Thank you Mark! That did the trick it seems. I didn't have the right color space. I'm going to repost the images.....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:01 PM Subject: Re: A few more images.... > 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
