[49] ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
24/12/2010 16:18:07 com.apple.service_helper[150] org.ntp.ntpd: Already loaded
24/12/2010 16:21:43 com.apple.coreservicesd[49] ThrottleProcessIO: throttling disk i/o
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetDisplayBounds (display 0)
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Warning>: CGSLookupServerPort: _CGSSessionDeathWatchPort(gSessionPort) returns 268435459
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: CGSColorProfileCreateWithColorProfileID: Cannot initialize color profile client
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Error>: (ipc/send) invalid destination port: CGSGetNextEventRecord (Inline) connection 0x7b07, 16384 bytes
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Warning>: CGSShutdownServerConnections: Detaching application from window server
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Warning>: CGSDisplayServerShutdown: Detaching display subsystem from window server
24/12/2010 16:24:34 [0x0-0x8008].com.apple.IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] Fri Dec 24 16:24:34 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local IncompatibleAppDisplay[203] <Warning>: 3891612: (connectAndCheck) Untrusted apps are not allowed to connect to or launch Window Server before login.
24/12/2010 16:24:36 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[215] (com.apple.ReportCrash) Falling back to default Mach exception handler. Could not find: com.apple.ReportCrash.Self
24/12/2010 16:24:36 migCacheCleanup[221] Flushing Cache Locations...
24/12/2010 16:24:36 com.apple.loginwindow[205] 2010-12-24 16:24:36.819 migCacheCleanup[221:903] Flushing Cache Locations...
24/12/2010 16:24:38 SoftwareUpdateCheck[229] Checking for updates
24/12/2010 16:24:40 com.apple.fontd[228] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
24/12/2010 16:24:42 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[215] (com.apple.Kerberos.renew.plist[247]) Exited with exit code: 1
24/12/2010 16:24:43 com.apple.fontd[228] FODBCheck: foRec->annexNumber != kInvalidAnnexNumber (0)
24/12/2010 16:26:53 SoftwareUpdateCheck[229] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.NetworkUtility"></bundle>
24/12/2010 16:26:53 SoftwareUpdateCheck[229] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.Terminal"></bundle>
24/12/2010 16:26:53 SoftwareUpdateCheck[229] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.DiskUtility"></bundle>
24/12/2010 16:26:53 SoftwareUpdateCheck[229] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.SystemProfiler"></bundle>
24/12/2010 16:26:53 SoftwareUpdateCheck[229] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.RAIDUtility"></bundle>
24/12/2010 16:26:55 Software Update[269] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.NetworkUtility"></bundle>
24/12/2010 16:26:55 Software Update[269] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.Terminal"></bundle>
24/12/2010 16:26:55 Software Update[269] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.DiskUtility"></bundle>
24/12/2010 16:26:55 Software Update[269] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.SystemProfiler"></bundle>
24/12/2010 16:26:55 Software Update[269] PackageKit: Missing bundle path, skipping: <bundle id="com.apple.RAIDUtility"></bundle>
24/12/2010 16:28:14 SoftwareUpdateCheck[229] Downloading "iTunes"
24/12/2010 16:28:47 SoftwareUpdateCheck[229] Background check cancelled by user-initiated update.
24/12/2010 16:28:47 SoftwareUpdateCheck[229] Auto-download of "iTunes" SUCCESSFUL.
24/12/2010 16:28:47 com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[215] ([0x0-0xd00d].SoftwareUpdateCheck[229]) Exited with exit code: 102
24/12/2010 16:50:06 com.apple.WebKit.PluginAgent[344] Debugger() was called!
24/12/2010 16:50:06 com.apple.WindowServer[84] Fri Dec 24 16:50:06 Jeremy-Gordon-Flowerss-MacBook-Pro.local WindowServer[84] <Error>: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
24/12/2010 16:50:39 com.apple.WebKit.PluginAgent[344] Debugger() was called!
24/12/2010 16:51:45 com.apple.WebKit.PluginAgent[344] Debugger() was called!
24/12/2010 16:52:17 com.apple.WebKit.PluginAgent[344] Debugger() was called!
24/12/2010 16:52:53 com.apple.WebKit.PluginAgent[344] Debugger() was called!
24/12/2010 16:53:25 com.apple.WebKit.PluginAgent[344] Debugger() was called!
24/12/2010 16:55:44 com.apple.WebKit.PluginAgent[344] Debugger() was called!
24/12/2010 16:56:39 com.apple.WebKit.PluginAgent[344] Debugger() was called!
24/12/2010 16:57:05 com.apple.WebKit.PluginAgent[344] Debugger() was called!
24/12/2010 17:00:45 com.apple.WebKit.PluginAgent[344] Debugger() was called!
Message was edited by: gr8fanboy - fixed os version was 10.6 at this point

try this idea: Do a leopard install to an external disk then do a Disk Utility "restore" function to that clean partition. So you restore from the external to the internal partition. Should leave Bootcamp untouched.

Login Window Color Profile Problem

I just upgraded my Mac Pro from 10.4.11 to 10.5.8 and finally to 10.6. I downloaded the 10.6.4 Combo update and all was fine. When I ran the next round of updates, which included the “Snow Leopard Graphics Update,” my calibrated display color profile was switched to the standard “VGA Display” color profile. That in itself wasn’t a big deal as I readily switched it back (on all 3 user accounts) but, the Login window now uses the standard “VGA Display” color profile and it looks terrible. I have a NEC MultiSync P1150 19” VGA CRT. The video card is the nVidia 7300GT that came with the Mac. This monitor was one I originally spec’d for a friend of mine back in the late 1990’s (MFG date is 1997) and the color is so good yet that I see no reason to replace it. The monitor is not the issue here.
My question; Is there a .conf file for the login window that I can edit so it selects my calibrated color profile instead? I’ve read the articles http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1083 and http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4286 and it doesn’t appear that I even need this update.
I imaged my hard drive after each OS upgrade so I have a day old image to revert to 10.5.8 if needed and then run the updates again (this time skipping the graphic update) but, I would rather not have to spend the several hours to revert and upgrade again.
I have some experience with command line editing in Unix/Linux. I just need to know the correct file(s) to edit. Also, do I have to enable the Root user to do this? I seem to remember reading somewhere that the Root user by default is not enabled in Mac OSX.
TIA…..Paul

So, I went ahead and restored from my 10.5.8 image. I upgraded to 10.6 and the login screen matches my user color profile. After the upgrade to 10.6, OSX changed the default color profile to “VGA Display” instead of the “VGA Display Calibrated” profile I had created back in 10.4.11. This uncalibrated color profile looked fine at this point so I left it at that setting. It actually looked a little better that my older calibrated profile. So, no real problem here.
BTW the older calibrated profile was created using OSX calibration tools in 10.4.x. I’m going to calibrate again in 10.6.4 and see what it looks like. This monitor has excellent color. Game play is super and film photography editing on it has always reproduced very nice matching images.
I then updated from 10.6 to 10.6.4 with no additional updates applied. The problem with the “Color Profile Challenged Login Screen” happened after the 10.6.4 Combo Update. The “VGA Display” profile had somehow been altered. I switched to Apple RGB and that matched the pre-10.6.4 VGA Display profile.
Apparently I wasn’t paying close enough attention during the first install. I can deduce at this point that the graphics update wasn’t the problem as I had previously reported. I did set each user color profile to Apple RGB but the login window stays at altered VGA Display. I don’t feel like experimenting with previous combo updates to identify which one is the culprit. I had a few nights to work this out and now I want to get back to using my Mac for other things. I’m going to go ahead and run the rest of the other updates including the graphics update.
I hope I can get an answer here to see if there is a conf file I can edit to set the login window to use a color profile of my choice. It’s a minor but glaring annoyance that a slightly Monk’ish person like me would like to remedy.
Otherwise, the system runs fine (even with only 1GB RAM) and my CS1 suite appears to have full functionality.
TAIA…..Paul

Embedded Color Profile is Lost When Content is Published to Web or Dragging Image Window on Desktop

Hello, Everyone. I have a question that I have struggled to crack on my own to no avail. I hope someone here can help.
I am trying to publish some images to the web using color corrected monitors, RAW format, and a color checker passport to create a perfeect color profile. Here are the technical details and my workflow.
Camera: Canon Rebel EOS Xsi
Format: RAW + L
Color Space: sRGB
Color Checker: X-Rite ColorChecker Passport
Monitor Calibrator: Spyder4 Pro, fully updated software
Computer: Lenovo T420 ThinkPad
Second monitor: Samsung LED SyncMaster SA350 (NVIDIA)
Photoshop: v12.1 x64 (CS5.5)
Photoshop Color Settings: Custom North America Web/Internet
RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1
CMYK: U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2
Gray: Gray GAmma 2.2
Spot: Dot Grain 20%
Policies
RGB: Preserve Embedded Profiles
CMYK: Preserve Embedded Profiles
Gray: Preserve Embedded Profiles
After importing the image into Photoshop, I make sure the RAW space is set to sRGB IEC6 1966-2.1
Use the eyedropper to select a neutral color one step away from pure white on the RAW image of the color checker, create and set the custom white balance.
set the white balance
Export the image as a DNG
Load the DNG into the X-Rite ColorChecker Passport software to create a color profile
Back to Photoshop
Open the RAW file
Set the white balance to the custom profile created above
Set the color profile created with X-Rite
Open the color-corrected image in Photoshop (see color setting above)
Save as JPEG
Publish
First, everything seems to go great throughout this entire process, until I see the image on the Web: LINK. Once published, the image has a very noticible golden-yellow tint to it. The color-corrected image looks great on both color-calibrated monitors, in RAW and JPEG. Absolutely perfect. After noticing the ugly yellow tint in the image I posted to the Web, however, I became aware of a couple more weird things.
1) When the JPEG was open in Photoshop and I moved the window that contained the image around on my second monitor, the image immediately took on that golden-yellow tint: you can see a screen shot of the color corrected image on my Samsung (bottom) and the yellow version of the same image created when I drag the window around on the Samsung (top) HERE.
2) When opening the X-Rite software, I got a warning saying that the laptop monitor had been calibrated, but that the Samsung had not. I got this error even if I calibrated the Samsung monitor right before using X-Rite. Also, the monitor is definitely calibrated, because the images look great, and the colors match what I see on the laptop.
3) Recently, I noticed that when waking my computer from sleep, the Samsung monitor no longer holds its Datacolor (Spyder4) calibration.
I thought the problem I was having might be due to the monitor, for the reasons stated above. However, I later noticed that when I open the color-corrected JPEG with the default Windows image viewer, it retains the color correction settings. The image looks fantastic, and doesn't lose it's color profile when I drag the window around. Also, there seems to be less color loss in the Word documents and PDFs I included this image in: LINK.
I checked this with several more images, and the results are the exact same. I scoured the Web as best I could, but my problem seems to be pretty unique. Does anyone have an idea what might be causing this?
Thank you!

Thank you, twenty_one, for taking the time to read my post and put up a reply. I am going to rebuild my question and post it again here. But first, to answer some of your points:
1. A raw file has no color space, until it's opened into one in the raw converter. So this is controlled in ACR, not the camera.
I just wanted to be as thorough as possible. One of the steps I took was to set the Color Space setting in my camera to sRGB:
2. White balance has no bearing whatsoever on camera profiles. A profile is not for white balancing, it's to account for the spectral distribution of the light, which is something else. You make the profile and assign it in ACR, then you white balance for processing.
I know. I wasn't talking about white balance in my camera. I set the white balance here:
I grabbed the color for setting the WB here:
3. If you get a message about monitor calibration upon opening the camera calibration software, something is seriously confused. The two have nothing to do with each other. No relation whatsoever.
Camera calibration software?
4. A corrupted monitor profile will only show up in Photoshop and other color managed software. Other applications that are not color managed will not use the profile and are not affected. So find out which apps are and which aren't before drawing any conclusions.
Agreed. That's partly what I am trying to get help with.
5. Your links don't work, and in any case clicking on links is something most people including myself dislike. It's much better to insert screenshots in the post, by using the camera icon in the reply box.
I'm new to this forum, so this is helpful to know. This image shows the color-corrected image (bottom) on my Samsung. It looks exactly the same in the same window on my laptop monitor. When I move that window around on my Samsung screen, it turns gold (top). The image, when posted to the web, looks *similar* to that gold color.
So let's say I only use Photoshop on my laptop, which is not displaying any colors. Do you think the golden hue problem will go away?

Need correct color profile settings in windows....????

Help! Just replaced the motherboard and now all the color profiles in photoshop are wrong.... Does anyone know the correct settings to choose in windows or to choose for the graphics card... it's an AMD Phenom II. I open Adobe Bridge and immediately the previews lose their color which tells me this is not the correct profile the computer is telling photoshop... can anyone help, please????

operating system is windows 7 and the monitor is profiled correctly.... and these are raw images, so no, cannot view in another program.... and they look the same in ps as in bridge. however, i called adobe and they told me it sounds like a graphics card issue, so i'm going to amd's website to update and reinstall drivers.... not sure what else to do....
From: rogleale <[email protected]>
To: Kelly Ferreira <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 11:21 AM
Subject: Need correct color profile settings in windows....????
Not enugh information. Which OS? Is your monitor profiled? Can you see your images in any other program, eg Windows Picture Viewer?
What happens if you open your images in PS instead of Bridge?
Roger

When opening Elements 13 I have a message The monitor profile "Dell S2340L color profile, D65" appears to be defective. I have a new Dell PC with Windows 8.1?

When I open Elements 13 I have a message. The monitor profile "Dell S2340L color profile, D65" appears to be defective. I have a new Dell PC with Windows 8.1

You can check if the standard Srgb profile has been change.
Close Elements.
Go to Start menu >> Control Panel >> Color Management.
Click the Devices tab.
From the Device pop-up, select your monitor.
Check the ‘Use my settings for this device’ checkbox.
Make a note of the currently selected profile, which is marked as (default). If there isn’t an existing profile, you can skip this step.
Click the Add button.
In the Associate Color Profile dialog, select sRGB IE61966-2.1 (sRGB Color Space Profile.icm) and press OK.
Back in the Color Management dialog, select the sRGB profile and click Set as Default Profile, and then close the dialog.

Unable to install US Web Coated (SWOP) v2 print profile in Windows 7

Hi There,
I am trying to install the CMYK print profile: US Web Coated (SWOP) v2 to use in Adobe Lightroom 4.
I have downloaded the bundle from the adobe website, extracted the files, right clicked on the file named USWebCoatedSWOP and selected install profile. Yet when I go into lightroom to find the profile it is not there.
I have downloaded fuji print profiles from another site, but these were not from a bundle and downloaded directly from chrome, which I had no problems with.
Is there another way to install this profile?
Thanks in advance

Thank you. That makes a lot of sense now. Have a nice day.

Picture color profile in Lightroom vs Photoshop CS2 editing

Hi all, I hope someone can solve this for me.
When I'm viewing picture in Light room, all my pictures are a bit warmer ( have a yellowish tint to them ) compared to when I view them in Photoshop CS2. The same is true if I view them in other programs. This is true for all my picture file type (jpg, tif or raw). I get the feeling that it's Light room that in the wrong in how it displays the picture and not the other programs. Using the warms tool to make the picture a bit colder, only adds a bluish tint to the image which isn't even close to what it looks like (unedited) in Photoshop.
I get the feeling that Lightroom does something to the picture, or uses some sort of color profile, driver that other programs don't use.
Is there a way of changing this?

>When I purchase these ADOBE products I expect them to JUST WORK!!!!!
Unfortunately, when Microsoft, Dell and others enter the fray it's no longer up to just the Adobe folks. Differences between Photoshop and Lightroom are almost always due to a corrupt monitor profile. Adobe has nothing to do with that.
>I dont wanna have to be worried about corrupt profiles yada yada yada!!!
I just want to be able to do my color correction and exposure corrections in Lightroom export as a High Res Jpeg and then do the remainder of my work in Photoshop and have them both look the same.
If your screen is correctly calibrated that will be the case. Unfortunately if you want to do color sensitive work on a computer with a typical monitor, you have to have a rudimentary understanding of profiles and color management. There is unfortunately no way around it. This is no different from traditional color photography where you have to understand what different film, different filters and different development do to your colors. The terminology is just different.
>How do I fix this and please go through it STEP BY STEP BY STEP!!!!
I am not one for the computer lingo....
OK. I'll assume first that you have no hardware calibrator and that you are on windows:
1. Make sure your Photoshop color settings are set up to respect embedded profiles. See the
first screenshot in this post(ignore everything else as it is no longer relevant in LR 2).
2. Open your monitor's properties panel, click on advanced and go to the color management tab. Delete any profile you see there. This is the culprit. Probably a bad profile got installed in some driver update for your graphics card or your monitor.
3. Restart Lightroom and Photoshop and that's it! You'll have corresponding colors. You are however, cheating yourself as your monitor is completely uncalibrated. This is how 99% of computer users run their monitors.
So here is what you should be doing if you care about your color and matching to print and making sure that others see the same colors. Even though hardly anybody calibrates, the only way to get a good average correspondence is to calibrate your monitor and use color managed apps. This sequence is valid for both macs and PCs
1. Do as above step one and make sure Photoshop is set up correctly and then go out and buy a hardware calibrator (or order online). They can be had for <$100 for pretty good ones. Look for example for Spyder2 and Huey Pro.
2. Calibrate your screen following the instructions from the software
3. Restart Lightroom and Photoshop. Now you'll have identical but correct color.
If you have a mac, you can cheat slightly and use http://www.computer-darkroom.com/colorsync-display/colorsync_1.htm instead of hardware calibration. You cannot expect very good correspondence between monitor and prints though with that method.

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