Need Critique on a Set+PNG vs JPEG Color Problems: I recently did my first portraiture shoot in over a year with little experience other than doing some senior photos in high school...

SirMontgomery Loc: Seattle

I recently did my first portraiture shoot in over a year with little experience other than doing some senior photos in high school before that. It was the first time the woman had tried modeling so we struggled with posing for a bit and found a few pleasing results.
Looking for constructive criticism on the photos, and also an explanation as to why the colors turn muddy on some platforms when saving as a full res jpeg file vs a PNG (added other format of last file for comparison).

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revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

Which pictures used which type of format? What post processor are you using? P.S. I was born in the old Providence Hospital there in Seattle.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

The first image displays completely different when viewed from the download. I believe you need to look at your color space, particularly the color space used when creating the images to be used for online sharing. This older discussion appears to demonstrate the exact same issue: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-362867-1.html

SirMontgomery Loc: Seattle

CHG_CANON wrote:

The first image displays completely different when viewed from the download. I believe you need to look at your color space, particularly the color space used when creating the images to be used for online sharing. This older discussion appears to demonstrate the exact same issue: http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-362867-1.html

I've already gone though all of this, I just updated to Photoshop CC from CS6 and started having these problems even after tweaking settings, I'll triple check when I get home though. The weird thing is when I save at stock resolution as a PNG out gets the same colour change even with the same export method...

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

I use Paint Shop Pro and save as PNG for printing, as JPG somewhat compressed for posting. I have no color change problems -- except the JPG with the lower detail which sort of creates a "common denominator" color, e.g., of clouds in the sky.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

SirMontgomery wrote:

I've already gone though all of this, I just updated to Photoshop CC from CS6 and started having these problems even after tweaking settings, I'll triple check when I get home though. The weird thing is when I save at stock resolution as a PNG out gets the same colour change even with the same export method...

As you can see from the screen capture and the "uncalibrated" color representation, you'll need to continue to investigate... I simply took the first image and downloaded and opened the file properties as well as noting the different display from the UHH thumbnail. As noted in the link / discussion provided, this symptom can be traced directly to the failure to use the sRBG color space when creating the JPEG.

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

Darned if there isn't a Color Management aspect to PSP. I checked and I am working in the sRGB color space. Whew!

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

SirMontgomery wrote:

I've already gone though all of this, I just updated to Photoshop CC from CS6 and started having these problems even after tweaking settings, I'll triple check when I get home though. The weird thing is when I save at stock resolution as a PNG out gets the same colour change even with the same export method...

Another justification for a hardware color calibrator like a Spyder Pro.

revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson

rgrenaderphoto wrote:

Another justification for a hardware color calibrator like a Spyder Pro.

I wonder if that would make any difference in the original problem: It was what format to use and what color space to be in as you SAVED the picture. P.S. I use Spyder and will soon upgrade to the Pro version.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

You're on the right track, but why that girl chose that hair color, I'll never know. : )