Color settings won't stick

Hi,

I downoaded and installed the Photoshop Extended CS4 and InDesign CS4 trial versions on my MacBook Pro.?Color Setting in both application is set to North American General Porpuse 2.

I've been trying to set a different color setting. Both by changing the setting in the two applications and by changing Creative Suit Colour Settings in Bridge CS4. Each time without succes. Every single time Colour Settings jump back to North American.... I trached Adobe colour preferences, nothing changed. I made sure I have adm. permissions as someone suggested.

And what is even worse, Photoshop CS3 that is running on the same system has changed its color settings too and I can't change them back.

I'm on a MacBoob Pro running Mac OSX 10.5.7. Photoshop is 11.0.1

Can anybody help me out?

Cheers,

Ivan

Color settings won't stick

I created a test account on my MacBook Pro and opened Photoshop CS4, InDesign CS4 and Bridge CS4 in that new account. Then I changed the color settings to those I prefer and guess what, they stick.

So the problem in account related. I thought maybe this new information can help you to find a solution.

Cheers,

Ivan

Color settings won't stick

If the new account works, you have corruption in your regular account.

If trashing your preferences (hold down Command+Option+Shift as you launch Photoshop until you see a dialog box), then an Archive and Install of the OS is in order.

Thanks for your reply Ram璐竛,

Can you tell me what a Archive and Install of the OS does. I mean how far does it throw me back? I guess I have to re-install all OS upgrades but will I have to do a lot of other stuff too? Sorry for the lingo, as you probably can tell I'm not a computer genius.

Ivan

''Archive an Install'' gives you a fresh new account, archiving your old system just in case, and it would put you back at 10.5.0.

You then run the 10.5.7 Combo Update (from Apple) and you're in business, in a fraction of the time it take you to wipe your drive otherwise.

Nothing else to re-install.

I think I don't have enough room on my HD (about 18 GB of the 120 GB). Can I archive on an external drive? I also use Time Machine and have a complete copy of my system on that drive.

Thanks,

Ivan

Canticleer wrote:

Can I archive on an external drive?

Canticleer wrote:

I'm on a MacBoob Pro閳?/p>

This is what they call a Freudian slip, isn't it?

Hi Ram璐竛,

I tried starting an Archive and Install and the system said it needed a little less than 12 GB. So it seems 18 GB would be enough.

I didn't continue dough, I'm first erasing one of my firewire drives to write a clone of my system on. Just in case.

Furthermore I guess I'll better start looking for a bigger internal drive.

Thanks,

Ivan

Why would you want a clone of a corrupted system??

I thought you had a complete backup elsewhere.

Yeah, you're probably right. I have a copy of my data via Time Machine, but that isn't bootable I think. And making a bootable copy of a corrupted system isn't worth the trouble, is it?

I told you I'm not a computer genius.

Ivan

All right, Archive and Install kinda did the job. Both in Photoshop CS4 and in InDesign CS4 I can now choose a Color Setting that sticks. I chose a custom setting I called CS4 ProPhoto RGB.

When I go to Bridge CS4/Edit/Creative Suit Color Settings... I get a message that my Color Settings are nog Synchronized. I Choose the custom setting CS4 ProPhoto RGB, press Apply, reopen the communication window and I see that non of the color settings is highlighted and I still get the same message; Color Settings are not Synchronized.

So since PS CS3 is on the same machine, I opened PS CS3 chose CS4 ProPhoto RGB color setting and closed the application. Opened Bridge CS3, opened Creative Suit Color Settings (same message as in Bridge CS4), chose CS4 ProPhoto RGB color setting and closed the application.

All with no result. Bridge CS4 Suit Color Settings says that my Color Settings are nog Synchronized. What do I do wrong? I even set the output RGB mode of Adobe Camera Raw the same as in my custom setting CS4 ProPhoto RGB.

Ivan

Different versions of Camera Raw?

You think that might have something to do with it?

Thanks for the suggestion Wade, I opened Adobe Camera Raw 4.6 and changed the output color setting to match the custom setting I set the other apps to too. Nothing changed. Both Bridge CS3 and CS4 say that the color settings are not synchronized.

Ivan

You need to have Version Cue installed and enabled in order to have your color settings across all the applications in the Creative Suite.

For now I only run Photoshop and InDesign and both of them are set to the same color setting. Since I don't seem to be able to download a trial verion of Version Cue, I think I'll give it a rest until the trial period expires.

Ivan