Paint Shop Pro X7 questions

[ChopperCharles]

I purchased and installed Paint Shop Pro X7, and I've got some questions.

First thing I did was I created a color profile for my monitor.
Thumbnails in the organizer (either the manage tab or the organizer at the bottom of the adjust tab) are obviously not using the color profile I set up. They're too bright and too blue. Click on one (JPEG) and view the actual image, however, and the large image shows the correct colors, based on the color profile. I'm guessing I'm SOL here, but if there's a way to show the organizer thumbnails using the selected color profile, that'd be great.

Second, all DNG files are significantly darker, dimmer, and colorless compared to the same DNG files viewed in Lightroom 5. Is there a setting that will fix this?

On the "Adjust" tab, there is a left sidebar called "adjust" I'd like to move it to the right side, like Lightroom. Even though there is a little icon there to the left of the word "Adjust", I cannot grab it to undock and move it like I can all the other windows. Am I also SOL here?

Every time I click the "Manage" tab, the preview window pops up in the lower left-hand corner, even if I've previously closed it. I want that to go away and never return. SOL here too?

Is there a way to display only the EXIF information I'm interested in on the right sidebar when on the Manage tab? I don't care about the bit depth or dpi, I care about exposure time, f-stop, ISO, focal length, and lens.

PSP X7 does not appear to be able to correctly determine the lens I'm using, where Lightroom generally has no problem. Is this fixable in any way? (Pentax K-30 camera, variety of lenses including Tamron 28-75 (A09), FA50 1.7, DA55-300, DA18-50 WR, etc)

Finally, I want double-clicking on a file in the manage view to open in either the adjust or edit tab, instead of the quickview thing.

Do I ask for too much? Probably. But hopefully you guys can answer some of these...

Thanks!

Charles.

[Radim]

...color profiles in PSP are a joke.

[ChopperCharles]

If you don't have anything constructive to say, why are you here? Just trolling?

Seriously, they work better in PSP than they do in Lightroom (aka: They don't work at all in Lightroom).


Charles.

[Jean-Luc]

Hi ChopperCharles,
could you post a screen capture of the difference between the images ?
I have found it is difficult to set the correct workflow for color management in PSP. Often, I disable the feature and work on native RGB with correct results. If I need some adjustment because printers give different results, I adapt the image with some presets before to print. For example, my Epson XP-55 prints a little too red. I apply a Cyan correction to my picture before to print. If I print on Fuji Frontier, my images need to be lighter than what is visible on my screen. I apply a lighter correction before to save those images.
Best regards,
Jean-Luc

[brucet]

Sorry but I agree. Colour management/profiles are very second class in all the PSP versions I have used. IHMO.
My work can be very colour sensitive. To get a consistent result I use the computers, not PSP, calibration program. Turn off PSP's colour management.

OK it's not that simple so I had better explain my work flow so that it may help somewhat.
I travel a lot. (6 months a year on the road and overseas). So I use a laptop. I calibrate that laptop to reflect the colours on my desk top work computer. ie regardless of what I think I see I make sure I see the same colours on my lap top as I see on my desktop. (Yeah I'm working backwards here). On my work desk top I match what I see to my paper/printed output. (I use QImage as a print program).
So what I'm really doing is matching my paper output to my monitor. Forgetting any management system other than a manual monitor calibration and my eyes. It may take a few tries. And will/may depend on many variables. Such as paper, ink, printer, desk top or laptop screen, etc etc etc. Not to mention paper reflecting light v back lit screens. Time of day is also very important. To be technically correct room light will be a major factor as well. (Don't even think about what I remember seeing v what my wife remembers seeing!!!!).

Now I've confused you. Simply forget PSP's colour mess and use the monitors calibration system until you see what makes you happy.

Many books have been written on colour management. All with different paths to different results. You pick the path that gives you what makes you happy.

regards