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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?

    Michael Bullo
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    Michael BulloCommunity Expert
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    November 25, 2019

    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
     


    It looks like when creating a new document Photoshop is defaulting to a color profile of sRGB which is a great default.

     

    If you need to change the color profile having already created the file try one of these two options...

     

    Edit > Assign Profile


    Use this option if you want to change the color profile of the file and are ok with the visual appearance of the file changing.
     
    Edit > Convert to Profile


    Use this option if you want to change the color profile of the file without changing the visual appearance of the file.

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