Geek & Mild by Sean Sperte

Apr 16th, 2008 The Mysterious “Save for Web” Color Shift

The Mysterious “Save For Web” Color Shift:

It isn’t a Mac/PC thing, it isn’t a monitor thing, it isn’t because the color profile is somehow set “wrong”. Fellow designers: Somewhere between PSD and JPG, Photoshop is draining our colors of their life, like some horrible, RGB-stealing vampire.

This made my day.

Comments

  1. Doug Avery 16 April, 2008

    And seeing this post in the ol’ RSS reader made MY day. Thanks!

  2. sj 16 April, 2008

    I thought I was seeing things! Good to know I’m not going crazy.

  3. Brandon Cole 16 April, 2008

    So what do you do about it? Anything?

  4. Doug Avery 17 April, 2008

    Brandon, it’s mostly:
    Make sure you view images in Proof Setup > Monitor RGB, or change your color settings to that permanently (or both, for slightly better results).
    Then, when saving for web, uncheck ICC Profile, then find the little arrow button and uncheck “convert to sRGB.” This should get you pretty close.

  5. Brandon 17 April, 2008

    Thanks Doug

  6. Collin Allen 17 April, 2008

    Thanks for pointing this out! This issue has been making me crazy!

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