5 Replies Latest reply: Apr 6, 2012 11:27 AM by emil emil RSS

    Colours Change when saving for Web

    Oli_Wales Community Member
    Oli_Wales Apr 6, 2012 9:27 AM

      Hi,

       

      I'm getting a little frustrated that elements that i copy and paste (or open) in photoshop from Illustrator do not look the same, very muted, additionally when i come to save for web they look even worse. So i can never get the colours looking like the original unless (which isn't a solution) i change them manually by increasing the contrast ect.

       

      All my colour settings/profiles are synced, the documents are both RGB. I just can't work it out

       

      Any ideas will be very welcomed!

       

      Cheers

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        • 1. Re: Colours Change when saving for Web
          Rik Ramsay Community Member
          Rik Ramsay Apr 6, 2012 9:42 AM (in response to Oli_Wales)

          http://forums.adobe.com/thread/986004?tstart=0

           

          All my colour settings/profiles are synced, the documents are both RGB. I just can't work it out

          Yes, but what profile of RGB? Adobe? sRGB? ProPhoto? Are you embedding any profiles etc?

          • 2. Re: Colours Change when saving for Web
            Oli_Wales Community Member
            Oli_Wales Apr 6, 2012 10:06 AM (in response to Rik Ramsay)

            I'm using sRGB, configured through Bridge so CS is synced. no profiles embedded.

            • 3. Re: Colours Change when saving for Web
              Rik Ramsay Community Member
              Rik Ramsay Apr 6, 2012 10:26 AM (in response to Oli_Wales)

              If you are finding the colors getting "muted" as you paste in Photoshop and then worse as you export to web, it sounds like you are going from a larger gamut RGB profile down to the smaller gamut sRGB.

               

              • Were both documents always in sRGB?
              • When you go to 'Edit > Assign Profile' in Illustrator, is sRGB assigned?
              • When in Photoshop and you go to 'Edit > Convert to Profile', is the document in sRGB?
              • When you export for web, is either the embedded profile box checked or the 'convert to sRGB' box checked?

               

              PS_SaveForWeb.jpg

               

              Can you show a screenshot of the image in both applications before and after pasting?

              • 4. Re: Colours Change when saving for Web
                gator soup Community Member
                gator soup Apr 6, 2012 10:50 AM (in response to Oli_Wales)

                Oli_Wales wrote:

                 

                I'm using sRGB, configured through Bridge so CS is synced. no profiles embedded.

                 

                I would get Photoshop's Color Management Policies (Edit> Color Settings) configured to preserve embedded profiles & warn of profile issues:

                 

                Photoshop_Color_Management_Policies.jpg

                 

                I think that will take you a giant step forward in understanding what's going on in Photoshop....

                >> when i come to save for web they look even worse.

                 

                can you describe worse (post a screenshot of your SFW window?)

                • 5. Re: Colours Change when saving for Web
                  emil emil Community Member
                  emil emil Apr 6, 2012 11:27 AM (in response to Oli_Wales)

                  the colors will not match if you are using different color spaces.

                   

                  In Photoshop and Illustrator make sure that the color space (color profile) of the both documents is the same. In both programs you can check that by using this menu - it is at the bottom left corner of the document window:

                   

                  http://forums.adobe.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/2-4317273-182207/450-205/documentProfile.jpg

                   

                  If  it says "Untagged" then the color space used by the image is the one selected for the working spaces for the used color mode in  your color preferences. Make sure that both programs have the same working spaces in their color settings and both are using the same color modes RGB or CMYK which is indicated on the title bar of the documents.

                   

                  Also have in mind that if you have Proof Colors checked in the View menu in any of the two programs this will display the image in the color space checked in Proof Setup from the View menu which may be very different from the color space of your documents and the color settings.