My image for outdoor night portrait looks great in photoshop, I resize it, save it for the web.But when I load it on dpc it looks much lighter and the colors are off, any ideas would be appreciated
Are you saying your Save for Web version looks different between on DPC and before, or that your save for web looks different than your original PSD file?
So you're saying the saved for web jpeg looks lighter than your psd file when viewed in PS, yes?
Contrast this with that your saved for web jpeg looks the same as your psd file, but looks wonky when you upload and view it on a browser.
Under "view -> proof setup" in the main Photoshop menu you're probably set to Working CMYK. Change it to Windows RGB for editing and then your save to web will reflect exactly what you see. I've messed around with color profiles, etc., but that is the easiest way to get the job done in my opinion. Pros will weigh in, I'm sure.
His issue may be that he's proofing it for a color space he isn't using though. If he has softproof (is "Proof Colors" checked under your view menu?) on, he will be editing his image with the belief that his edits are effecting a colorspace that they are not. It's easy to turn on accidentally, as well (Ctrl+Y). If he's got it on, and editing it in any colorspace other than CMYK (PS defaults to CMYK) he'll be "falsely" editing. Then, when it converts to sRGB during Save for Web, it will convert the faulty ::whatever colorspace he's using to edit:: into sRGB, but all his edits will have been done presuming a CMYK print profile. Soft Proof doesn't actually alter the colorspace you're working in, just simulates the output. I'm sure there are some bigger color profile wizards out there to correct me if I'm wrong with this, but I've never had issues with my own workflow.
My default profile in PS is ProPhotoRGB. In SaveForWeb I tick the box which says to convert to sRGB (which is a much smaller colour space). For most images I don't see a great shift in colours. For images with large gradations I will convert to sRGB first before I start editing so I can avoid a shift in the save for web conversion to sRGB.
If all your work is for the web then setting your working colour space to sRGB is an option.
thanks, spiritual you where exactly right, I had proof color checked, unchecked it and did what bohemka suggested and changed the work space to RGB. YEAH thanks everyone
