nickperzik Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 i spend all this time working on an image to make look just so - usually as close as i can get it to my type c prints of the same neg - and i get it looking all nice and pretty and i save it. then when i open it in preview or upload it to the web it looks like crap. flat and colorless. why is this? i don't have this problem with printing - i do very large (30" x 40") digital type c's from drum scans and they look fine. is there a setting that will make my saved for web images look more like the files i print with? HELP! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamila Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 When posting on the web, are you converting to sRGB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickperzik Posted December 23, 2006 Author Share Posted December 23, 2006 also - i'm using CS2. i didn't have this problem when i was using photoshop elements. i guess the good folks at adobe assume that if you're using CS2 you must know what you're doing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickperzik Posted December 23, 2006 Author Share Posted December 23, 2006 i'll give that a try. thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zach_schrock1 Posted December 23, 2006 Share Posted December 23, 2006 You'll need to make sure and save a different copy for web use as the color profiling is different. What you should do is get it looking great with all of your corrections, then at the end, flatten the image, go to Edit > Convert to Profile > sRGB - Then save your image. I also always recommend using Save for Web as it cuts file sizes to a fraction. A note however, if you're on a Mac, you'll want to convert your file to Apple RGB before using Save for Web only. If you're not using Save for Web, then sRGB should work for all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark pav Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 Also, see <a href="http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00JDLd&tag=">this</a> thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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