color difference on screen / indesign and photoshop

[robertllewellyn]

Hi,

I have a calibrated (spyder2) 30" Apple Cinema display. I am using Indesign/Photoshop CS2 (with all patchs) I have CS2 Color Sychronization turned on using Adobe1998(rgb) and US SWOP Coated(CMYK) profiles

I can open the photo in question in Photoshop and in InDesign page layout with same photo side by side and they look VERY different. The inDesign page is darker and more contrasty.

I have not tried to compare via printing yet.
Exported PDF looks like the Indesign page.

Can anyone suggest what I have done wrong or what I can do to have them look the same.. They should look the same correct?

I am not sure if it s a photoshop or a indesign issue

thanks in advance.

Robert

 

[jmgalvin]

Have you tried turning the color syncronization off to see how things look? I'm not familiar with CS2 as I have CS.

You might tak a look at ID color settings under the Edit menu. Make sure that working spaces correspond to your settings and that color management policies are set.

Then look at the conversion options. If you calibrated using Colorsync, you might see how that works as opposed to the Adobe engine.






Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[robertllewellyn]

The problem existed before I turned Color Sychronization on

The working spaces in PS and ID are both

abobe1998(rgb)
US Swop Coated(cmyk)

I calibrated using Colorvision Spyder2.2 PRO which is a hardware montior calibrator, but Monitor calibration should be moot as I am displaying both side by side on same monitor.

Both ID and PS are using Adobe ACE and Relative Colormetric

Robert

 

[jmgalvin]

When you calibrated, did you use adobe rgb as the base or did you use the Apple display default for rgb. If you used the display default, try changing the Adobe rgb in Indesign and photoshop to the setting you saved in display prefs. My machine is calibrated using Adobe rgb as the basis and the colors remain the same. See what happens when you go to display prefs/color and thry the default adobe rgb rather than your calibrated profile

At least in CS 1, photoshop interpreted color different than either Indesign or Illustrator.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[robertllewellyn]

When I calibrated I used the Colorvision setup to do so..

I set the luminosity (brightness of the monitor) to a CIE xyY with Y = 148 (Colorvision suggests 140-160 for a Apple 30" Cinema Display)

Then I used the software and spyder color meter to set the monitor to Native Color and a Gamma of 1.8 - Again reccommendations from Colorvision for high resolution output to PRESS situation

I will check using the calibrated profiles created with this setup IN ID and PS and see if this affects anything

Thanks,

Robert

 

[jmgalvin]

One trick is to make 4 boxes in photoshop and fill then with solid c.m.y & k. Select a profile and save. Then place that in Indesign and see it the colors match.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4