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jasonc30237248
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July 8, 2023
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adobe images waaaay darker than they should be.

  • July 8, 2023
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having an issue with my adobe bridge and photshop. any idea would be greatly appreciated.

 

i got a new gpu, and after that, this happened. the image on the left is what bridge shows me, and on the right is just the windows image previewer, the way it should look. funnily enough, after effects is fine. i reinstalled both the bridge and photoshop, and that didn't help. if this was happening to any other programs, i'd think it was the gpu, but it isn't. thanks in advance.

 

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    Correct answer jasonc30237248

    thanks for the reply. i actually stumbled on the fix by accident. somehow, my colour profiles for my monitors were set to default. maybe the windows update, maybe the gpu. but when i set them back to what my PS was using, bridge and PS started looking right again.

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    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    July 11, 2023

    That's not necessary as long as there is an embedded profile. It will override working spaces. If there is no profile, all bets are off.

     

    First of all, go into the driver and reset all GPU settings to defaults. I seem to remember this happening to me once when replacing the GPU (some years ago so can't remember details).

     

    If that's not it, it's either a GPU bug or a bad monitor profile. Display color management is performed by the GPU in many applications, so they could be flip sides to the same coin. A marginal profile failing in a marginal GPU driver. All applications have their own GPU code, so it may well show in one application but not another.

     

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      jasonc30237248Author
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      July 11, 2023

      sorry, thanks for the reply. as i was telling the other user, it turned out to be my color management profiles were blank. i switched them back to sRGB, and now it's all good. sounds like that's what you were getting at anyways, so thanks for that!

        NB, colourmanagement
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        NB, colourmanagementCommunity Expert
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        July 14, 2023

        @jasonc30237248 "it turned out to be my color management profiles were blank. i switched them back to sRGB, and now it's all good. sounds like that's what you were getting at anyways, so thanks for that!"

        setting the display profile to sRGB is really only as temp fix for a broken or missing profile. Idwally you need a s profile for your specific display

        - generally this is achieved by using a calibrator device.

        more on this here

        I hope this helps
        neil barstow, colourmanagement net - adobe forum volunteer - co-author: 'getting colour right'
        google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management

         

         

        Kevin Stohlmeyer
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        Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
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        July 11, 2023

        Hi @jasonc30237248 check your color settings under Edit>Color Settings and make sure you are using the same profiles in the various applications.

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          jasonc30237248AuthorCorrect answer
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          July 11, 2023

          thanks for the reply. i actually stumbled on the fix by accident. somehow, my colour profiles for my monitors were set to default. maybe the windows update, maybe the gpu. but when i set them back to what my PS was using, bridge and PS started looking right again.

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