On my computer, if i open a picture in the default "Windows Picture Viewer", my pictures look horrible because its not in full color or something... it kind of reminds me as if you were to save a picture in 16-bit colors rather than 32-bit, however, if I open it in Paint, it looks just fine... is this a normal thing in Windows 7? An example from one of my pictures is below, same picture, but the left is Paint, and the right is Viewer. Edit: I guess on Windows 7 its called Windows Photo Viewer... I must have gotten the other name from Vista or something...
notice how grainy the on the right is compared to the left?
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My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows XP Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
Intel Core i7 3820
Motherboard
ASUS P9X79
Memory
G.SKILL Sniper 8 GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
HIS AMD Radeon HD 7850
Sound Card
RealTek on-board audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 24 inch display
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Blue 320 GB
Seagate Barracuda 500 GB
Western Digital Black 2 TB
Yeah it's pretty hard to see on here... haha, however some of them can get so bad that at first I thought there was something wrong with my lens or camera... until I opened it in Paint. And as far as I know the drivers are up to date... however, I'm planning to get a new video card soon so maybe that will take care of it.
Here is a really good example... notice the greenish hue above the dust from the sun in the right picture?
I'm a storm chaser so this is a real annoyance when you don't have the right colors showing up, haha.
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows XP Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64
CPU
Intel Core i7 3820
Motherboard
ASUS P9X79
Memory
G.SKILL Sniper 8 GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
HIS AMD Radeon HD 7850
Sound Card
RealTek on-board audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell 24 inch display
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
Western Digital Caviar Blue 320 GB
Seagate Barracuda 500 GB
Western Digital Black 2 TB
Totally weird... I have never even heard that someone experienced such an issue. Perhaps you're better off with using one of the viewers that work. As to what's causing this, I personally have no idea :/
windows update gave me one once for my samsung monitor, and it affected the colours when viewed in windows picture viewer.
you can try 'uninstalling' your monitor from device manager, or type color in your start-menu search-box and have a look at your color management settings.
try setting things to default, and see what happens.
