Photoshop ?: JPEG Colors Washed Out After Saving?
- Thread starter LyfeCentenz
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if you embed the color profile when you save it, the jpg will still look the same as it does in photoshop.
but, if the image is going online... since most browsers aren't color managed (safari's the only one that does it automatically i think) if you're saving for web it's best just to adjust the color how you want it in photoshop so that it looks correct in all browsers & just save it without a color profile.
what you can do, is when you're working on the files in photoshop, just go to view- proof setup- monitor rgb, and it will show you what your image will look like once you save it without an icc profile.. (or what it will end up looking like in a non color managed browser).
also, you should just calibrate your monitor to 2.2 gamma because that's the most common, and you want to see how the image is gonna look on the majority of monitors... not just yours. everybody's monitors are calibrated differently so there's no way to make the same image look perfect for everybody... but it makes the most sense to tweak the image to look good for the majority.
oh, also.. technically if your monitor is calibrated correctly you shouldn't even see a difference in color if you're working in srgb color space..
but, if the image is going online... since most browsers aren't color managed (safari's the only one that does it automatically i think) if you're saving for web it's best just to adjust the color how you want it in photoshop so that it looks correct in all browsers & just save it without a color profile.
what you can do, is when you're working on the files in photoshop, just go to view- proof setup- monitor rgb, and it will show you what your image will look like once you save it without an icc profile.. (or what it will end up looking like in a non color managed browser).
also, you should just calibrate your monitor to 2.2 gamma because that's the most common, and you want to see how the image is gonna look on the majority of monitors... not just yours. everybody's monitors are calibrated differently so there's no way to make the same image look perfect for everybody... but it makes the most sense to tweak the image to look good for the majority.
oh, also.. technically if your monitor is calibrated correctly you shouldn't even see a difference in color if you're working in srgb color space..
when you save as... just make sure the box "Embed Color Profile: sRGB IEC61966-2.1" is checked.
or, when you save for web... in cs4 there's a box to check for "embed color profile", or in cs3 you would check the box for "icc profile".
this will preserve the appearance of your image.
but again, if it's going online... it will still look washed out in all non-color managed browsers (and also if you upload it to myspace, because they strip the color profiles when you upload images). so if the image is going online it's best just to save it without a color profile (and do the proof setup thing to edit it how you want) so you know it's going to look the way you want it to all browsers.
or, when you save for web... in cs4 there's a box to check for "embed color profile", or in cs3 you would check the box for "icc profile".
this will preserve the appearance of your image.
but again, if it's going online... it will still look washed out in all non-color managed browsers (and also if you upload it to myspace, because they strip the color profiles when you upload images). so if the image is going online it's best just to save it without a color profile (and do the proof setup thing to edit it how you want) so you know it's going to look the way you want it to all browsers.
