Hi guys, have you notice that in Windows 11 colors are more contrasty then in MAC OS.
If I open the same image in my iPad, iPhone and Mac Pro they perfectly match. But the same image adjusted in Windows 11 once seen on a Apple device looks washed. Above we can prove it.
How can we solve that?
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No, that's a total misunderstanding.
You don't understand how color management works. There is a continuous profile conversion going on as you work. The numbers are converted from the document profile and into the monitor profile. For this conversion, Photoshop uses the monitor profile it gets from the operating system.
If you're not using a calibrator to profile your display, on each system, you will have different system monitor profiles installed. None of them will be correct!
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...Guys,
I am grateful for your help, but this is a discussion forum, sorry if at first I disagreed with the God of color management. I don't know him and this is really new to me. I already had a monitor calibrator and spent money for nothing. In Apple computers absolutely nothing has changed, because the monitors are already calibrated at the factory. Perhaps this makes more sense on Windows. I insist again, color consistency between Apple devices without any calibration is amazing. No matter th
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How can we solve that?
By @Ricardo CGI
As Derek says.
This is basic color management, it has nothing to do with platform.
- the document color profile must be embedded. Never work with untagged files
- make sure you have an accurate monitor profile. The only way to get that is using a calibrator, which makes a profile based on actual measurement
- use a color managed application
Those are the three basic links in a working color management chain. When all three are present and working, the image will display correctly. And when it is correct, it will look the same everywhere.
On phones and tablets you only get basic and generic color management. There's no way you can measure the display, so the devices use a standard one size fits all profile. No doubt Apple made sure their units behave in a consistent way, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's correct. You need a calibrator for that, whether Mac or Windows.
I'm using the same monitor for the Mac and PC, there's no need for calibration.
By @Ricardo CGI
That's incorrect!
You can hook the same display up to a dozen different machines and can and should expect a difference because there is more to all this than just the display! There is an entire display path. You MUST hook up the display to differing machines AND calibrate to the same targets to even expect them to preview the same numbers the same way. And it begs the question, you'd visually compare when you're using one display on multiple displays. The only way to come to such a conclusion would be to calibrate and measure a set of multiple colors with either a Colorimeter or, better, a Spectroradiometer, jot down the numbers, move the display to another computer, and calibrate and measure again. Then compare the colorimetric values. Clearly, you haven't done that. The 'idea' if I can be so kind, that 'there's no need for calibration" indicates you need to ask a question here, then listen to the correct replies from those who know how this works and could help you....
Guys,
I am grateful for your help, but this is a discussion forum, sorry if at first I disagreed with the God of color management. I don't know him and this is really new to me. I already had a monitor calibrator and spent money for nothing. In Apple computers absolutely nothing has changed, because the monitors are already calibrated at the factory. Perhaps this makes more sense on Windows. I insist again, color consistency between Apple devices without any calibration is amazing. No matter the device, overall the colors are perfectly displayed consistently. But anyway, thanks for your help.
By @Ricardo CGI
Ok, you're really lost here in understanding the facts, the basic facts of color management. There is nothing more anyone can do for you until you accept, from actual experts in this topic, how this all works.
That *some* Apple displays are calibrated at the factory (not IN Apple computers) doesn't alter the fact that moving them to Windows and those differing display paths will produce differing output from the same numbers.
So when you are ready to listen to how this works, come back again in the future and post. There is absolutely nothing wrong here with Photoshop, based on what you've told us.
You are of course, entitled to your uninformed opinions on this subject. I, as well as others, are simply pointing out that the opinion was formed without facts, science/data, or critical thinking.
How can 'we' slove this? The question should be, how can you: listen and accept the correct answers.
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