PNG’s, RGB and Photoshop 7

SK
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Sarah_Kelly
May 9, 2007
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Hey everyone,

I’ll start by pasting a message I posted on the Extensis Forums:

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Hi all,

I’m using Portolio 8.1.0 (Client Edition) on Windows XP to manage a rather large database of logos.

Due to the nature of the work we do, the logos have to have a transparent background thus all logos are saved as .png files.

I currently use Photoshop 7 to grab the logos and manipulate them.. However, despite setting my Photoshop 7 preferences to set everything to RGB, when I save the .png and update/sync the folder in Portfolio it messes up the colours. They bleed into each other on a transparent background.

I actually have to manually put the PNG back into photoshop, where it sometimes, but not always, prompts me to change to RGB despite being set to do this automatically. I then have to select the transparency, clear it again and save once more. Only then when I update in Portfolio does the .PNG look correct.

Okay. Okay. I know this is ACTUALLY a problem with Photoshop (Probably!), but I was just wondering if anyone had any tips to get the New Image to be RGB the first time around instead of having to go through all the hassle.

Thanks in advance.



I didn’t get a reply. Obviously, it’s probably because it isn’t exactly an issue with Extensis Portfolio 8 (Although, support for CMYK would be nice.)

I would like to know if it’s possible in Photoshop 7 to permanently set everything to RGB so the above never happens? I’ve been in the preferences and toggled all the things I can think of, but it doesn’t seem to actually work/set the PNG to RGB until I reload the image, clear the transparent piece and regenerate the thumbnail.

I’m actually screenshotting the logo and pasting it straight into a new document in Photoshop…

Thanks for any suggestions in advance.

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LenHewitt
May 9, 2007
Save for Web will automatically convert to RGB
SK
Sarah_Kelly
May 10, 2007
Thanks for that Len, it seems to have done the trick!!
SK
Sarah_Kelly
May 10, 2007
Actually, my apologies, I’ve just checked and it’s still doing the same thing.

Hmm. Really puzzled about this.

Any more suggestions?
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LenHewitt
May 10, 2007
Sarah,

Can you post a ‘faulty’ image to a web site?
SK
Sarah_Kelly
May 14, 2007
Hi Len,

Here’s a screengrab of what the logo looks like inside Extensis Portfolio.

Unfortunately, I’ve fixed most of the logos so I don’t have any ‘faulty’ ones currently, but if any crop up during the day, I’ll make sure I post it..

Sorry.

<http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/nimagraven/Logo.jpg>

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