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loyal_scientist98C6
Inspiring
May 14, 2022
Question

Every Adobe app shows different colors

  • May 14, 2022
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Hello

I've been just working on some graphics in Illustrator which I then imported to Photoshop to create some mockups. I've also imported them to After Effects to animate some parts. All three apps are showing different colors. What's also unusual is that, when I save a mockup using Photoshop and then open it using Windows' image viewer, I get again different colors.

I didn't have this issue on my old laptop. I just stumbled upon this problem on my new laptop (Asus ROG Zephyrus G15) and it's connected to a BenQ PD2700Q monitor.

 

I assume that I need to manually set the correct color settings? Do you know which to use and which settings are globally used? What else could cause this issue?

TY

 

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loyal_scientist98C6
Inspiring
May 16, 2022

Thanks for the response. Turned out Bridge wasn't installed on my computer and, hence, the color settings were out of sync. What also confused me was that when using the color picker in illustrator on the photo imported from photoshop, it's give me the wrong color (visually). Later I learned how the color picker works and that the image have to be embedded to give the exact same color.

I'm aware that Windows Viewer doesn't know what color management is, but for some reason on my old laptop the viewer and all adobe apps would show the same colors.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 16, 2022
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but for some reason on my old laptop the viewer and all adobe apps would show the same colors.


By @loyal_scientist98C6

 

That can only happen when color management in Adobe applications is set up in the wrong way.

Monika Gause
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 14, 2022

There are no globally used color settings. Settings need to be adjusted for your individual workflow.

This just barely scratches the surface: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/setting-color-management.html

 

Don't expect Windows Viewer to even know that such a thing as color management exists.