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stephenc2552467
stephenc2552467
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May 24, 2020
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Photoshop changing colour vibrancy when dragged to main display, despite calibration

  • May 24, 2020
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I have this weird issue Ive seen certain posts that could be related to where when I drag photoshop from my xp pen display tablet onto my main display, the colour will become more saturated. This only happens when I let go of the mouse and actually drop it in the window. I did some reading about colour profiles etc, I also have a spyderxpro calibration tool and have attempted multiple calibrations/profile matches but the issue persists.

The only thing which stops it from happening is if I have both displays set to their pure default settings, but then the colours are mismatched on both displays. Its only when I try to calibrate them to look the same that Photoshop changes colour. Whats vexxing for me is that other software dont do the same thing. So with Paint Tool Sai there will be no change whatsoever, both when the monitors are set to default profiles, or when calibrated.

 

Any help to stop it from doing this would be greatly appreciated, thanks.

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D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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May 24, 2020

The color should change when you drop the image. That's normal. That's the instant when Photoshop switches monitor profile from the first to the second screen.

 

But obviously, it should change into correct colors for that screen, not incorrect ones. If it's not correct when you drop it, there's a problem with the monitor profile. Either the profile itself is wrong, or the wrong profile is used.

 

Other applications without color management support don't use the monitor profile at all.

 

Yes, the monitor calibration is the same for all applications. But the monitor profile is something else. That's a standard icc profile, used in a standard profile conversion, by color managed applications only.

stephenc2552467
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May 24, 2020

Thanks for the reply, but Im not sure I understand. The colours change even if I use the same profile across both monitors. Fundamentally the issue is that I dont know which is correct, or which one will be closer to the colours on the final website upload.

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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May 24, 2020

Each screen must have its own profile. You can't use the same profile for both. If they're the same, one of them is wrong.

 

You set this up in the Spyder software. First of all you choose which screen you want to calibrate and profile. Then you set your choices for white point (if you don't have an opinion, a reasonably safe starting point is D65 and 120 cd/m²) - and the software takes care of the rest. The profiles are then set up as defaults in the operating system, and Photoshop will get them from the operating system.

 

I hope you're not confusing this with document profile. That should always be sRGB, Adobe RGB or ProPhoto.

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