Photoshop cs3 output!

dennisc · 22nd June 2008

Anyone have any idea why the saved pics in cs3 looks so much diff when viewed on the pc/browser? Funny thing is that when I open back the pic, the original warm colors, etc comes back! hmm.
Here's an example fr me yesterdays shoot:

Someone enlighten me? thanks so much.

tunster · 22nd June 2008

Photoshop has colour management. Is your photo taken with Adobe RGB?

dennisc · 22nd June 2008

Thanks tunster! it certainly helped! It was defaulted as Macintosh RGB, I changed to Windows RGB and got the accurate depiction of the actual output color.

What a letdown to find windows color is so much inferiour to mac's...

eow · 22nd June 2008

Originally Posted by dennisc

Thanks tunster! it certainly helped! It was defaulted as Macintosh RGB, I changed to Windows RGB and got the accurate depiction of the actual output color.

What a letdown to find windows color is so much inferiour to mac's...

not sure ... realised sometime ago ... that mac seemly made yr pics look better than the average pc...
however, when come to postprocessing...it might look nice on yr mac ....it look the opposite on the average joe desktop,
whereas if the same pic look good on the average joe pc, it will look even better on the mac...did anyone have the same feel as me?

Zohan · 22nd June 2008

Originally Posted by eow

not sure ... realised sometime ago ... that mac seemly made yr pics look better than the average pc...
however, when come to postprocessing...it might look nice on yr mac ....it look the opposite on the average joe desktop,
whereas if the same pic look good on the average joe pc, it will look even better on the mac...did anyone have the same feel as me?

if windows and mac lcds have been color calibrated and profiled to gamma 2.2, sRGB images will look the same on both systems.

Zohan · 22nd June 2008

Originally Posted by dennisc

Thanks tunster! it certainly helped! It was defaulted as Macintosh RGB, I changed to Windows RGB and got the accurate depiction of the actual output color.

What a letdown to find windows color is so much inferiour to mac's...

issue is not about inferior color. for screen output, both macs and windows will show the same color/contrast if image has a sRGB color profile.

eow · 22nd June 2008

Originally Posted by Zohan

if windows and mac lcds have been color calibrated and profiled to gamma 2.2, sRGB images will look the same on both systems.

how abt an average joe's laptop lcd and his desktop using crt?
different brands

zaxh81 · 22nd June 2008

Originally Posted by eow

how abt an average joe's laptop lcd and his desktop using crt?
different brands

if still lcds have been color calibrated and profiled to gamma 2.2 + sRGB images, will still look the same.

Zohan · 22nd June 2008

Originally Posted by eow

how abt an average joe's laptop lcd and his desktop using crt?
different brands

lcds & monitors will have different characteristics that will not change even after hardware calibration because they use different technologies. but after *hardware* calibration, they should look 90-95% close.

lightning · 22nd June 2008

Please note that if you want to display on the web...please save the image for web use...else the color will not be accurate when displayed via web browser. There is a function in CS3 to save for web use.

eow · 22nd June 2008

Originally Posted by zaxh81

if still lcds have been color calibrated and profiled to gamma 2.2 + sRGB images, will still look the same.

Originally Posted by Zohan

lcds & monitors will have different characteristics that will not change even after hardware calibration because they use different technologies. but after *hardware* calibration, they should look 90-95% close.

Tks U!

Zohan · 22nd June 2008

Originally Posted by lightning

Please note that if you want to display on the web...please save the image for web use...else the color will not be accurate when displayed via web browser. There is a function in CS3 to save for web use.

true. but if softproofing (on windows rgb) has been turned off (cmd Y), the save as web screen will show a different color from the image in photoshop.

dennisc · 22nd June 2008

Great useful infos! thanks guys for asking and answering. Fixed my problem!

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dennisc Workshop/Shoot Organiser Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Freezing Upp Thomson/Mandai! Posts: 1,435	Photoshop cs3 output! Anyone have any idea why the saved pics in cs3 looks so much diff when viewed on the pc/browser? Funny thing is that when I open back the pic, the original warm colors, etc comes back! hmm. Here's an example fr me yesterdays shoot: Someone enlighten me? thanks so much.

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tunster Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 1,438	Re: Photoshop cs3 output! Photoshop has colour management. Is your photo taken with Adobe RGB?

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