Question about RSE [Archive] - Canon Digital Photography Forums

Sathi

7th of July 2005 (Thu), 10:56

I am converting my raw images as 16bit tiffs with the adobe rgb colour space assigned to it. I make the adjustments in RSE getting the image how I like it and then convert. It looks great while in RSE but then when I open up the tiffs in photoshop they look washed out. I thaught CS2 was a colour space aware application so I am confused. Just for giggles I converted to sRGB and it still looked washed out compared to what is displayed in RSE. Any ideas?

Sathi

8th of July 2005 (Fri), 11:36

Seen this?
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=84103

I have also tried to convert right to jpeg with still the same result. Nice tutorial regarding the Willys btw. I thaught a Willys was a WW2 jeep for some reason? "Jump like a Willys in four wheel drive" as in the grateful dead song.

Anyway I went to the Pixmantec website and one of the most recent posts was " Fireworks photos look better in RSE than converted (http://forum.pixmantec.com/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/7523/an/0/page/0#7523)", here is the link http://forum.pixmantec.com/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/7523/an/0/page/0#7523. I have been happily using RSE for weeks and never noticed a problem until I was trying to work on my own fireworks pictures from the 4th, weird. The moderator outlined the following steps to try and troubleshoot. I am at work now and have not had the chance to give them a try:

1. Make sure the "bypass color management" box is NOT checked in the RSE menu.

2. Make sure the working space under the batch convert tab in RSE is set to the same working space in all of your other image editors and/or converters (most likely sRGB or aRGB), it is imperative that these are all identical.

3. Make sure in your windows display properties it is showing your specific monitor(not generic), if windows doesn't detect it automatically you can usually chose it from a list.

4.Within the windows display properties make sure there is a profile under the monitor's color management(sRGB and aRGB are NOT profiles) you should be able to find a profile for your specific monitor, I have found that even the cheapest monitors have had one if you know where to look. *

5. make sure that if you have a video card that has an advanced control panel that there are no color profiles or adjustments set within the card's control panel(these would alter the profile selected within windows display properties).

6. If using Photoshop make sure the "Desaturate Monitor Colors by:__%" box is NOT checked under color settings.

7. Make sure your display settings are at 1024 x 768 (or higher) and your color is set to 24bit(or higher).

8. If you have the means buy a monitor calibration device(Eye-One for example) to help create an accurate profile.