Colour differnces

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Aug 24, 2004
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Hi

Can somone please advise me as to what needs to be done here. I am trying to create a bootable CD (for local magazine) and the images before and after cleanups etc look sharp. When I save as Jpeg (I save a copy as PSD also so I can make any changes) and then view the colours seem to be washed out. Not bleached as it were but just faded.

Is this because I saved as a Jpeg? The files need to be converted as not everyone is blessed with Photoshop. Would a different universal format be preferable? Image Kb size is not necessarily an issue.

Many thanks

Nig
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Aug 24, 2004
"Nig" <nigs1000"BOGOFF"@enjay2002.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

Can somone please advise me as to what needs to be done here. I am trying to create a bootable CD (for local magazine) and the images before and after cleanups etc look sharp. When I save as Jpeg (I save a copy as PSD also so I can make any changes) and then view the colours seem to be washed out. Not bleached as it were but just faded.

Is this because I saved as a Jpeg? The files need to be converted as not everyone is blessed with Photoshop. Would a different universal format be preferable? Image Kb size is not necessarily an issue.

Sounds like the images are in AdobeRGB or some other wide gamut RGB. When you save them as JPEG and view them with a viewer that does not support color profiles, they will be opened as sRGB and look washed out. Convert to SRGB before saving as JPEG and see if that solves the problem.

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Nig
Aug 24, 2004
"Johan W. Elzenga" wrote in message
"Nig" <nigs1000"BOGOFF"@enjay2002.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
Can somone please advise me as to what needs to be done here. I am
trying to
create a bootable CD (for local magazine) and the images before and
after
cleanups etc look sharp. When I save as Jpeg (I save a copy as PSD also
so I
can make any changes) and then view the colours seem to be washed out.
Not
bleached as it were but just faded.

Is this because I saved as a Jpeg? The files need to be converted as not everyone is blessed with Photoshop. Would a different universal format
be
preferable? Image Kb size is not necessarily an issue.

Sounds like the images are in AdobeRGB or some other wide gamut RGB. When you save them as JPEG and view them with a viewer that does not support color profiles, they will be opened as sRGB and look washed out. Convert to SRGB before saving as JPEG and see if that solves the problem.

Thanks for that. That has made a difference, but the colour is still paler than the PS original. Now I have some idea of where to make possible changes I will play.

Many thanks Johan.

Nig

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