Colors different in full screen view

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Colors different in full screen view

I could as well post this under "Mac OS X", but I think here in the Aperture forum it is more likely to get help.

I have the following problem: when viewing images in full screen mode, their colors are different than in the normal windows mode. The difference is not subtle, but severe. For example blue skies have a lot more red and appear much more saturated.

While trying to narrow down this problem I found out the following (and here it starts to get really strange): I exported one image as a JPEG to the desktop to see what the colors would be. The thumbnail then had the oversaturated colors of the full screen view in Aperture. When clicking on it, Preview showed the correct colors with a normal blue sky. When switching to slideshow mode in Preview, again the oversaturated colors from Aperture full screen came up.

When I disconnect my 23" Cinema Display, the full screen view of Preview shows the same colors on my PB like in window mode. So I believe it has something to do with my 23" CD.

Can anybody come up with a good explanation for this behaviour? Could this be some kind of a profile problem?

Any help appreciated

PB G4/1.5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) Aperture 1.1.1

Posted on May 28, 2006 4:17 AM

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Answer 1

Taverner Author

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May 28, 2006 9:03 AM in response to Taverner

Just in case somebody faces the same problem:
I seem to have solved this issue by repairing permissions, clearing system caches with Onyx, a PRAM-Reset and calibrating both displays again with my Spyder (in this order).
I guess it was some kind of mess in my display profiles.

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Answer 2

MegaBit

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May 28, 2006 11:53 AM in response to Taverner

Are you certain its not the "Onscreen Proofing" option you may have enabled and some strange color profile you selected?

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Taverner Author

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May 29, 2006 12:16 AM in response to MegaBit

Are you certain its not the "Onscreen Proofing"
option you may have enabled and some strange color
profile you selected?

Yes, I double checked this. It was disabled.

Even if it were enabled this would not explain the same behaviour in the "Preview"-Tool outside Aperture.

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Answer 4

Zausel

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May 29, 2006 3:19 AM in response to Taverner

Yes, i had exactly the same problem.
I started the apple colorsync programm and i changed or activated accidentally the cinema profile (it wasn´t activated). After that, it was working. Maybe, you have the same luck...

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finao1

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May 30, 2006 6:42 AM in response to Zausel

Using a second 23" display to my MacBook Pro 15. Both monitors are calibrated. Proofing is off. Color on McBook Pro and 23" match in view modes and in thumbnails. When I switch to full screen mode, the 23 inch is over saturated and intense (way off). The thumbnail bar (on the same 23" monitor concurrently) has identical color as Macbook Pro 15 screen. If I leave full screen mode, view matches great again. I have recalibrated, repaired permissions, zapped p-ram, cleared caches; nothing eleviates the descrepancy.

Any help is appreciated.

Ben

MacBook Pro 15 Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2 GB Ram

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Answer 6

finao1

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May 30, 2006 8:41 AM in response to finao1

I read Zausel's post that referred to the Colorsync Utility. Under the Devices tab I was able to see both my monitors and confirm they were both assigned the proper profile (they were). There is an option to "Make Default Display" in this utility. I noticed it was defaulting to the Color LCD of the MacBook Pro. I had already set my 23" to my main screen in the display control panel by dragging the menu bar to the big screen in the layout tab. I selected the 23" screen in Colorsync Utility and selected it as the "Make Default Display". Now my full screen previews are accurate. Aperture must use the display profile for normal view screens, thumbnails, light table, but change to the default display profile when it does full screen. (previously, it was using the profile for the 15" MBPro screen for full screen views; thus the inaccurate color) Now everything is in sync and my color looks good on the big display in both normal view and in full screen. Hope this helps someone else.

Ben

MacBook Pro 15 Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2 GB Ram

MacBook Pro 15 Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2 GB Ram

MacBook Pro 15 Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2 GB Ram

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