IPS panel monitor - total confusion

<p>Hello everybody<br /><br />This is my second post on the lines of the same subject I did some days back.<br /><br />I have just bought an <strong>Asus PA238Q IPS panel monitor</strong>. The monitor's driver has installed an <strong>Asus profile</strong> in my operating system under color management. The previous monitor I had was a 23 inch Samsung TN panel. I don't think it installed a profile at all.<br>

<strong>Question 1)</strong>: With this new monitor (IPS panel), if I viewed a picture through Windows Picture Viewer <strong>(Win 7)</strong>, the pictures give a ghastly yellow cast. But if I switched to slide show, things are normal and the pictures look quite fine, like it did on my previous Samsung monitor.<br /><br />If I viewed the pictures through Irfan View or XnView or Nikon View NX2 , etc. they are all fine.<br /><br />So why does Window's own native picture viewer gives a yellow cast? (and how does it give a normal picture when switched to slide mode?).<br /><br />Also when I view thumbnails through Windows Explorer, colors look normal. I am totally confused. I am wondering why I bought this monitor at all. (I hope to do color editing of my photos with this) Have I asked for trouble buying this?<br /><br /><strong>Should I remove this Asus profle</strong> from my OS under color management and have no profile at all in the OS? I am scared to remove it lest the monitor goes out of control!<br>

<br /><strong>Question 2)</strong>: How do I know whether my monitor is <strong>wide gamut or not?</strong> The manufacturer's specifications say only this:<br>

It only says color saturation 100% sRGB and it also says sRGB color space 100% coverage. Nowhere in the specifications is it written as wide gamut<br>

However, in the monitor presets, there is a preset "sRGB", along with other presets like "standard", "user", "scenery" etc.<br /><br />Even if I keep this sRGB preset, the Windows Picture Viewer behaves in the same way - i.e. yellow cast unless I go to slide show.<br /><br />How do I find out if this is a wide gamut monitor? If so even if I chose the preset "sRGB" will I still get the same problem with Windows Picture Viewer?<br>

<strong>Please kindly clear my confusion.</strong><br /><br />Thanks in advance<br />PRSS</p>

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<p>"So why does Window's own native picture viewer gives a yellow cast?"</p>

<p>If all the other programs work fine, your monitor is NOT the problem. My guess is the Windows default viewer is not able to work properly with the profile, but all the other programs know what to do with it. You could easily remove the profile and try it out. If you don't like it, install the profile again. This will not make your monitor will not go out of control. It's just software. </p>

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<p>Thank you very much. That puts me at ease.</p>

<p>Can somebody please answer my 2nd question - how do I find out whether my monitor is a wide gamut one.</p>

<p>With best regards<br>

PRSS</p>

<p>You do not have a wide gamut monitor. A wide gamut monitor should be able to cover 100% of the Adobe RGB colorspace, which is much bigger than sRGB. The Asus monitor you have does not cover Adobe RGB, so you have a standard gamut screen</p>

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<p>If all the other programs work fine, your monitor is NOT the problem. My guess is the Windows default viewer is not able to work properly with the profile, but all the other programs know what to do with it.</p>

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<p>Still, it would be nice if programs that ignore the color management would display the images at least decently. This can be accomplished through monitor <em>calibration</em>. And it's surprising that your monitor is, out of the box, so far from a half-decent calibration. Have you checked the setting of white point in terms of color temperature? </p>

<p>Thanks for the replies. Now atleast I know that mine is not a wide gamut. Actually I bought this more for its wide viewing angle without color shift (unlike TN panels). Since I do not do high-end printing nor do have a high-end printer, I do not need a wide gamut monitor. Most of my pictures are only viewed (not printed) on a large display. The ones that so get printed are from a drug store print lab which requires sRGB only (ordinary photo chemical printing on real photo paper).</p>

<p>The white setting is 6500K. I shall color calibrate it. I do not yet have a calibrator as it does not seem to be available here (in my part of India). I shall try to get one from abroad. But this Windows Photo Viewer really gave me a surprise and started all this confusion.</p>

<p>Thanks for clearing my confusion.<br>

PRSS</p>

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