Pål Jensen wrote: >Ok. So how does this one looks >(http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6406548) (I'll only >keep it here for a short while) >compared to this one: >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6405827 > >The first one is a save for web from the original but it looks bland to me >and not as vibrant as the original slide. >The second is boosted in saturation brightness and contrast in order to make >it look like the original slide. But it might be just my monitor....
First of all... if the image looks good in Photoshop but bad on the web (or vice versa) it's not an issue of monitor calibration. Even if your monitor is way off, it should be pretty much equally "off" with both sources. What you have happening is some kind of colorspace issue. In Photoshop, check the VIEW menu and make sure "proof colors" is not checked . If there is a check mark next to it, click it once to uncheck it. (If you really want "proof colors" on, use "Windows RGB" under Proof Settings, even if you're on a Mac. But I'd keep it completely off for now, as a control.) Next, go to the EDIT menu and click "Convert to profile". Select "sRGB IEC61966-2.1" as your DESTINATION space and click OK. Edit the image in any way you like to make it look good to you. Now convert from 16-bit color to 8-bit if it isn't already in 8-bit color. Now size down if necessary. From the FILE menu use "Save for web" When the "Save for web" dialog comes up, move the whole thing to one side so that you can see both the original image and the "Save for web" image at the same time. They should look the same. I usually *do* check the "ICC Profile" box in the "Save for web" dialog. Select your JPEG quality level and click SAVE and you should be done. To check, leave the original file open in Photoshop and open up the new "Save for web" version and compare them side by side. To check further, save the original file as a JPEG under a different name, using the standard Save As dialog then open it in a web browser. (Then open the "Save for Web" version in another browser and compare.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
