> 1. The WinXP image viewer has its own internal color management screwing
> things up.
[or]
> 2. Firefox/IE can read the color profile info (AdobeRGB) while the WinXP
> image viewer strips it out.
Windows Fax and Image Viewer is profile aware, so your #1 is at least
partly correct. Adobe RGB images will generally appear slightly *less*
saturated outside of Photoshop, not more so. IE and Firefox ignore
embedded profiles.
I can think of three cases where the opposite would happen, and your
colors
would be too saturated in Image Viewer but not other apps.
1) you have color management turned off in Photoshop, and are embedding
the
Adobe RGB profile. Adjusting subjectively for pleasantly saturated colors
in Photoshop will result in over-saturation when viewed in a color aware
app such as Image Viewer. This would be a fairly subtle increase in
saturation.
2) similar to #1, except that Photoshop is "color aware", but configured
to
de-saturate screen colors. This option is located in Color Settings.
Click on "More Options" to see this option at the bottom of the window in
the Advanced Controls section of the window.
3) Photoshop is set to no color management, and your display profile is
incorrect. To check for this, set sRGB as your system monitor profile and
see if the appearance of the image in Image Viewer changes.
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