Photoshop Help

When I open ANY image into photoshop, it seems to be alot darker than what it should be. This happens when i open a render i did, anything, even if i take a screenshot of my desktop and open it in photoshop it is alot darker. Does anyone have an idea why this is?

not: im running in classic. but not through X

thanks.

l e g i o n

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Hrm. You could just try lightening it in photoshop, but I'm not sure that is the answer you want to hear. My guess is that something got screwed up in your settings. Try adjusting them from the edit menu.

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Originally posted by Legion:
**When I open ANY image into photoshop, it seems to be alot darker than what it should be. This happens when i open a render i did, anything, even if i take a screenshot of my desktop and open it in photoshop it is alot darker. Does anyone have an idea why this is?

not: im running in classic. but not through X

thanks.

l e g i o n

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Hmm, might be the color management settings or the gamma, but I don't have much of an idea on specifics, sorry.

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Originally posted by mrxak:
**Hrm. You could just try lightening it in photoshop, but I'm not sure that is the answer you want to hear. My guess is that something got screwed up in your settings. Try adjusting them from the edit menu.

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Don't later versions of PhotoShop have gamma and ColorSync built in? Check the display preferences in PhotoShop...also check your system control panels and see if you are setting a gamma from there.

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Definately the gamma settings. I've got Photoshop on two G3s with the exact same monitors, but one copy makes images much darker because it is set on Apple's default gamma settings. Try changing it to the Adobe gamma, and it might fix your problem (it did over here), or vice versa.

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Go under the View menu to Proof Setup. Select Monitor RGB. If you do this when you don't have a window open, it'll set it as the default.

Hope it helps.

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