Sijun Forums :: View topic - JPEG brightens up when saved in PS (help)

silber · Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2001 4:39 am

When I save a picture done in Photoshop as JPEG it always brightens up a bit.
I only see this when I open the JPEG with a browser - in Photoshop it looks fine.
(I'm using Photoshop 6 but had the same problem in 5.5)
I know about the color managment in Photoshop
but wasn't able to fix the problem.
(the only way to fix this up is to darken the pic with curves and than save it-but thats annoying)

Anyone know what I could do?
Anyone had the same problem?
what should I change in the color managment?

Thanks in advance
-silber

btw.
One can see the problem if you save a picture for the web [Alt+Ctrl+Shft+S]
a new window opens.Compare the picture in the window with the picture in Photoshop.

rdgraffix · Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2001 7:19 pm

I have often noticed the same myself. I don't see it as a real problem though. Let me explain:

I work mainly for print and the way Photoshop displays the darker colour is closer to what you will get with a final runout, therefore, for me at least, it is a very good quality of the program.

When saving for the web, I will adjust the curves or levels of the image slightly to compensate for the difference and I figure that with the variety of screen calibrations out there, close enough is, unfortunately, good enough.

I'm not sure how to get around this if you are actually creating for the web as your primary output. I'd imagine there would be some sort of profile that you could change.

Sumaleth · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2001 12:50 am

I believe this is related to PS's "Color Management' settings (in the Help menu). Depending on those settings, the image can look different inside PS than outside.

Row.

egerie · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2001 3:28 pm

Really ? I never noticed any difference. But then again it may be because I calibrated my monitor and am using Adobe Gamma Loader at startup...

Check under Help -> Color Managment of your photoshop (for version 5.5. Dunno about version 6 since I hated it.). I think it's on the cd itself too.

Motorfish · Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2001 3:38 pm

Your color settings in Photoshop are probably set by default to "SRGB color". If you set it in Photoshop to "Simple Monitor RGB", that will most likely solve your problem.

silber · Posted: Tue Oct 30, 2001 1:06 am

Thanks all

@Motorfish - that was the solution

I actually tried this one before
but I didn't realised that it was what I was searching for - stupid me

jeffery · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2001 3:44 pm

thanks everybody, this is a lifesaver.