Posted by Brent Stovall on March 23, 2006 at 7:37 AM
I know this has probably been covered many times over but I have a heck of a time getting my images saved for web to look good color wise. If you will look at my recent post, there seems to be a blue cast in my whites and while I do not like it, it was the closest to the original I could get. I have to save to web, adjust re-save to web adjust again and so on and so on and it is a pain in my A*#!
Before I save for web, I convert to sRGB and save for web, but the actual image saved is horrible looking and I must add saturation then there it has a red cast so I adjust. Well.... you get my drift. What do most of you do to save for web?
Brent,
Converting to sRGB is the right move. I have found, though, that the process of downsampling (full size to web size) can be more destructive than choosing the wrong color space. Though there are many methods, and I'm sure we will be hearing a few more later, I recommend Fred Miranda's SI Pro II. It's a stair interpolation action that is designed for INCREASING output size, but I have found it works very well for preserving color and detail during downsampling, too. Resizing in Photoshop always seems to desaturate color and muddy up detail. (IMHO) The program is inexpensive, runs as a Photoshop plug-in (for most versions of Photoshop), and does very well at resizing for print, too.
Posted by Tim Buchanan on March 23, 2006 at 12:44 PM
I don't spend a lot of time worrying about saving stuff to the web - too small for me to really worry too much about it.
I use Fred Miranda's "Canon 20D Resize Pro" to resize most of my pictures. It's quick and in the limited testing I've done, produces better looking images. After resizing, I convert to sRGB (usually there are little or no differences after this process), and use "Save for Web" to get it into a JPG. The amout of compression does have an effect on image quality, but the colors never change after the initial sRGB conversion. I use "Save for Web" to convert it to JPG since it is much more accurate and the preview is indispensible.
Usually I preview the image with an indepemdent viewer (ACDSee or a web browser) before posting.
Discussion
3 repliesBefore I save for web, I convert to sRGB and save for web, but the actual image saved is horrible looking and I must add saturation then there it has a red cast so I adjust. Well.... you get my drift. What do most of you do to save for web?
b.
Converting to sRGB is the right move. I have found, though, that the process of downsampling (full size to web size) can be more destructive than choosing the wrong color space. Though there are many methods, and I'm sure we will be hearing a few more later, I recommend Fred Miranda's SI Pro II. It's a stair interpolation action that is designed for INCREASING output size, but I have found it works very well for preserving color and detail during downsampling, too. Resizing in Photoshop always seems to desaturate color and muddy up detail. (IMHO) The program is inexpensive, runs as a Photoshop plug-in (for most versions of Photoshop), and does very well at resizing for print, too.
I use Fred Miranda's "Canon 20D Resize Pro" to resize most of my pictures. It's quick and in the limited testing I've done, produces better looking images. After resizing, I convert to sRGB (usually there are little or no differences after this process), and use "Save for Web" to get it into a JPG. The amout of compression does have an effect on image quality, but the colors never change after the initial sRGB conversion. I use "Save for Web" to convert it to JPG since it is much more accurate and the preview is indispensible.
Usually I preview the image with an indepemdent viewer (ACDSee or a web browser) before posting.
I've found this website to be helpful, and have had good results. And it's free
http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/imagedatabases/downsampling.html