ACDSee, muddy JPEGs

[clos]

I have noticed that JPEGs seem blurry and muddy when viewing with ACDsee 4.0. TIFs look fine, sharp. I then save as JPEg and I get a very muddy looking picture when viewing with ACDSee. I am sure it is ACDSee since the two pictures are hardly distinguishable when viewed with BreezeBrowser.

Can anyone confirm this?

Is their something I am missing with ACDSee?

Can I save the JPEG someway so that I can get the high quality view with ACDSee?

I would dump ACDSee for BreezeBrowser but I just love the manner that ACDSee handles thumbnails and the viewing options.

Please help.

-Clos

[Roger_Cavanagh]

Clos,

One possibility is that your JPGs are not in sRGB. ACDSee is not a colour-managed application and colour will not be accurate for images in other colour spaces.

Regards,

[clos]

Roger,

I have been reading this forum for some time and am honored that you took the time to respond. Thank you.

Coincidentally I was on your site yesterday looking for articles on color management.

I digress...the JPEGs were in sRGB and the colors were okay... the TIFs were in Adobe RGB and yes those colors were off but that is not the cause of the anomoly.

The difference is in sharpness. I get tack sharp pictures with my 10D when viewing all formats with BreezeBrowser but with ACDSee I only get those sharp results with TIF files.

The mystery continues, I did see another post here but the thread went nowhere. Hopefully I can get this matter resolved here. Software can be so expensive when you add all of them up.

Thanks again Roger I love your Website especially the Blog. I got my 10D 2 months ago and have shot over 10,000 pictures without a hitch (did exchange the original cause of back focus). So quantity is great just need better quality with my photography. All in time.

Thanks again.

-Clos