Colors are different after saving pictures in photoshop.. at DVinfo.net

Alex Knappenberger · July 27th, 2003, 03:40 PM

This isn't exactly DV related, but many here are good with photshop and stuff...

Anyway, I've always noticed this, but it's never been that big of a deal to me until now. Whenever I "save for web" in photshop the colors of the outputted jpeg or whatever will be different then what I seen while editing in photshop. Like this web layout I am doing, it's originally supposed to be purpleish, but then when I save it for web, it gets bluer, which is not what I want. With pictures, I've always noticed that they get more warmer also.

Anyone know whats up?

Adrian Douglas · July 27th, 2003, 07:18 PM

It's most likely the result of the .jpeg compression. The .jpeg format is a 'lossy' compression format which means the compressor looks at the pixels and decides what it can 'throw out' without effecting the overall picture too much. How much information is thrown out depends on how much you compression you specify. For web work I find that sometimes .png works better for photos and for graphics I always use .gif.

Rob Lohman · July 30th, 2003, 02:37 PM

I think when you are using the output for web it is using web
safe colors to output the picture in. Try googling on the term
websafe colors and see what that gets you. It might also use
a higher compression for smaller sizes which will change the
look of the picture.

Alex Taylor · July 30th, 2003, 02:46 PM

Your colours shouldn't be all that different when you save for the web. JPEG renders colours better than GIF so there should only be a slight difference.. you don't need to, but you can use nothing but web safe colours (basically colours that be can recreated by any browser using hex codes.. #ffffff, etc) by going into your colour picker in Photoshop and clicking on the box in the bottom left that says 'Use web safe colours' or something to that effect.

Alex Knappenberger · July 30th, 2003, 02:59 PM

Hey guys, thanks, but I fixed it. :D

It was the "color managment" stuff, it was set for "web graphics defualt" and I just turned it off and it fixed it.

July 27th, 2003, 03:40 PM	#1
Alex Knappenberger High School Student Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canton, Ohio, USA Posts: 609	Colors are different after saving pictures in photoshop.. This isn't exactly DV related, but many here are good with photshop and stuff... Anyway, I've always noticed this, but it's never been that big of a deal to me until now. Whenever I "save for web" in photshop the colors of the outputted jpeg or whatever will be different then what I seen while editing in photshop. Like this web layout I am doing, it's originally supposed to be purpleish, but then when I save it for web, it gets bluer, which is not what I want. With pictures, I've always noticed that they get more warmer also. Anyone know whats up?

July 27th, 2003, 07:18 PM	#2
Adrian Douglas Trustee Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Chigasaki, Japan. Posts: 1,660	It's most likely the result of the .jpeg compression. The .jpeg format is a 'lossy' compression format which means the compressor looks at the pixels and decides what it can 'throw out' without effecting the overall picture too much. How much information is thrown out depends on how much you compression you specify. For web work I find that sometimes .png works better for photos and for graphics I always use .gif. __________________ Adrian DVInfo.net Search for quick answers Where to buy? From the best in the business...DVInfo.net sponsors

July 30th, 2003, 02:37 PM	#3
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	I think when you are using the output for web it is using web safe colors to output the picture in. Try googling on the term websafe colors and see what that gets you. It might also use a higher compression for smaller sizes which will change the look of the picture. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

July 30th, 2003, 02:46 PM	#4
Alex Taylor Major Player Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 390	Your colours shouldn't be all that different when you save for the web. JPEG renders colours better than GIF so there should only be a slight difference.. you don't need to, but you can use nothing but web safe colours (basically colours that be can recreated by any browser using hex codes.. #ffffff, etc) by going into your colour picker in Photoshop and clicking on the box in the bottom left that says 'Use web safe colours' or something to that effect. __________________ alextaylor.org

July 30th, 2003, 02:59 PM	#5
Alex Knappenberger High School Student Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Canton, Ohio, USA Posts: 609	Hey guys, thanks, but I fixed it. :D It was the "color managment" stuff, it was set for "web graphics defualt" and I just turned it off and it fixed it.