 - Cindy Bendush  Contact Cindy Bendush Cindy Bendush's Gallery |
Color Output I've noticed quite a disparity recently between my original images and those uploaded into the contest in terms of color saturation and contrast. They look great on my screen (and I haven't changed programs, screens etc.) and really blah once uploaded. :-( Help!
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Steven E. Ray |
That could be due to your system monitor profile either becoming corrupted or sometimes people doddle with the settings which can make it worse. LCD monitors are notorious for high saturation values. Photoshop CS2 and CS3 installs with a North America Web sRGB IEC61966-2.1 optimized preset profile which works extremely well for almost any LCD monitor. However outside of the Photoshop environment, it is as if the photos take on a characteristic of their own because you leave the controlled interface of Photoshop. Best test of this is when in Photoshop, flatten your working image and reduce to 72 dpi for the sake of the test, press Alt+Shift+Cntrl+S. This is an web graphic export option, however what you see in the preview is outside the Photoshop profile, using the system profile. If this looks anything like the image you see on Better Photo, it is because you general monitor profile is not properly set outside of Photoshop. I can assure you Better Photo nor any other online photo community has any way of modifying or adjusting the color values of any photos displayed. It simply isn’t possible. The problem is assuredly your profile settings, either in Photoshop or your system. Don’t know if this helps, but should be at least moving in the right direction.
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lauriedailyphotos.com - Laurie Daily Contact Laurie Daily Laurie Daily's Gallery |
Hi Cindy. I am no expert, but have slowly been learning my way around photoshop and trying to understand the various settings and how profiles effect images on the internet as well as when printing. I had the same problem a few months back and could not understand why the images I printed out were so vibrant, and when I uploaded to BP, they became flat and lifeless. After some research I started discovered a few things about profiles. In PSCS2, right now, before I upload an image to BP, I now go to Edit, assign profile, and change to sRGB IEC61966-2.1. The image immediately loses a little contrast, color, and that zip. I then go and revive a little in curves, contrast, and increase saturation if I feel it needs it. Then save and send. Hope this helps!
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- Cindy Bendush Contact Cindy Bendush Cindy Bendush's Gallery |
Steve and Laurie - thank you both for your suggestions - your are right on ... My settings WERE set to sRGB IEC6966-2.1, because so far I'm not printing images, but when I checked, sure enough they were different. Re-setting them made the image I had in question look exactly like my uploaded one. Adjusting brightness, contrast, and saturation brought life back to the image, and I understand a bit better now about how the different settings effect color output.
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