Computer Graphics with Photoshop - I have a color question

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I have a color question

Brett Baisley

2003-11-30, 12:39 pm

I've been designing this file for school in Photoshop 7. I got it looking
exactly the way i want on the screen and saved as a psd file. I think
proceeded to save it as a jpg to pass it, but when I open it on a computer
in the lab, or even on my computer here using Windows Image Viewer, the
colors are a lot darker. Not the same as in photoshop at all.

I then imported a jpg that I know the colors are correct, but inside
Photoshop, they appear darker. However, when I have it, they look the same.

Is there a color scheme setting or something for the display in photoshop
that needs to be set? Its kinda annoying working with colors that don't
match in the end.

Thanks.

n8 skow

2003-11-30, 12:39 pm

Flip to your index and look for Color Profiles... Also, did you create the
image as CMYK or RGB?

n8

quote:

> I've been designing this file for school in Photoshop 7. I got it looking
> exactly the way i want on the screen and saved as a psd file. I think
> proceeded to save it as a jpg to pass it, but when I open it on a computer
> in the lab, or even on my computer here using Windows Image Viewer, the
> colors are a lot darker. Not the same as in photoshop at all.
>
> I then imported a jpg that I know the colors are correct, but inside
> Photoshop, they appear darker. However, when I have it, they look the

same.

quote:

>
> Is there a color scheme setting or something for the display in photoshop
> that needs to be set? Its kinda annoying working with colors that don't
> match in the end.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Tacit

2003-11-30, 12:39 pm

>I then imported a jpg that I know the colors are correct, but inside

quote:

>Photoshop, they appear darker. However, when I have it, they look the same.

Yes. Every monitor displays color slightly differently, and different monitors
of the same brand will display color differently if the monitor's settings are
different.

Read the section on "color management" in your Photoshop manual. Color
management is a system for getting images to look the same on different
computers.

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Uni

2003-11-30, 12:39 pm

Tacit wrote:

quote:

>
>
> Yes. Every monitor displays color slightly differently, and different monitors
> of the same brand will display color differently if the monitor's settings are
> different.

May I add, this only holds true for CRT (soon to be obsolete technology)
monitors.

Uni

quote:

>
> Read the section on "color management" in your Photoshop manual. Color
> management is a system for getting images to look the same on different
> computers.
>

n8 skow

2003-11-30, 12:39 pm

Digital displays aren't created equal either...

n8

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> May I add, this only holds true for CRT (soon to be obsolete technology)
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> Uni
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Brett Baisley

2003-11-30, 12:39 pm

Ahh yes. The Color Profile in Photoshop was set for Web Optimized, I just
changed the display color to my monitor and it looks a lot closer to what it
really should. That must be what was wrong.

Thanks for your input guys!

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> Flip to your index and look for Color Profiles... Also, did you create the
> image as CMYK or RGB?
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> n8
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