What’s Your Preference?

Nicole · #11 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 08:05 PM

Sure, what program are you using for a start?

peeperita · #12 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 08:27 PM

nicole,i know i love you now, girl.....adobe cs2

thanks

peeper

Nicole · #13 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 08:43 PM

Ok, this is easy enough then actually

I'm running CS3, but I doubt if anything is significantly different.

If you go to Edit -> Color Settings, you can change the default color space that it works and saves in (even if you don't quite get this, keep reading

).

If most of what you are doing involves putting pictures online, then change your "Working Space" for RGB to "sRGB IEC61966-2.1" (or something that looks really similar to that). Now, look around that window and you see where it says "Color Management Policies"? For RGB select "Convert to Working RGB". There are 3 checkboxes under that area too, and if you want it to give you warnings when converting the file, then you can leave those checked. Otherwise you can uncheck them. Then click OK. Next time you open a file it should open in sRGB. And then when you click to save as, it will embed that profile into the picture, and hopefully the colors should be closer.

If you don't want to have it always set up for the sRGB profile, then you can just click on Edit -> Convert to Profile and convert it to that sRGB one that I mentioned before.

Hopefully that's clear enough, but obviously questions are ok

Edit: And in case you're wondering why to change it to sRGB, this is the web standard essentially. Most browsers totally discard this information anyways, so you want to make sure it's as close as possible to get the right colors when the internet decides to ignore this part of the information.

peeperita · #14 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 08:47 PM

you know i was just sitting on the new posts button.....

i'm going to do that right now....

brb

peeper

peeperita · #15 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 08:56 PM

well fart....

it's still doing it....

and you know, i have posted a few images since the crash and i feel like i got all dolled up and home....then went to the mall and saw my skirt was stuck inside my pantyhose....

poor peeper

Nicole · #16 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 09:00 PM

Have you remembered to actually change the profiles on the images before you re-save them?

It sounds silly, but it took me a while to get it working right after I set it up too and then I realized that I hadn't actually converted the old files. Just another thing to try.

peeperita · #17 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 09:05 PM

it doesn't sound silly at all....in fact.....i'm not all that sure i know what you mean by that.....

Nicole · #18 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 09:09 PM

Nah, I just figure I'm the only one to make all sorts of changes then forget to apply them to what I'm doing and then wonder why it just doesn't work

Just try this bit on a file that doesn't look right

Quote:

If you don't want to have it always set up for the sRGB profile, then you can just click on Edit -> Convert to Profile and convert it to that sRGB one that I mentioned before.

and then save it (make sure that it says "Embed Color Profile sRGB ..." in your save as dialog too. And see if that makes any difference.

peeperita · #19 (**permalink**) 10-27-2007, 09:18 PM

again my thanks....but, it doesn't seem to be working for me....and the thing is, now i have to be getting to my mister's gig this evening.....

i really appreciate all that you have tried to do for me....i'm going to work at it some more tonight after the show....

i may still ask you for your help if you don't mind too much.....you have been more than generous with your time.....

thanks a million...

peeper