Colours change when placing images in email
Sep 3, 2014 00:38:37 #
brianmen
Loc: Sydney Australia
Does anyone know how to maintain a consistent colour in a processed image when dragging and pasting into Gmail. I am embedding into the actual email not attaching as a file.
I have matching colour space through each stage of my processing. The camera (5DMkiii), Lightroom and Photoshop are all set to RGB.
After processing from Raw and saving into PSD then JPG I have a consistent colour in both files. My monitor is colour calibrated and regular updated with Datacolour spyder.
I have been using "save" to web in Photoshop. I also tried saving a smaller Jpeg file and using that. Both looked fine on the monitor but changed in colour the moment I dragged and pasted into Gmail.
The colour change is a significant increase in saturation. looking forward to hearing how this may be resolved. Thanks.
I have matching colour space through each stage of my processing. The camera (5DMkiii), Lightroom and Photoshop are all set to RGB.
After processing from Raw and saving into PSD then JPG I have a consistent colour in both files. My monitor is colour calibrated and regular updated with Datacolour spyder.
I have been using "save" to web in Photoshop. I also tried saving a smaller Jpeg file and using that. Both looked fine on the monitor but changed in colour the moment I dragged and pasted into Gmail.
The colour change is a significant increase in saturation. looking forward to hearing how this may be resolved. Thanks.
Sep 3, 2014 02:14:31 #
TheDman
Loc: USA
brianmen wrote:
Does anyone know how to maintain a consistent colo... (show quote)
What kind of RGB? Adobe? sRGB? Colormatch?
Sep 3, 2014 02:20:19 #
Sep 3, 2014 02:37:27 #
brianmen wrote:
In camera AdobeRGB. In Lightroom and Photoshop AdobeRGB(1998)
Embedding into 'gmail' will most likely change to sRGB. As will a good share of other viewing applications. ATTACH the file if you want it to remain the same, or change to sRGB before embedding.
Sep 3, 2014 02:51:16 #
brianmen
Loc: Sydney Australia
Thanks. I went to Photoshop saved the colour space in colour settings to sRGB then saved as JPG. If i open this saved file in photoshop it looks fine. Drag into Gmail and its cactus again. I guess I have to accept its the issue with the viewing application. Is there another way of changing to SRGB. I know i can do this when I save for web in Photoshop.
Sep 3, 2014 09:51:27 #
what happens if you save the picture out of gmail - does is maintain the cactus color or change back to the original color?
Sep 4, 2014 08:13:36 #
brianmen wrote:
Does anyone know how to maintain a consistent colo... (show quote)
I don't use Gmail too much, but is there a setting to enhance pictures you send with it?
EDIT: It looks like you can turn Enhance on and off.
http://support.google.com/plus/answer/3338435?hl=en
Sep 4, 2014 09:56:46 #
Well, right off the bat, you spell "color" wrong. How do expect the program to understand what you are upto???
Sep 4, 2014 09:58:48 #
My understanding is that most browser and email apps support sRGB but not necessarily any others. I process in ProPhoto because of its wider gamut, and if I post in email or online I first change the profile to sRGB. If I don't the color is awful.
Sep 4, 2014 10:41:29 #
collhart wrote:
Well, right off the bat, you spell "color" wrong. How do expect the program to understand what you are upto???
That's the way most countries spell it "Colour"
Sep 4, 2014 15:57:07 #
Capture48 wrote:
You are correct, that's the way most countries incorrectly spell it.That's the way most countries spell it "Colour"
Sep 4, 2014 17:58:35 #
brianmen
Loc: Sydney Australia
Shellback wrote:
what happens if you save the picture out of gmail - does is maintain the cactus color or change back to the original color?
I will have to watch my Australian slang, but it did give me a laugh. Downunder "cactus"means its no good or broken.
Thanks for your input.
When I capture back out of Gmail the colours return to the original. Looks like its only effecting the colour while its imbedded in the email.
Sep 4, 2014 18:01:38 #
brianmen
Loc: Sydney Australia
Capture48 wrote:
That's the way most countries spell it "Colour"
Sorry Mate. I thought I was on a photography blog. Maybe you got lost. Try an American English blog I am sure your talents will be appreciated there.
Sep 5, 2014 16:04:15 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
brianmen wrote:
Does anyone know how to maintain a consistent colo... (show quote)
Gmail probably uses the sRGB color standard, as it is more universal and less specialized than Adobe RGB's larger gamut.
Just export to Gmail in the sRGB colorspace.
Sep 5, 2014 16:13:46 #
brianmen wrote:
Sorry Mate. I thought I was on a photography blog. Maybe you got lost. Try an American English blog I am sure your talents will be appreciated there.
Blog? Where?
To the point, I've never experienced that problem with Gmail. That said when I embed in Gmail, I do use sRGB simply because that's what I was taught by my SIL
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