Colors more saturated in photoshop after calibration

[patrikr27882774]

Hello

I recently calibrated my laptop monitor ( lenovo y5070, windows 8.1 ) with the colormunki display. After calibration i found that when i open the images in photoshop or lightroom they look more saturated ( mostly reds and pink ) then when i open them in other programs like irfanview or internet explorer.  Why is this happening and how can i fix this ?

Thank you very much for your help

[mglush]

The first question--do the other programs use color calibration? Or do they need to be color calibrated? And second, what are you doing with your images? Are they going to print, web, video?

If you have been looking at an uncalibrated monitor all this time, then the images will seem off. But, if the images are accurate in relationship to your output -- such as print -- then what you're looking at on your monitor (the calibrated more saturated images) is what you want to stick with. You want your monitor to reflect the end result of whatever you are working on.

One suggestion, you might try re-calibrating your monitor if you are still concerned to see if what you currently have is accurate.

Michelle

[patrikr27882774]

Hy

Thank you for your answer

When i open the same image in photoshop, lightroom, firefox browser ( programs that use color calibration ) they look more saturated in the reds and pinks but when i open the same image in programs that do not use color calibation ( irfanview, internet explorer ) they look less saturated in the reds and pink. This only happend after i calibrate the monitor. If i choose srgb profile for example in Control panel - Color management then it looks the same in every programs but when i chose in control panel the calibrated profile with colormunki then this happens.

I edit images in photoshop and i post them to web but i  also want to start printing.

I recalibrated the monitor using v2 also but it still the same problem

Thank you

[davescm]

Hi

If your monitor profile is correct for your monitor then colour managed applications such as Photoshop, Lightroom etc will show the image colours correctly on your monitor.

None colour managed software will show the colours incorrectly.

When sending images to the web, use Export Save for Web (or Export As) and check both "Convert to sRGB" and "Embed color profile".

[D Fosse]

It depends on how close the screen is to sRGB. The more different, the more discrepancy between color managed and non-color managed.

Some laptop screens have a slightly smaller gamut than sRGB, particularly in the red and green primaries. That would explain what you're seeing.

Setting sRGB as default monitor profile in Windows effectively disables display color management in Photoshop. If the document profile is sRGB, and the monitor profile is sRGB - then the conversion nulls out and nothing happens. That's no color management, and Photoshop will then behave just like an application without color management. At any rate if the document is sRGB to begin with.

It's perfectly possible that your monitor profile is defective, but that's impossible to say without seeing screenshots.

[patrikr27882774]

Thank you all for your answers

I post the screenshots here of what i am seeing after i calibrated my laptop monitor with the colormunki display.

In Photoshop and other color managed application ( like lightroom, firefox browser, etc. ) i see the image with more saturated reds and pinks as you see in the screenshots and in non color managed application ( like irfanview, internet explorer, etc. ) with less saturated reds and pinks.

The file i use is taken from www.gballard.net/photoshop/pdi_download/  and is a file with an srgb embedded profile. I open the file in photoshop with the embedded profile from the file.

I want to know what is happening here and what can i do about it.( Do i have a defective monitor, do i have a defective colormunki, what can i do and what are my options)

Thank you.

[D Fosse · Accepted solution]

It looks like you have one of those laptops with a reduced gamut screen (smaller than sRGB). It's pretty common in laptops targeted at office and corporate users. The Photoshop screenshot looks healthy.

It confirms what I have always said: if you care about accurate color, you really cannot rely on laptop displays. It's OK for travelling and hotel rooms, but for more demanding use a decent desktop monitor is a must.

[patrikr27882774]

Thank you D Fosse for your help. I am glad i don`t have to send back my colormunki.