jpegs darker in emails than in PS

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Jan 22, 2006
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workspace Adobe RGB(1998)
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why do files appear darker when attached to and viewed in emails than they do when prepared in PS?

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Mike Russell
Jan 22, 2006
"frankg" wrote in message
workspace Adobe RGB(1998)
calibrated monitor

why do files appear darker when attached to and viewed in emails than they do when prepared in PS?

If you are on the Mac, the images would indeed appear darker because Macs use a different gamma value. You can brighten them up for other Mac users by using one of the 1.8 gamma spaces, such as Apple RGB, as your working space instead of Adobe RGB.

If your emails are destined for PC users, set your working space to sRGB. —

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nomail
Jan 22, 2006
Mike Russell wrote:

"frankg" wrote in message
workspace Adobe RGB(1998)
calibrated monitor

why do files appear darker when attached to and viewed in emails than they do when prepared in PS?

If you are on the Mac, the images would indeed appear darker because Macs use a different gamma value. You can brighten them up for other Mac users by using one of the 1.8 gamma spaces, such as Apple RGB, as your working space instead of Adobe RGB.

First of all, he’s working on a PC. The headers of his post say it posted using Outlook Express. Secondly, more and more Macs are also calibrated at gamma 2.2 because that is the native gamma of most displays. Use sRGB for Macs too.

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