Color difference in LR to CS3 to ICC profile

[chris2683]

I edited a bunch of photos in LR and sent them to be developed at costco and a bunch came back very blue. So I calibrated my monitor and did a test with three of the same images.

I made my adjustments in LR and then exported as jpg. I then sent the same file as a tiff to CS3 and proceeded to convert to 8bit and then export as a jpg. Next I used the same tiff but exported the jpg with the ICC profile for my costco.

All three images came out different.
The one from LR was very blue/grey, the one from CS3 would have been ok except when compared to the one that was sent with the ICC profile which was perfect.

What gives? All images when looked at in my preview program look almost identical where as the icons that appear on my desktop can be seen to be more drab and grey or better colored in the case of the good photo. Also, the image in LR looks fine but prints grey and drab on this photo. I don't get it.

Am I doing something wrong? I thought you could use the ICC profile for for soft-proofing but when I do it the image looks fine but prints cool.

[René Damkot]

Read the link in my sig on how to use .icc profiles.

How costo prints the files depends on how they handle them. Do they color correct? Do they assume sRGB or do they actually honor the embedded profile? Ask them.

Sounds like they don't honor the profile, and expect the image to be in their own profile. (Since you say the one converted to the Costo profile is a perfect match)
I've seen that happen with other labs.

Your desktop isn't color managed (unless you're on a mac), so don't think about what you're seeing there.