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28-08-2006, 11:29
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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Lost with colour in Photoshop!
I’m having HUGE problems with getting the right colours in Photoshop! I work with CS in Adobe RGB 1998 (RGB) and US Web Coated SWOP V2 (CMWK). Under Colour Management Policies I got Preserve Embedded Profiles for RGB, Off for CMWK and Off for Gray. When I design everything looks perfect, but once I give the PSD to the developer and he codes it the HTML colours look different in the browser! Orange in particularly looks dull and washed-out…Anyone knows why? I’m not sure what the story is with the Colour Proof Setup settings…Must it be on of off when designing websites? I see the default is always set to Working CMYK and this gives me wrong colours! So I switch to Working RGB, but the HEX code for the colours doesn’t change!!! How can I get the right HEX code for the right colours in the right colour working space? Help is appreciated. |
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28-08-2006, 11:50
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
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I always turn color managment OFF for web graphics. I also read somewhere (probably NAPP), that it's better to use the sRGB working space than the Adobe RGB. I work primarily in web graphics and rarely have any problems with my colors being off on the web. |
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28-08-2006, 13:37
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Now with added sarcasm.
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: George, South Africa
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Is this web developer actually using the graphics as is? You can actually import a PSD into something like Fireworks and that will really fuck your colours for you. What app is your developer using after you designed in Photoshop. You can also use Photoshop's "Save for Web" funtion to great effect - it's almost foolproof. (Ctrl+Shft+Alt+S) Last edited by Jayx : 28-08-2006 at 13:53. Reason: typo |
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28-08-2006, 13:53
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blam blam
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: ann arbor, mi usa
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if he's using a different PS color profile, i believe he could fuck the colors up when he imports... dunno. my boss used to have that issue. things looked great on my screen, and he load the psd and it'd look god awful |
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29-08-2006, 05:08
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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I know sRGB is a better profile to use in general but when designing websites Adobe RGB 1998 is a better choice. The developer has same colour settings, he's sliicing in Adobe CS and then using Dreamwaver 8 to code the page...And we all use PC's. |
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28-11-2006, 17:51
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caspar (v)
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: new york
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again, i would love to get to the bottom of this ... how can you avoid the lightening & washing out effect that saving for web has in photoshop ? i have tried every profile recommendation & am basically at a point where i'm wondering why this problem exists & how photoshop in its 8th incarnation or whatever hasn't just setup some basic web designer friendly options for this. |
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29-11-2006, 02:02
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dt immigrant
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29-11-2006, 14:22
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caspar (v)
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: new york
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in all the years i've been doing this i have never thought to click that. i am retarded. you have just saved me so much pain. thank you. |
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13-12-2006, 07:26
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liquid cosh
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: leeds/brighton
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i still get the lightened, washed out effect under any setting. in the photoshop preview 'standard windows colour' matches the colour perfectly, but once saved and preview.app'd it looks flat and bland compared to the original JPG. what settings did you use Version? |
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