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Color Management in ACDSee Pro 3 "Process" editor

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  • PierreJE
    Member

    I just started using ACDSee Pro 3, and I noticed a bug with Color Management.

    I have a wide-gamut screen. I have Color Management configured with "Apply to thumbnails and preview" and that works fine.

    The issue is: if I click on the new "Process" button, then Color Management is lost, and you cannot adjust the colors of a picture if the colors you see when Developing are not the same as when just watching a picture.

    Posted On July 26, 2009 - 06:04 PM (3 months ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • pwt
    Member

    yes - me too! This was reported in an earlier thread.  Those of us with wide gamut monitors can't really test this software at the moment.  Hopefully the next version will correct this issue.

    Philip

    Posted On July 28, 2009 - 06:08 PM (3 months ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • PierreJE
    Member

    I tried to see if it was already reported but did not find anything.

    If they are aware and fixing the issue, that's fine.

    Posted On July 30, 2009 - 08:59 PM (3 months ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • hobiedave
    Member

    Beta 2 behaves the same way.  When in the Process tab / Develop settings and working with raw images (CR2 in my case), color management is not being applied.

     

    Posted On September 8, 2009 - 06:29 PM (2 months ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • Marc Sabatella
    Moderator

    hobiedave said:

    Beta 2 behaves the same way.  When in the Process tab / Develop settings and working with raw images (CR2 in my case), color management is not being applied.

    Have you tried playing with the various settings in the new Color Profile control at the bottom of the Tune tab?

    Posted On September 9, 2009 - 04:07 AM (2 months ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • pwt
    Member

    The color profile option in beta 2 solves the issue - at least for me with my wide gamut monitor.  You do need to set it though - it might be a good idea to have it set to using a profile by default.

    Philip

    Posted On September 9, 2009 - 06:32 PM (2 months ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • Marc Sabatella
    Moderator

    I suppose you could partially automated the process by creating a preset and just applying that preset to everything immediately on import.  But I agree, it would seem to me to make more sense for this to be a global option that "sticks".

    Posted On September 10, 2009 - 06:58 PM (2 months ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • hobiedave
    Member

    OK, I missed the Color Profile setting in the Process tab.  My current setting are as follows:

    In the Tools / Options / Color Management dialog I:

    • Enabled Color Management
    • Set the default input profile to sRGB
    • Set my monitor profile to the custom profile I generated through calibration
    • Set my printer profile to the custom profile I generated through calibration
    • Left rendering set to Perceptual

    In the Process tab / Color Profile

    • I enabled Use working space profile
    • Set the profile to sRGB

    Questions:

    • Do these settings make sense as defaults?  If I set the working profile to anything else then it does not match the image show when I return to the View tab.
    • Can I make this a default for all my photos?  Currently I have to set the color profile for every RAW image in the catalog.
    • Does Quick View support color profiles or is it best to just disable quick view?

    Thx

    Posted On September 15, 2009 - 03:02 AM (2 months ago) (Permalink to this post)

  • pwt
    Member

    That makes perfect sense to me and is what I usually use.  I don't think that you can set a default and I think it should default to use working space profile and sRGB in the process tab since that would not upset those who don't use color management.

    I note that the slide show does not use color management so is no good on wide gamut monitors.  Perhaps not a bug as it is not implemented on Pro 2.5 either.

     

    Philip

    Posted On September 21, 2009 - 06:50 PM (2 months ago) (Permalink to this post)

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