Save for web color and contrast loss

MM
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Mike_Morrell
May 1, 2004
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My photoshop file has several adjustment layers that I have used to adjust color, levels, contrast etc. for of a photograph. I have no hidden layers. When I use the save for web dialog (2-up), the colors and contrast are muted and the picture looks washed out on the (left) original image and the optimized image (right) looks the same. Since the washed out image is in the "original" screen, it should look identical to my psd image and it should not matter what my jpg settings are. But I have tried the maximum jpg setting and I still get see the same issue. What is causing this issue? If I save the jpg file and view it in another application, it looks appropriate. But the save for web dialog does not accurately portray the original or saved image, why?

In a related but much worse issue, when I use the web photo gallery my saved images are now washed out, similar to how the "save for web" dialog looks before saving. One thing that I notice is that the automated process uses "flatten layers" instead of merge visible before it saves as a jpg. Could this be the culprit? If not, what is this problem?

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LenHewitt
May 1, 2004
Mike,

In Save for Web you are viewing in a non-colour managed environment (to match what you will see in a browser).

If you want to see your original and the Save for Web match, then set your proof set-up to Monitor RGB and select Proof Colours.
MM
Mike_Morrell
May 1, 2004
Thanks Len, this makes sense.
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LenHewitt
May 2, 2004
You’re welcome, Mike

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