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07/28/2011 09:30:32 PM · #1 |
Did that happen with anyone? When I uploaded my photo the color is faded, completely different from the photo that is on the screen of my Mac.
How can I avoid this?
Let me explain better. In photoshop my photo is ok. When I opened my photo here, on DPC, the colors was different, unsaturated.
Please, can someone help me?
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07/28/2011 10:26:59 PM · #2 |
You're not converting it to the sRGB color space. Sounds like the photo might have been imported into Lightroom as a ProPhoto RGB or Adobe RGB. If that's the case you need to convert it to sRGB before uploading. sRGB is the standard for web viewing in browsers.
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07/28/2011 10:35:09 PM · #3 |
Dave, I have Photoshop CS5, and the photo is in RGB. I convert from RAW to JPG, and it is in RGB. Can I send the photo to you, maybe you can see in your computer if it is ok, or not.
thanks,
Lele
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07/28/2011 10:38:49 PM · #4 |
On a Mac the Photoshop interface looks a little different than on Windows when not a full view so first.....
Make sure Photoshop is is full screen mode and not showing any of your Mac desktop. Just hit the "F" key until you get a full screen with a status bar at the bottom of the work area.
Down on that work area status bar (bottom left) you should see an arrow pointing to the right. Click on that and it will open a menu that displays some options to view down in that area. You want to select Document Profile.
Now if it says ProPhoto RGB or Adobe RGB when you have the photo in question open then that's your problem.
To convert it to sRGB where you can view it on the web go to the menu bar at the top and click on Edit...then scroll down to the "Convert to Profile" section and select it. A dialog box will appear and you will have a source profile and a destination profile. The source is what color space the file is currently in, and you select the destination by using the drop down menu. Scroll to the one that says sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and select that. Then click okay. Now the file colorspace is converted. Use this for jpegs in general that you want on your computer or that you may upload at some point.
To post to the challenges you would normally use the "Save for Web" option in which case that dialog box normally has a "Convert to sRGB" check box that you can check to convert for you before the save.
Hope this helps..
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07/28/2011 10:39:50 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Lelez:
Dave, I have Photoshop CS5, and the photo is in RGB. I convert from RAW to JPG, and it is in RGB. Can I send the photo to you, maybe you can see in your computer if it is ok, or not.
thanks,
Lele |
I'll send you my email in a PM here on DPC.
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07/28/2011 11:06:01 PM · #6 |
Okay, Lele..
I got your photo, and it was in Adobe RGB after you imported the RAW file into Photoshop CS5. That means that you have to adjust a setting in the RAW converter. Are you using Adobe Camera RAW as your converter? The converter that comes built in with Photoshop CS5 or are you using Adobe Lightroom, and then bringing it into Photoshop?
Right now I'm going to assume that you're using Adobe Camera RAW and tell you what setting you have to change so that when you export your RAW file to Photoshop it comes in already in the sRGB color space so no conversion will be necessary.
When you open a RAW file in Adobe Camera RAW, at the bottom or the converter window....in the middle of it you will see what looks to be a web link. Yours will probably say Adobe RGB 16 bit followed by some other things.
You want to click on that link which will open up a dialog box with a few settings. The only setting you will probably be concerned with it the top one which is called "Space". This is where you tell the converter the preferred color space that you want the resulting TIFF file to be exported into Photoshop as. Simply change the drop down menu from Adobe RGB to sRGB and click okay. Now whenever you are done processing your RAW file and you ready to bring it into Photoshop it will be in sRGB so all you have to do is finish your processing, save the file as you normally would and upload.
Any other questions let me know. If you happen to be using Adobe Lightroom there is a similar setting in that program that normally defaults to exporting using ProPhoto RGB which again...you don't want. You want to change that setting to sRGB as well...if you use that program.
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07/28/2011 11:27:39 PM · #7 |
Dave,
Thank you so much for this perfect explanation, very helpful, and for convert my photo.
Now the colors are ok.
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07/28/2011 11:32:43 PM · #8 |
You're welcome...anytime! :)
Dave |
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