Dull Photos

[hh28360]

Hi sometimes when I soft proof my photos in photoshop the photos become dull as if someone has put a layer of tint on photos. The prints are still acceptable. But if the soft proofing shows a bit more muted colors and brightness what is the best way of adjusting curves?

thanks for help

I have no idea what you just said. ???

[dcclark]

I'm betting you have a color management issue somewhere. The soft proof may be displaying your photo using a different color profile than your screen (or print) profile. I don't use photoshop, but I have had similar problems in Gimp. Check your preferences and see what color profile you are using for proofing, and whether that's a sensible one or not.

[Trader]

Are you having your photos printed in a lab that corrects for color? I see that one of your cameras is a D300, they are not the easiest camera to set for correct color. Have you tried the "Vivid" setting to see if that gives you more of what you are looking for.

[hh28360]

Thanks - I print myself on Epson R1800 and mostly shoot RAW and then coor correct on Photoshop. I calibrated both my monitor and the printer using colomunki but i was not terribly happy with the printer profile. My prints look much better using the printer proifles that i downloded from the epson websit