Re: preparing jpegs for website

franko <knarfi.sorg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Johan W. Elzenga wrote:
Aaron <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

sRGB is a good space to work in for the web. Personally, I find that
"save for web" really desaturates images from the way they look within
Photoshop unless I work in "Generic RGB," which is quite
anti-color-workflow, but so is the web...

The mistake you make is that you assume that 'Save for the web' converts
your images to sRGB. That would be logical, but it is not so. 'Save for
the web' doesn't convert the color space, that is why your images look
dull if you work in AdobeRGB. If you work in AdobeRGB, you have to
convert to sRGB first.



Just convert to sRGB ???Will that do it on it's own or do I still have
to use levels or curves or whatever to try and compensate for it
getting duller and darker ?

If you use 'Convert to Profile', the image won't change at all.
Apparently you are using 'Assign Profile', which is the wrong method.


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