I've recently made the change from X3 to X5. In X3 I had all the colours printing out fine but now the colour management window has changed. I just printed something blue and it came out teal. I exported it to a cmyk jpeg and printed from photoshop and it comes out fine, just as it looks on screen.
What do I change to fix this?
Hi emtx,
Rather than going into explanations on a topic which fills a book, all I can really say is open Photoshop, click on Edit>Color Settings and then open CorelDraw (and later, Photo-Paint) and go into Tools>Color Management>Default Settings - and make sure all the settings are the same. The only issue you may come across is if you are using the Adobe colour engine in Photoshop, which is not available 'by default' in CDGS. You can simply change it to Microsoft ICM and have the same setting in CorelDraw, or leave those settings alone...you most likely won't be able to see any difference anyway between those 2 colour engines. If you believe you can see a difference then download the Adobe CMM from Adobe and install it into CorelDraw.
Best regards,Brian.
Hi Brian,
Thanks for the reply.
I tried what you suggested and made sure the colour settings are the same with both programs. I printed another test print and the difference in colour is still the same. It's quite a big difference too... there must be something I'm missing here.
To give you an idea - CorelDraw shows the colour on screen like the first box but prints out the colour like the second box. After exporting, Photoshop shows the colour on screen as the first box and prints the colour like the first box:
emtx said:To give you an idea - CorelDraw shows the colour on screen like the first
Can you send me the CorelDRAW or Photo-PAINT file to davidmilisock@graphictechnology.com
Hi Emtx,
the only other things immediately coming to mind are:
David may have some other suggestions as to where the colour issue is taking place.
Here's a shot of my color tab, but it is something I have not edited before, so it should just be the defaults....
Color Proof Settings give me slight changes in saturation at most, but don't look like whats printing.
In photoshop I let the printer manage the colour.
Hey David,
Here's a CMX file and a cmyk Jpeg that are giving me the problem I was talking about above...
1007.Print Example.zip
Hi emtx
thanks for the screen capture and for the image you posted. I printed your image and it came out perfectly. I notice in your screen capture that where it says "Correct Colors Using Color Profile:" you have Document sRGB showing. That is where it is meant to show your Printer Profile. If I am using my Canon printer then its profile shows in that box; likewise, printing to my Epson its colour profile shows there. I am wondering why your document profile (which is the RGB working space profile) is showing up there? That may well be your issue.
Can you check if the Color Proof Settings docker gives you a preview of the incorrect colours you are getting, and then choose the proper printer profile and see if that gives a correct on-screen proof? Maybe David can shed more light on this...he is the expert in this field.