Image background turn out yellow but shall be white

Really need help.
I changed my desktop from XP to Vista Home Premium.

Recently, i discover that those previously scanned documents (before i
switched to vista), or even keyboard print screen image, the image
background which shall be white turn out yellow/grey yellow in Windows Photo
Gallery or i make it as wallpaper in vista.

However, if i insert the graphic file into MS Words, the yellow back ground
turns back to white background which is should be.

Im using integrated graphic adaptor. But i dont think it gives the problem
otherwise why the color turn out correctly in Words?
My monitor remained the old LCD monitor when i used XP.

Something wrong with vista Windows Photo Gallery or vista' color processing?

Pls advise.

Take a look at this KB article:

When you view an image in Windows Photo Gallery on a Windows Vista-based
computer, the image is yellow
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939395

and this:

http://www.walkernews.net/2008/07/15...ofile-problem/


"Apic" <> wrote in message
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> Really need help.
> I changed my desktop from XP to Vista Home Premium.
>
> Recently, i discover that those previously scanned documents (before i
> switched to vista), or even keyboard print screen image, the image
> background which shall be white turn out yellow/grey yellow in Windows
> Photo Gallery or i make it as wallpaper in vista.
>
> However, if i insert the graphic file into MS Words, the yellow back
> ground turns back to white background which is should be.
>
> Im using integrated graphic adaptor. But i dont think it gives the problem
> otherwise why the color turn out correctly in Words?
> My monitor remained the old LCD monitor when i used XP.
>
> Something wrong with vista Windows Photo Gallery or vista' color
> processing?
>
> Pls advise.

On Sat, 6 Sep 2008 09:11:54 +0800, "Apic" <> wrote:

>Really need help.
>I changed my desktop from XP to Vista Home Premium.
>
>Recently, i discover that those previously scanned documents (before i
>switched to vista), or even keyboard print screen image, the image
>background which shall be white turn out yellow/grey yellow in Windows Photo
>Gallery or i make it as wallpaper in vista.
>
>However, if i insert the graphic file into MS Words, the yellow back ground
>turns back to white background which is should be.
>
>Im using integrated graphic adaptor. But i dont think it gives the problem
>otherwise why the color turn out correctly in Words?
>My monitor remained the old LCD monitor when i used XP.
>
>Something wrong with vista Windows Photo Gallery or vista' color processing?
>
>Pls advise.

At the risk of being accused of not knowing what I'm doing by the MS
fanboy morons this is another stupid Vista bug. The problem revolves
around color profiles and what if any profiles you installed. For the
casual user they probably don't care if they is a minor color
shifting. At the professional level it matters a lot that the OS
messes up something this basic. The acid test is comparing how images
look in a professional graphics program like Photoshop and how they
compare in Microsoft's Photo Gallery.

The issue can be minor or more extreme as in your case and is
influenced by both your monitor and how well it is calibrated and also
your graphic card. This is another of those problems not everyone will
see. Again, it depends on variables.

The hobbyist solution is to remove color profiles if one has been
installed for your monitor. Stupid Vista then should get it right.
However if you do that you're really screwed if you want color
matching between what you see on your monitor and the output you get
on your color printer. Again, professional applications like Photoshop
will ask if or not you want to use some specific color profile for
your printer, assuming it has one. If yes, this often messes up how
images appear in Photo Gallery, but without the color profile you are
likely to not get accurate calibration between your monitor and
printer.

Thanks that clear some of my doubts.
Anyway, i dare not to try to remove the color profile yet...because im not
sure Autodesk autocad will need that.

In fact, i have another color conflict -- the color pdf file created by
scanner also appear yellow even i open in Adobe acrobat. Im not sure after
deleting the color profile will solve this problem as well.

By the way, Microsoft Windows Picture and Fax Viewer in XP is no more
available in vista?

Regards,




"dean-dean" <dean-> wrote in message
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> Take a look at this KB article:
>
> When you view an image in Windows Photo Gallery on a Windows Vista-based
> computer, the image is yellow
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939395
>
> and this:
>
> http://www.walkernews.net/2008/07/15...ofile-problem/
>
>
> "Apic" <> wrote in message
> news31E19B3-C0E4-4664-8BBE-...
>> Really need help.
>> I changed my desktop from XP to Vista Home Premium.
>>
>> Recently, i discover that those previously scanned documents (before i
>> switched to vista), or even keyboard print screen image, the image
>> background which shall be white turn out yellow/grey yellow in Windows
>> Photo Gallery or i make it as wallpaper in vista.
>>
>> However, if i insert the graphic file into MS Words, the yellow back
>> ground turns back to white background which is should be.
>>
>> Im using integrated graphic adaptor. But i dont think it gives the
>> problem otherwise why the color turn out correctly in Words?
>> My monitor remained the old LCD monitor when i used XP.
>>
>> Something wrong with vista Windows Photo Gallery or vista' color
>> processing?
>>
>> Pls advise.
>

"Apic" <> wrote in message
news:E99BA845-57D3-4788-85BF-...
> See attach.
>
> 1) why i still need to remove the color profile since i can untick "Use my
> setting for this device"? I have tried tick and untick but my image in
> Windows photo gallery / scan a new color pdf image still appear yellow.
>
> 2) what will be used if i remove the color profile because there is only
> one
> profile there.
>

Don't disable the .icc/icm profile, if you do any graphics work, just
because of Photo Gallery not working properly. It seems to be a common
problem and I am surprised that it hasn't been sorted out yet.

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/com...8a1d8334f3396e

There are loads of better programs, ranging from free (IrfanView), to paid
for, like ACDSee, and to the expensive, but amazingly slick and beautiful
Adobe Lightroom.

ss.