Saved jpg photo is not the same as PS image!!!!
Sep 18, 2017 09:10:59 #
I have been working on a dark PS image with a few layers, have saved that as a PS file. I reopen it and it still is exactly the way it was last BUT when I save it as a jpg file and open it, it is now much darker. What is happening, what can I do to correct this? It shows dark when I view it in preview, or if I take a screen shot of the original in PS, the screen shot is also dark like the jpg version. Would love some help, suggestions, insight.
Sep 18, 2017 10:56:24 #
Sep 18, 2017 13:37:36 #
Yes, I had already checked that its RGB. 16 bit, also tried saving in tiff and then converting it. Thank you.
Sep 18, 2017 13:38:20 #
Sep 18, 2017 13:53:14 #
Sep 18, 2017 13:55:35 #
aptrpt12 wrote:
ok! I will try, thank you
Also remember that a JPG is 8 bit, not 16 so that can be another issue.
Sep 18, 2017 15:29:46 #
Sep 19, 2017 09:23:16 #
Have you tried to Flatten the image before you generate the jpg? Just don't resave your original.............
Sep 19, 2017 09:54:48 #
CPR wrote:
Have you tried to Flatten the image before you generate the jpg? Just don't resave your original.............
Alternately use ctrl+shift+alt+e. This will add a flattened image and preserve your layers.
Sep 19, 2017 10:23:34 #
I've found that after working on an image, I have to "refresh" the thumbnail in order for it to show the changes I've made. Don't know if this has any bearing on what you're concerned about or not, but it made me think of that.
Sep 19, 2017 11:00:01 #
aptrpt12 wrote:
I have been working on a dark PS image with a few layers, have saved that as a PS file. I reopen it and it still is exactly the way it was last BUT when I save it as a jpg file and open it, it is now much darker. What is happening, what can I do to correct this? It shows dark when I view it in preview, or if I take a screen shot of the original in PS, the screen shot is also dark like the jpg version. Would love some help, suggestions, insight.
Sounds like a profile mismatch. While you may convert a raw image to a 16-bit PSD or a 16-bit TIFF in ProPhoto RGB or Adobe RGB, when you save a JPEG, 100% of the time it needs to be an 8-bit image, and 95% of the time, it needs to be in the sRGB color space. ALL Internet usage should be in sRGB, and MOST photo labs use sRGB as their standard. A few high-end service bureaus (boutique labs using advanced, state of the art, archival, wide gamut inkjet printers) will take an Adobe RGB or ProPhoto RGB image. And a few commercial printers using conventional CMYK presses want Adobe RGB profiles.
So convert your files to 8-bits, flatten the layers, then convert the color to sRGB, and then save the files as JPEGs for the Web or a lab...
Sep 19, 2017 11:15:10 #
Great info from everyone. I will do all of the suggestions. Thanks for the help, much appreciated.
Sep 19, 2017 13:04:20 #
Sep 19, 2017 13:15:01 #
Correct, but I am only using it for a projected image competition, or should I be saving it some other way?
Sep 19, 2017 14:14:10 #
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