Photoshop contrast problem! Help please :(

B://B:// Registered Users Posts: 274 Major grins
edited November 14, 2006 in The Big Picture
I'm editing in a friend's PC and I'm having problems with the contrast of my pictures. When I open an image (Jpeg+RAW) in photoshop it has less contrast than the real one, which can be compared with the same file opened in another software as a preview of the image, I mean, if I edit pictures like this, the real picture will have a lot more contrast than what it is supposed to have :( And I hate too much contrast with too much color saturation due to it :( How do I fix this, it's not a problem of monitor calibration, thank you all for your help.


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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2006
    Are you sure it is NOT monitor Calibration?


    What did you use and how did you calibrate the monitor??
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2006
    Different softwares show you different interpretations of a RAW file.

    Each is true to itself - what you see is what you get.

    But I wouldn't expect two different softwares to give you an identical original rendition of a RAW file. Take what they give you, and then start working until the image is what you want it to be.

    If you're comparing a RAW file to a camera-processed jpeg, of course it will look different. That's the whole point of a RAW file, that it's (more or less) unprocessed. Whereas a jpeg has been processed by your camera's itty-bitty computer.
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  • nikosnikos Registered Users Posts: 216 Major grins
    edited November 14, 2006
    B:// wrote:
    I'm editing in a friend's PC and I'm having problems with the contrast of my pictures. When I open an image (Jpeg+RAW) in photoshop it has less contrast than the real one, which can be compared with the same file opened in another software as a preview of the image, I mean, if I edit pictures like this, the real picture will have a lot more contrast than what it is supposed to have :( And I hate too much contrast with too much color saturation due to it :( How do I fix this, it's not a problem of monitor calibration, thank you all for your help.


    Byron M.

    I'm assuming that when you refer to the "real picture" you're talking about the RAW image. If that's the case, make sure that Adobe CR is not automatically adjusting the settings for the photos. Simply hit Command-U (mac) and I believe it's Control-U on a pc so that you disable the auto adjustments for that file.

    Nikos
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