Losing the rich color i had when I save the file out as JPG or other, HELP

[LeeHotti]

so i got this awesome embedded color profile. makes the image and skin look great.

when i save a copy out though, it makes the skin more dull and brown. is there a way to get photoshop cs2 to save a jpg copy with the same rich colors? thanks guys

[Darink]

Originally Posted by LeeHotti

so i got this awesome embedded color profile. makes the image and skin look great.

when i save a copy out though, it makes the skin more dull and brown. is there a way to get photoshop cs2 to save a jpg copy with the same rich colors? thanks guys

Are you viewing the photo through windows picture viewer? If so windows picture viewer only reads in sRGB which has a smaller color gamut than Adobe RGB or Photopro RGB. So it's going to desaturate. Photoshop shows the true print colors.

[LeeHotti]

should i change the color profile then?

[Darink]

Are you publishing to web? If so change the color profile on the photo to sRGB. Then go to "view-proof set up" in photoshop and temporarily change the setting to sRGB. Re-edit your image to the proper saturation. Many photographers save two copies of an image, one with a printing color profile, one for web. Color management and color profiles can be a bit of a headache sometimes, what you see is not always what you get.

[LeeHotti]

Originally Posted by dkf10425

Are you publishing to web? If so change the color profile on the photo to sRGB. Then go to "view-proof set up" in photoshop and temporarily change the setting to sRGB. Re-edit your image to the proper saturation. Many photographers save two copies of an image, one with a printing color profile, one for web. Color management and color profiles can be a bit of a headache sometimes, what you see is not always what you get.

ya i know what you mean. i wish it was easier lol.