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November 25, 2019
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Seemingly random images turning into a green tint when pasted

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Hi - This just started happening this week. It's driving me nuts. I first noticed it when I went into Camera Raw filter, after I had finished with my image and closed the box, the image on my photoshop page changed to a green tint. I mean completely neon green. I now also find it's happening when I paste some images into other pages (still in photoshop). The image is normal, I cut and paste it onto another empty page and it's green. I tried unistalling and reinstalling. No help. I cant find a commonality with what's happening.  - help would be very appreciated.

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D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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November 25, 2019

I'm fairly certain the Epson profile is corrupt/defective/not written to icc spec. Just avoid it and don't use it.

 

On a general note.

 

I don't agree that color management is difficult. The basic principles are much simpler than most people think. Left alone, without user interference, it almost always works out of the box (assuming all profiles are good). Most problems happen whenever people start feeling they need to do something.

 

The problem with the notion that color management is difficult is that people start to look for complicated solutions. That's where it usually goes wrong. Just leave it alone.

 

The basic principle is extremely simple, and applies everywhere. There's a source profile, and there's a destination profile. The first is converted into the second. That's it. As long as you can tell source and destination apart, and not mix them up, it'll work.

 

From time to time I just need to get this off my chest 😉

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    keithh17150473Author
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    November 25, 2019

    Hi D-Fosse,

     

    I hear you. I think it is probably as simple as you say, but only until it isn't. I personally changed nothing, made no assumptions, or alterations and certainly abide by the 'if it aint broke...." philosophy. But nevertheless, it broke for me. But i'm riding the learning curve now thanks to the help of forum user Michael, so if I come away from this with better knowledge then it's all good.

    Michael Bullo
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    Michael BulloCommunity Expert
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    November 25, 2019

    1. Preferences
    Have you tried resetting the Photoshop preferences?
    https://helpx.adobe.com/au/photoshop/using/preferences.html
    Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (Mac OS) as you start Photoshop. You are prompted to delete the current settings. The new preferences files are created the next time you start Photoshop.


    2. Color Profiles
    Could this have something do with color profiles? Are you using common profiles like sRGB or Adobe RGB 1998 or are you accidentally using some odd color profile?

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    keithh17150473Author
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    November 25, 2019

    Hey Michael -  thanks for jumping in and helping. I just tried the first recommendation. I re set the PS prefs. I am still getting the same issue. But I have discovered something significant. When I want to paste from one page to another I am now getting this box (see attached) I guess i wasnt seeing it before becaue the 'dont show me again' box was checked. 
    Now I don't pretend to know much about what it's saying. This is a grey area to me. I recently upgraded to the latest PS - could this be a factor?

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    keithh17150473Author
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    November 25, 2019

    Happy to help. Color management gets crazy really quickly, am I right? 🙂

     

    It is a good idea to try and make sure all of your files have a color profile. However, don't be too concerned if they don't as one can always be assigned at any time in the future.

     

    sRGB is the industry standard default color profile. Indeed, in the absence of a color profile within a file most programs will use sRGB by default.

     

    I would guess that your recent problem is related to the Epson scanner. This doesn't mean that anything is wrong. Could it be that you are making scans which have an Epson color profile attached to them? Are you getting strange color shifts when you, for example, copy from a file with an sRGB profile and paste into a document with an Epson profile?

     

    The "Display P3" that you are seeing is likely the result of you taking a screen capture and creating a file from it.

     

    Note that you can set the color profile when you create a new document.

     

    I think you are getting on top of this issue. Keep doing what you've been doing but pay close attention to the color profile of the documents involved. Good luck.


    I think we may be getting to the bottom of this, 

    I opened a new file and I saw what is the default. (see screen shot) is that correct or should it be changed? 
    One related question - you said i can change a profile of an existing file.....how do I do that? I only see a 'mode' button in the properties window, and it doesnt show sRGB as an option
     

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