Geek & Mild by Sean Sperte
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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.
And seeing this post in the ol’ RSS reader made MY day. Thanks!
§ Doug Avery · 16 April 2008
I thought I was seeing things! Good to know I’m not going crazy.
§ sj · 16 April 2008
So what do you do about it? Anything?
§ Brandon Cole · 16 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.
§ Doug Avery · 17 April 2008
Thanks Doug
§ Brandon · 17 April 2008
Thanks for pointing this out! This issue has been making me crazy!
§ Collin Allen · 17 April 2008