To give you a concrete example: until I've moved abroad, I've used an external Eizo monitor for photo editing. Also, it's not an issue of your source material (the problem persists no matter if you shoot RAW or jpg, shooting RAW just gives you more leeway to correct colors).

Getting consistent colors is not a problem of a specific app, but just a fact of life, so it's not surprising that the problem persists with Photoshop. I say relatively, because screens have different capabilities (their gamuts can be very different, etc.), so if you want complete consistency, you need to export the photo with a particular calibrated output device in mind (e. As long as your screen is calibrated and you export jpgs using the default settings, they will render relatively consistently across calibrated screens.

Unless your friend's screen is calibrated, all comparisons are useless. Apple monitors tend to read very consistently among themselves, and they are average or better than average. They can be bad, but they can also be better - depends on the maker and whether they are calibrated. Good Luck.ĭon't buy into the 'PC monitors are bad' myth. It is possible that you editing the image to include colours that your friend's PC can't display. That will tell you if you editing past the limits of your friend's PC. Next time, don't do any editing with the image. That fact that a screen capture and then one that went through Aperture were so different seems to indicate that this is an Aperture problem. The screen shot seems to indicate that you can only adjust up as it is now. I would seem to me that in the default position you should be able to adjust Gamma either up or down. Also that Gamma slider may need to be centred (from your screen shot). Look at the Help topics for 'Colour Space', and 'Gamut'. I don't know enough about Aperture and the way it handles colour (I use Lightroom - but the theories are the same). So, don't get (and don't be) discouraged. Maintaining a consistent colour workflow is one of the most difficult aspects of digital photography.

Mac photo preview looks different