Proof Colors Automatically Please!

KJ
Posted By
keith_j_larson
May 25, 2007
Views
2040
Replies
7
Status
Closed
Hey,
I keep my colors proofed to my monitor (the last option) the problem is, that photoshop wont proof colors automatically each time i work on something, so when I save for web, the end result is always more vibrant. my solution is to CTRL-Y each time i open a file..but this is annoying.. is there a way to make photoshop turn on color proofing automatically each time i open anything?

Thanks!

MacBook Pro 16” Mockups 🔥

– in 4 materials (clay versions included)

– 12 scenes

– 48 MacBook Pro 16″ mockups

– 6000 x 4500 px

RK
Rob_Keijzer
May 25, 2007
Keith,

Convert to sRGB before Save for Web.

Rob
AD
Andrei_Doubrovski
May 26, 2007
Keith,
Just make sRGB your default color space:
– Pull down "Edit > Color Settings"
– Choose an available Web preset (e.g. "Settings:North America Web/Internet") or customize "Working Spaces" and "Color Management Policies" options to your needs.

SimplePhotoshop.com <http://simplephotoshop.com/>
S
Shpigford
Jun 6, 2007
I’m in the same spot as Keith.

My Color Settings are already sRGB for every file but I still have to do CMD-Y to change to the view to the Monitor RGB Proof Color to get the colors that are actually exported.
L
LenHewitt
Jun 7, 2007
All that indicates is that your monitor is not close to sRGB. Most monitors are close to sRGB, but either yours isn’t (which is quite feasible) or your monitor profile is incorrect.
MV
Mathias_Vejerslev
Jun 7, 2007
After calibrating my laptop monitor I get the same thing. Image looks very different in a browser than in Photoshop in sRGB. It seems my monitor space is quite a bit smaller than sRGB looking at the profiles. The ONLY way I can make an image look like it does in Photoshop is by making a screen grab!

I work in Prophoto most of the time, and convert down to sRGB. I can not proof a 16-bit prophoto image to the web ofcourse.

Should I do my screen-grab trick to save images for the web (so they look good on my monitor), or should I save the image when it looks good in prophoto in Photoshop, and just hope that it looks ok on other monitors? It does not look good on my own monitor when saved through Save for Web, and I’m confused.
B
Bernie
Jun 7, 2007
I would always convert to sRGB since most monitors are close to that colour space. In other words, your monitor profile is good for a single monitor (and an image using that profile may look really bad on other monitros) whereas sRGB is good enough for lots of (if not most) monitors.
MV
Mathias_Vejerslev
Jun 7, 2007
sRGB is a given. What irks me is that an image tagged with sRGB looks way different in a non-color managed environment (anywhere else), and great in Photoshop.

Aurfing around looking at great images on the net, they look great. My own does not look great (and not as intended) in the same browser.

I’ve been a web designer for as long as I’ve been a photographer, so I should know this. But I’m confused right now.

MacBook Pro 16” Mockups 🔥

– in 4 materials (clay versions included)

– 12 scenes

– 48 MacBook Pro 16″ mockups

– 6000 x 4500 px

Related Discussion Topics

Nice and short text about related topics in discussion sections