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rbinlost
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December 31, 2018
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Other apps display different color from Photoshop

  • December 31, 2018
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Hi guys, I'm having problem with my display, the story is as below:

1/ My old laptop, calibrated, showing colors nearly matched with some other calibrated devices, prints, iPhone, Samsung, inside Photoshop...

2/ My new laptop, after many calibration with X-rite and Spyder 5, showing different color from all other devices.

3/ I thought my screen is showing bad colors, wrong calibration,... However, when I tried to use Proof Setup in Photoshop, it shows the correct color to my old laptop. But when I save it, it is back to the wrong color. That shows my screen has ability to show the correct color but why is it the display is totally wrong outside Photoshop even after using many different calibrators?

The question is, why my display outside of Photoshop is wrong but in reality it can manipulate the correct color in Photoshop?

My old laptop: ASUS X552L -  Windows 7, VA screen - showing same color for Photoshop, chrome, windows photos,...

My new laptop: ASUS S15 - Windows 10, IPS screen - showing same color for Chrome, windows photos,... but different from Photoshop,...

Thank you!

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This is the image showing the color I see from my old laptop and other devices.

And this is the image showing the color that I'm seeing with my new laptop.

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josephlavine
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josephlavineCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 1, 2019

When you say that your monitors are calibrated, are they calibrated AND profiled to the same specs? What are your settings for both? 

Perhaps a screen capture showing your settings captured during the calibration and profiling process would help determine the issue.

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rbinlostAuthor
Participant
January 2, 2019

Ya... the thing is, I use the calibration services so I can't capture the calibration and profiling process....

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 1, 2019

A few things you need to understand before concluding there's something wrong:

"Calibration" is actually two processes rolled into one for convenience. Calibration is a very crude and simple adjustment to the display. This isn't part of color management, and affects everything globally.

Profiling is done when the calibration is finished. This is a much more accurate process, with a much higher precision level. The result is a monitor profile used only by color managed software. This is a standard conversion from the document profile into the monitor profile, performed by the application on the fly, as you work.

Applications without color management ignore your Spyder/x-rite monitor profile. It might as well not be there at all. Photoshop/Lightroom are color managed, but most standard photo viewers are not.

In other words - this is all normal and expected. Photoshop is right, the others wrong.

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rbinlostAuthor
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January 2, 2019

Thanks for answering.

Then I assume that I should use the color in photoshop that is more vibrant to my display rather than proof setup it to my monitor display right?

And are there any photo viewer that can show the same color as in photoshop? Cause I think I cannot look at my pics without the color management....

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