Last word on colour management for now at least.

[GaryMarsh]

Can anyone please tell me if when viewing my image files using Windows Vista and going into My Pictures folder, when I right click on my image file to view it's properties and open the Details tab should the information on Colour Representation say sRGB next to it if I have assigned a sRGB profile during my editing?

This may seem a trivial question to ask but my reason for this is - when I edit my pictures using Nikon Capture NX2 I have assigned a sRGB profile to my saved Tiff files but when I come to view them in Windows Photo Gallery in the properties of the image on the details tab it say's Colour Representation - Uncalibrated. But When I edit my photos in Adobe Photoshop Elements 9 and save my images it always shows the profile that will be assigned to the image that being: sRGB IEC61966-2.1 in the Save As dialogue box. Then when i view my saved images in Windows after using Adobe Elements in the Details tab it shows up as Colour Representation - sRGB next to it.

My main point is that I am not sure if my Nikon software is saving my sRGB profile to my images but it seems that the Adobe software is assigning one.
I would be grateful for any comments on this matter
Kind Regards
Gary

[Colin Southern]

Hi Gary,

I can't see any reason why there would be a difference in what Windows was reporting if the profile was in fact correctly associated with the image file.

On a more positive side, most software will assume sRGB anyway if it's not explicitly specified -- and some will even use sRGB even if something else is explicitly specificed.

Can't help specifically with NX2 unfortunately, as I don't use it.

Hope this helps.

[GaryMarsh]

Hi Colin,
Thank you for your reply to my question on colour management it is most appreciated.
Many thanks
Gary

[Colin Southern]

Hi Colin,
Thank you for your reply to my question on colour management it is most appreciated.
Many thanks
Gary

No worries Gary - hope you get NX2 sorted.

I believe a few here use it, so you might like to post a question specific to it?

[Macmahon]

Gary

This works on a Mac: I assume it will work under Windows since Elements 9 is pretty well universal.

Open the image in Elements 9 after you've edited in Nikon Capture.
Make sure before you do, that the Color Settings, (under Edit menu) is set to something other than 'no color management'* - for example, 'optimise for printing'.
With the file open, choose File/File Info/Advanced/Adobe Photoshop Properties. There'll be an entry that will show you the ICC profile if one is attached to the file.
I know that some Windows applications are not fully colour managed: Nikon Capture and PSE are OK. Not sure about Windows Photo Gallery - maybe it assumes sRGB no matter what, as Colin suggests.

Cheers

Tim

*PS if the 'no color management' option is set, PS will strip any ICCprofile