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1. Re: Having issues matching colors
Newsgroup_User Feb 12, 2013 1:23 PM (in response to pbsum83)Are your images JPG images? In that case it won't matter whether you have
used web colors or not since JPG is a lossy compression methodology. If you
must match colors, use a small solid color swatch from each image as a
tiling background image.
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[Personal info removed]> Hello, I am having issues matching colors in Dreamweaver.
>
> I created a series of images in Photoshop CS3 that I want to blend in with
> the
> background color of my page, but it seems that no matter what I do, I
> cannot
> get them to match exactly. I've tried using only web colors in Photoshop
> (am I
> really limited to only web colors?), but still can't get an exact match.
>
> I'll keep messing with it, just figured I would post here on the meantime
> to
> see if anyone has any advice.
>
> Thanks! This board has helped me a great deal thus far.
>
> Paul
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Message was edited by: Peter Spier
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2. Re: Having issues matching colors
Newsgroup_User Jul 22, 2008 1:10 PM (in response to pbsum83)I've tried using only web colors in Photoshop (am I
> really limited to only web colors?)
No you're not but Photoshop is a color managed emvironment (which can be
disabled) which uses Profiles to calculate your colors accurately. DW and
the web is not. Compared to non-color managed apps, Photoshop often looks
'wrong' when it's actually the most accurate.
In Photoshop, try Edit > Color Settings, Settings: North America
Web/Internet (from dropdown menu).
Failing that try Settings: Monitor Color which will disable color management
entirely and see if Photoshop colors then match DW/Web colors..
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3. Re: Having issues matching colors
CaryD Jul 22, 2008 4:29 PM (in response to pbsum83)A couple other things, you'll have better luck matching the background color to the jpeg color, then trying to produce a jpeg that matches the background color.
If you're using png images, run them through PngOptimizer or something like that. It strips out excess information which can cause the png to look different from one browser to the next. -
4. Re: Having issues matching colors
Newsgroup_User Jul 23, 2008 3:55 AM (in response to pbsum83)>A couple other things, you'll have better luck matching the background
>color to
> the jpeg color, then trying to produce a jpeg that matches the background
> color.
As I stated, you won't have luck doing either. You will never be able to
match an HTML color to a JPG color.
> It strips out excess information which can cause the png to look
> different from one browser to the next.
Where do you get this information?
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"CaryD" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>A couple other things, you'll have better luck matching the background
>color to
> the jpeg color, then trying to produce a jpeg that matches the background
> color.
>
> If you're using png images, run them through PngOptimizer or something
> like
> that. It strips out excess information which can cause the png to look
> different from one browser to the next.
>
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5. Re: Having issues matching colors
CaryD Jul 23, 2008 4:00 PM (in response to Newsgroup_User)quote:
Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
> It strips out excess information which can cause the png to look
> different from one browser to the next.
Where do you get this information?
Sitepoint Tech Times issue 153 -
6. Re: Having issues matching colors
Newsgroup_User Jul 24, 2008 4:49 AM (in response to Newsgroup_User)"The solution to this problem is to produce PNG images with no gamma
correction information in them, so that Internet Explorer will not attempt
to correct their display. Unfortunately, Photoshop's "Save for Web" feature
doesn't give you that option, so you need to use a separate tool to strip
out the gamma correction information that it writes."
The problem is specific to PNG images created in Photoshop, it seems.
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"CaryD" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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>quote:
Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
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> > It strips out excess information which can cause the png to look
> > different from one browser to the next.
>
> Where do you get this information?
>
>
>
> http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/viewissue.php?id=3&issue=153
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