> > From: Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/09/11 Tue PM 09:23:10 GMT > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: A few more images.... > > Thank you Mark! That did the trick it seems. I didn't have the right color > space. I'm going to repost the images.....
I see there are comments from a couple of lurkers. I hope they see fit to start participating here. After all, the worst thing we can do is laugh at your equipment. After we've pulled your trousers down. > > ----- 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 > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
