Images from Photoshop to BookSmart look quite different

I’ve read several posts and how-to’s in the forum to edit and save images but having a problem.

The images look fine in Photoshop but are are noticeably more red and saturated (especially skin tone) in BookSmart.

My monitor has been calibrated using eye-one display 2 and I am using sRGB profile to save. Soft proof using Blurb icc profile looks fine in PS. When the images are inserted into BookSmart, they appear different.

I read in the forum that in this situation, the final print out will resemble the BookSmart output, NOT Photoshop output.

This obviously makes me nervous so is it true? Or, should I ignore how they show up in BS and trust the Photoshop output?

I had this issue, but my black & whites had a blue tone instead of red. They reprinted the books and they got a little better, but not like they looked in the Blurb icc profile. I am nervous about submitting any more orders.

Also, I have the swatch kit and the colors vary greatly according to paper type. For example, ProLine Uncoated in B&W has a very red tone while ProLine Pearl in B&W is more blue. This could be a reason that my photos had a blue tone on the pearl paper.

Customer service got back to me and had this to say:

“Because BookSmart is not a color managed application colors may appear differently than those that are color aware. BookSmart displays a low resolution sRGB version of your image, so if your actual image is in a color profile other than sRGB it may look different depending on the color within the image (most notably reds). If you are using the recommended workflow then the image should print as it appears in Photoshop as BookSmart will render the actual image you’ve edited and imported, rather than the low resolution version”

When I queried the “what you see in BS preview is what you get” from their first reply , they said they were mistaken on their first reply and to use their second reply for clarification.

They went on to say, “Before uploading and ordering, you should always review your entire book =carefully, using BookSmart’s Preview mode, to ensure it looks the way you want it to.”

So, this is what I understand from this;
If you’ve followed the recommended workflow ( which I have ), then the soft proofed sRGB image in Photoshop ( which for me looks fine ) is close to what you’ll get. But they also say to review in BS preview mode ( which for me is over-saturated, over-contrasty and definitely more red ) to ensure it looks the way you want.

Frankly, I’m non the wiser.

Anyone out there gone ahead and had a book printed where their images looked great in photoshop but were all over the place in BS preview.?

Well, it seems to me that Booksmart doesn’t accept monitor calibration.
I formatted my pc, reinstalled softwares and all worked fine: all the colors were perfect in Lightroom and Booksmart.
Then I calibrated my monitor using Spyder 4 Pro and….
All the same problems were back!!!
Over-saturated, over-contrasty and more red images in Booksmart

:( :(

Just checked the BookSmart software out on my second monitor – a cheap basic Dell which I keep for tools when in Photoshop.  I have to say straight away that the BookSmart software looks a lot better on it than it does my HPw2207 monitor, reserved for all my editing.  There is obviously something about my wide screen monitor that BookSmart doesn’t like.  Anyway, I will use the cheapo monitor for importing the images into BookSmart in future as they really look good now.