Media Pro desaturates images after "Convert Image Files"

eduardoMachuca

• March 03, 2013 00:47

Does anyone knows why Media Pro (Version 1.3.1.58487) is desaturating the images after using "Convert Image Files"?

I'm using that action to add the copyright watermark to 800px files. I have checked "preserve color profiles". Yet, the converted image is a slightly desaturated version of the original image. Option of color depth, best depth or millions of colors, doesn't matter; same result.

Even if I later select the converted images and run the action "manage color profiles" and use RGB sRGB, converted still looks desaturated compared to original.

I'm using Windows ICM as the rendering engine.

Giving another try to Media Pro, which I bought but haven't used it because of buggy and/or things like this issue. And now that it is embedded into CO 7, will probably dissappear, right?

Thx

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  Jim MSP

  • March 03, 2013 02:23

  [quote="eduardoMachuca" wrote:
  ... And now that it is embedded into CO 7, will probably dissappear, right?
  
  Thx

  
  
  I doubt it. CO is pretty primitive as a DAM right now. I dislike the catalog capabilities.
  I love it in sessions.

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  Robert Edwards

  • March 03, 2013 08:58

  Open one of the converted images in Photoshop and try Edit > Assign Profile to see which profile looks right. My guess is Media Pro is incorrectly assigning sRGB to an AdobeRGB image, or the converted image has no embedded profile and the viewer you're using is assuming the lowest common denominator: sRGB.

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  eduardoMachuca

  • March 03, 2013 17:38

  Thanks for answering, jim and roberte. Forgot to mention these are 800px JPG files. I'm using Nikon Capture NX2 to convert from NEF to JPG, embedding sRGB profile (from Adobe RGB).
  
  Then I import that JPG file to Media Pro catalog, and use the action Convert files, only to add my copyright watermark. Yet, the converted file is visibly desaturated, not to the grey point but in the original colors are vivid and on the media pro converted file colors are muted. As I mentioned, on the convert file dialog I have preserve embedded profile.
  
  I opened both jpg files in PS and both have sRGB as their assigned profile. Also inside PS, the original JPG file looks Ok and the Media Pro file looks desaturated. So, it's Media Pro doing I don't know what to the image ☹️
  
  I bought Media Pro because I use Nikon View NX to rate my images and Nikon Capture NX2 to edit/process, and I'm still resisting on switching my whole workflow to Lightroom, which I don't like. However, I still can't get Media Pro into my workflow. Now that I upgraded to Windows 8 wanted to give it another try but still having issues like this one.
  
  Gracias,

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