Wow, Thanks for the detailed instructions.
Unfortunately it made no change at all to the color in Windows Photo
Gallery.
Any other thoughts anyone.
There has to be something I'm missing here.
Amir
Hi Amir,
See if the following note helps, posted earlier by Redbeaver:
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First off, there r 2 solutions i discovered...one is if u have Photoshop
installed, the other if you don't.
If you do have, in Control Panel, there's an Adobe Gamma tool. Run it by
step-by-step wizard (or by Control Panel if u know what u'r doing) and
create ur own Profile. Name it anything, i name mine Vista-1 just so its
easier to see. It will create an ICM profile immediately installed in
Window's system32-spool-color folder (given u dont change the saving
location. better yet, dont even try.). Done?
Back in Vista's control panel, open the Colour Management tool. In there
u'll see the default ICC profile, mine named Samsung - Natural Color Pro
1.0 ICM, file name SM205BW.icm since my monitor is a Samsung 205BW. Click
on Add.., and if you scroll down, u'll see ur profile; again, mine said
Vista-1. U might need to click on Browse.. if u dont see yours becoz u
saved it somewhere else... [Now, this part i'm not sure whether u need to
do it, but i did it anyway.... Click on the Profiles button on the right
bottom corner and click on Combine My Settings with System Defaults.
then...] Click OK, and click on Vista-1 and click on Set as Default
Profile. Click Close.
Now try opening a picture in WPG
Ooops, almost forgot, for people who doesnt have Photoshop, u can google
any free ICC profile or go to:
http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/adobergb.html
Download these free ICC, and install some..or..well... i tried installing
all of them anyway... Just extract them, then right click and select
Install...
Now go to Vista Control Panel, open Color Management, and click on Add...
Scroll down and all of the installed ICC should be there. Pick one and set
it
default. [Again, u could click on Profiles and select Combine My
Profile... but im not sure about this.] Click Close and you're good to go.
Of course if it still shows the wrong colour just pick a different ICC and
try it. First ICC i tried is the Adobe1998 one and it seems to be working
fine... Of course im no expert and if any of u experts sees the better ICC
in there (there r like 10~15 of them in the ZIP), by all means correct me.
THat's all.
Hope that helps
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Regards,
Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting
http://www.winhelponline.com
If I open a photo in Windows Photo Gallery, the background of the window
has
a light green tint and the photos are dark and off color.
If I open the same photo file in MS Office Picture Manager, the picture
looks the way I Expect it to look.
I there a way to adjust the basic color settings of Windows Photo Gallery
to
get a basic white background and my pictures the way I think they should
be?
TIA,
Amir
