Windows XP and Color management???

[Singletracklovr]

Senior moment questions on winXP color management settings.

I shoot in nikon RAW, Adobe RGB, edit with PS7 in Adobe RGB, convert to jpeg/sRGB
Most of my images are for web posting and computer viewing so printing calibration is not an issue right now.

In Win XP color management, I have 3 setting to choose from.
Adobe RGB, sRGB or my Spyder3 monitor calibration.

If the goal is web posting like on this site should I have my monitor set to sRGB so I edit and see what you see in my posted photo?

[daq7]

Where do you set XP color management?

[Skyman]

no way to control how the end user sees an image as there machine may not be calibrated at all. it is best to work with your spider calibration profile as that gives you your best possible viewing settings. If you want to get very specific about it, go and buy a couple of old cheap pcs with different screens and see how they handle the image. I have two uncallibrated monitors at work set up as a dual screen and there are definately colour differences despite the fact that they are using the same colour space and graphics card.

[OldClicker]

Senior moment questions on winXP color management settings.

I shoot in nikon RAW, Adobe RGB, edit with PS7 in Adobe RGB, convert to jpeg/sRGB
Most of my images are for web posting and computer viewing so printing calibration is not an issue right now.

In Win XP color management, I have 3 setting to choose from.
Adobe RGB, sRGB or my Spyder3 monitor calibration.

If the goal is web posting like on this site should I have my monitor set to sRGB so I edit and see what you see in my posted photo?

The Spyder calibration software installs its profile after the calibration. - TF

[Singletracklovr]

Where do you set XP color management?

Hi dag7, Here's the trail...
Start
Settings
Control Panel
Display
Settings
Advanced
Color Management

For me I have 3 choices:
Adobe RGB
sRGB
Spyders 3 profile ( You have to run a Spyders3 monitor cal to get this choice )

Hi Skyman,
I know I can't PP for perfect color on every monitor I am just looking for the majority which I believe is sRGB not considering their brightness and contrast settings.

Hi Terry,
It just becomes a choice in the win XP color management profiles, it was not automatic on my machine.

Thanks everyone for trying to help me thru this.

[OldClicker]

Hi dag7, Here's the trail...
Start
Settings
Control Panel
Display
Settings
Advanced
Color Management

For me I have 3 choices:
Adobe RGB
sRGB
Spyders 3 profile ( You have to run a Spyders3 monitor cal to get this choice )

Hi Skyman,
I know I can't PP for perfect color on every monitor I am just looking for the majority which I believe is sRGB not considering their brightness and contrast settings.

Hi Terry,
It just becomes a choice in the win XP color management profiles, it was not automatic on my machine.

Thanks everyone for trying to help me thru this.

When I run my Spyder calibration software, it says at the end that the profile has been installed. If yours doesn't, something is probably wrong. Using XP. - TF

[Singletracklovr]

When I run my Spyder calibration software, it says at the end that the profile has been installed. If yours doesn't, something is probably wrong. Using XP. - TF

Hi Terry,
If you follow the XP path to color management.
Start
Settings
Control Panel
Display
Settings
Advanced
Color Management

Does your control panel not give you choices? Like,

Adobe RGB
sRGB
Spyders 3 profile ( You have to run a Spyders3 monitor cal to get this choice )


When It says " the profile has been installed " I take that as you have 1 more choice in the control panel. I still think you have to select the profile before it changes your display.
But, maybe not. In my case I have to choose.

After many experiments with all the control panel setting I decided to shoot in Adobe RGB convert right away to sRGB for editing then save as jpeg / sRGB. Also, I set my monitor to display in sRGB. Now I see the same color from first view of the photo to final product.

Again this is not for printing but for web and computer viewing which is 99% of my photo use. When I put a group of photos together for printing I will do something else, I'm just not sure what yet. One step at a time...

thanks again for your comments.

[OldClicker]

QUOTE=Singletracklovr

Hi Terry,
If you follow the XP path to color management.
Start
Settings
Control Panel
Display
Settings
Advanced
Color Management

Does your control panel not give you choices? Like,

Adobe RGB
sRGB
Spyders 3 profile ( You have to run a Spyders3 monitor cal to get this choice )

My only choice is Spyder2express which is the 'default monitor profile' as set by the Spyder software. I have never specified it in Windows.

When It says " the profile has been installed " I take that as you have 1 more choice in the control panel. I still think you have to select the profile before it changes your display.
But, maybe not. In my case I have to choose.

After many experiments with all the control panel setting I decided to shoot in Adobe RGB convert right away to sRGB for editing then save as jpeg / sRGB. Also, I set my monitor to display in sRGB. Now I see the same color from first view of the photo to final product.

Don't confuse the Color Space (often mistakenly called Profile), which is the gamut of colors represented by the digital file and the actual Color Profile, which is the curve that maps (for the monitor) the card/monitor output to the actual color.

The camera is recording in a Color Space and the monitor is showing the correct colors with a Color Profile.

Again this is not for printing but for web and computer viewing which is 99% of my photo use. When I put a group of photos together for printing I will do something else, I'm just not sure what yet. One step at a time...

thanks again for your comments.

TF