![]() If you work in Full Color Management mode, regardless of the color profile you start with, your colors will be dull after you Save For Web. If you start with Adobe RGB, you get dull colors. I tested this in my copy of Photoshop Elements, and a copy of Photoshop CS2 belonging to a less frugal colleague, and the results are identical. ![]() Once these two things are under control, you can use the Save For Web command to yield color as accurate as Photoshop (any version) can produce without ICC profiles embedded. The full version of Photoshop can convert between profiles easily, so if you're working with other designers, ask them to work in sRGB. Although Photoshop Elements can open and work with any RGB document, if you start with Adobe RGB, there's nothing you can do to save that image to the web that will preserve the original colors 2. It seems to me the three available modes (None, Limited, Full) might have been better named "Always Ignore", "Always Use sRGB", and "Always Use Adobe RGB". I was inclined to think that "Full Color Management" would also work, but alas, it seems not to. Doing so will tell Photoshop Elements you only care about the sRGB color profile, which is the one used for keeping colors consistent on the average person's screen, across computer platforms (Windows, Mac, etc). Photoshop Elements' Color Settings preference, found in the Photoshop Elements menu in Mac OS X. There are two main variables you need to control: The Procedure - How To Keep Your Colors Looking Good This has been a source of many headaches over the years, but finally, I've figured out a procedure that lets us output correct colors from Photoshop CS2 documents. Photoshop Elements has the ability to save the image without the ICC profile, looking the same as your original, but only if you follow certain steps. Most web browsers ignore color profiles (Safari is an exception), so stripping them out is generally a fine thing to do. The reason, I think, is that Save For Web strips out the ICC color profile information from your original document (the information that tells Photoshop how to render color on your screen) when saving to JPEG, GIF, or whatever 1. The difference isn't the same as the difference between color and black and white, but to a reasonably discerning eye, it's pronounced. I'm certainly not the first person to notice this. Photoshop Elements includes a Save For Web command, but if you're not careful, the images it saves will have colors that look desaturated and rather dull. But for most people, it has plenty of power, and with certain add-ons, it can be very powerful indeed.Īlthough we don't need to deal with CMYK images in Photoshop, we do need to be able to output accurate color to the web. Elements can't read or save CMYK images, and is missing many of the advanced automation and image adjustment features of the full version of Photoshop. It's not the current version, but so far we haven't needed to upgrade. We use version 2.0, which was the first version to run natively on Mac OS X. Virtually all our work is done for the web, and Photoshop Elements does the job admirably for a small fraction of the cost of Photoshop. This is true in any somewhat artistic endeavour - everyone wants the colors they choose to look the same wherever the document is reproduced.īecause we're interested in keeping our costs down, ShooFlyDesign has not invested in Photoshop CS or any of the other full versions of that venerable software. Because we're working with graphic designers who are very careful with where they pixels are placed, and how they look, color is not something to be trifled with. As a result, we receive lots of Photoshop documents. One very common bit of work is converting other people's designs into working websites. Maybe someone will see article and be able to shed some light on the issue.Īt ShooFlyDesign, we do all kinds of web work. ![]() I'm leaving this discussion up here because it did work for me once, but there must be a something more subtle I'm continuing to miss. I'm following my own instructions, starting with sRGB IEC61966-2.1 documents, and getting the dull colors again. Update Aug- I am again questioning the ability of Photoshop Elements 2 to produce remotely accurate colors using Save For Web.
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