Dear Group,
Just a note to those of you that use Photoshop, where you may not realize that a colour shift exists while saving a web based image within CS3, possibly CS4, and CS5. I cannot verify whether the last two applications have this default setting, since I do not have either installed.
This CS3 colour shift issue drove me nuts, because I designed my website with CS2, and because I am currently designing a stripped down version of my website for a friend and confidant painter, the colour shift became very apparent. The colour shift is very subtle, but the shift is strong enough for anyone to see that a new Photoshop web page slice has a different colour. I brought the website into Dreamweaver, because Adobe decided not to support GoLive, and I was forced to use CS3 without realizing that an inherently checked default setting was in play. That said, CS3 automatically sets the web based file with the following default assignment: "Convert to sRGB." You want to turn this default setting off by unchecking the setting with a simple mouse click, and then save the setting.
To access this default setting and permanently changing this setting, do the following, as illustrated in the attached files:
1. open any image in Photoshop;
2. initiate File > Save for Web and Devices… ;
3. click on and open up dialog box by pressing the triangle beside the preset option drop down menu;
4. uncheck the "Convert to sRGB" option;
5. save your settings…
Unchecking this default setting will allow you to set any profile you desire going forward for web based images without a colour shift.
I hope this helps a few of you going forward.
jim k
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