Square Root of Red Photography Blog» color profiles Archives – Square Root of Red Wedding and Lifestyle Photography Blog http://squarerootofred.com/blog Washington DC wedding photography blog Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:46:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 Making Sure Your Photos Don’t Look Like Poo When They Hit the Web http://squarerootofred.com/blog/dc-area-engagement-photos/configuring-photos-web-monitors/ http://squarerootofred.com/blog/dc-area-engagement-photos/configuring-photos-web-monitors/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:04:05 +0000 squarerootofred http://squarerootofred.com/blog/?p=1474 I’ve been noticing a rather unpleasant phenomenon with my photos lately. I edit them on my beloved Mac and they come out all vivid and shiny and bright. But then, I looked at those same photos on a different PC monitor and the images look flat and desaturated. I realized (rather slowly….) I was doing something wrong. A quick dig around photoshop and some googling, and I realized that I haven’t been looking at the right color profiles while I edit.

To avoid my rather silly blunder, go to View –> Proof Setup –> and select Monitor RGB. Then, go to View –> and select Proof Colors. Finally, go to Edit –> Color Settings –> and for RGB row, click on the pull down menu and select the last sRGB option.

Here is a before and after of one of the photos I posted yesterday.  On a Mac screen, the difference is pretty subtle.

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Before

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After

It’s back to the drawing board with some more color profile fixing.  

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