Stop+sepia+tint+in+Win+7


 * Stop sepia tint in Win 7 **

The sepia tint is more commonly noticed by people who are using LCD flat panel displays to view their pictures. T his sepia-effect happens in Windows 7. It is the LCD monitor that is throwing the colour off and not the operating system being used.

Changing the LCD panel to a non-LCD screen would be the quickest way to see if the brownish tint could be eliminated. However, instead of down-grading to an older monitor, there are some steps you can take to try and remedy the discolouration.

Step 1 - Go to the **Control Panel** and click on **View by:** to expose the drop down box

Step 2 - Scroll down and select **Small Icons** to view

Step 3 - Once the icons are made smaller, there should be one labelled **Colour Management**. Click to open this new window.

Step 4 - There are tabs located at the top of this new window. Select the tab labelled **Devices** and then locate your monitor on the drop down box next to **Device**.

Step 5 - After the selection is made, you will need to place a check/tick in the box labelled:-
 * Use my settings for this device**.

Step 6 - Click the button labelled **Add** at the lower left of this Colour Management window

Step 7 - A window with a list of profiles will appear. Select **sRGB IEC61966-2.1** from this list and then click on the **OK** button.

Step 8 - Set this profile as the default option by clicking the :- **Set as Default Profile** button at the bottom right hand side of the Colour Management window.

Step 9 - Close the Colour Management window and reboot the computer

These 9 steps should remedy the issue of having a brownish tint on your pictures when using Photo Gallery with Windows 7.

f you aren't able to locate the correct profile under the section for ICC Profiles, then you'll need to download it. This profile can be downloaded from Adobe. The steps for completing this process are listed below:

Step 1 - Go to the [|Adobe downloads] page. []

Step 2 - Scroll to the very bottom of this page and locate the:- Youwill need to select **Windows** under the Adobe ICC Colour Profiles category.
 * Adobe ICC Colour Profiles** under **Other Downloads**.

Step 3 - The next page displayed will give you an option to choose which type of ICC profile download you will need; for End Users or for Bundling. Most people will select **End Users**.

Step 4 - Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the button labelled :-**Accept**

Step 5 - Scroll down a short ways on the page and click the :- 'Proceed to Download' button, then continue to follow the prompts.

You will be downloading a zip file that will have to be processed Once this zip file has been uncompressed, select the RGB profile desired. You will need to right click to choose the:- 'Install Profile' menu item of your choice. This same action needs to be done in the CMYK profile folder too. You will be able to tell if the ICC profile you have chosen is already installed because the 'Uninstall Menu' will appear. Reboot the computer after making any changes.

Hopefully, these subtle changes will enable you to view photos in all of their modern bright colours, rather than vintage sepia. colour