dillian_franklin

I profiled my monitor using Spyder Pro 3.0.4. I then upgraded to Photoshop to CS4 from CS3. When i view my

images in ACR, or photoshop, the images look great. I color correct them etc....then save them to JPEG. When i

view the JPEGS in, lets say, windows picture viewer, the images look warmer and the blacks looks somewhat

crushed.

I checked that the correct profile is the right default for windows (the one i used for the Spyder calibration).

My typical workfow is to color correct in ACR, batch process to convert to JPEG. My question is:

How do i get my photos in window based applications to match that of Adobe? I want to simply edit my photos in

adobe and be able to send those to the lab to match what i saw during editing. Also, when i burn those images to

DVD for clients, i want the clients to see as close to possible to what i am seeing (i know that they probably will not

have a profiled monitor but i don't want the images to change to warm tents and crushed blacks).

In my color settings in Adobe, it says:

Settings: North America General Purpose 2

RGB: SRGBIEC61966-2.1

CMYK: U.S WEB COATED (SWOP) V2

GRAY: DOT GRAIN 20%

SPOT: DOT GRAIN 20%

RGB: PRESERVE EMBEDED PROFILES

CMYK: PRESERVE EMBEDED PROFILES

GRAY: PRESERVE EMBEDED PROFILES

How can i acheive consistant colors in ADOBE, Windows, and for my Lab? Thank you so much for your help!

Outdoors - Almost entirely AV mode

Indoors where i can acheive 1/focal length shutter - AV

Indoors where i can't acheive 1/focal length shutter - M

Creative motion shots - T

Never use any other auto modes.

Sigma 20mm F1.8 is a fantastic lens but on a 1.6 body considered almost a normal lens.

Sigma 10-20 is a great lens and would be a 16-32 on the 1.6 body.

I have both and highly recommend them.