Fusion Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 I have having some weird issues with Photoshop, or it could be my Mac in general. I make a website lets say, specify the color in hex code in css, then use the same hex code in photoshop and I will get completely darker color. This is not just the browser rendering the colors a little different but it is way off. It is the same way in all browsers and it works fine on my PC. I know it is not kosher, but on my PC, I could make a website, load it into a browser, take a screenshot, use the color select tool, make an image, save it, place the image in the website, and I would get the EXACT same color across platform. I want to do this on my Mac!!! What the heck is wrong with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Dorr Veteran Posted January 22, 2004 Veteran Share Posted January 22, 2004 Ok, just to clarify, you're getting different colors in *just* photoshop than in Safari or other applications, or is it system-wide? If it's system-wide, try mucking with the ColorSync settings under, I think, Displays in System Preferences. If it's just photoshop, go to the PhotoShop menu, and muck about with the Color Settings (Command+Shift+K). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 It's a Photoshop problem in my experience. ****es me off. >> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the evn show Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 Welcome to the wonderful world of Gamma. Here's an ultra short explanation: you can hit up goole for more info (i'm leeching off someone's wireless network while I wait for the train) - I'll make a better one later. Gamma is like brightness. Macintosh systems are designed to display at 2.2, SGI about 2.6, and PCs on windows about 1.8. When you design a graphic that looks "right" at 2.2 on your mac then public it to the web and someone on a PC they assume that the gamma is 1.8 and it breaks. Using formats like TIFF eliminate this. gotta go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frod Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 i'm pretty sure you can adjust this in the color correction preferences in photoshop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted January 23, 2004 Share Posted January 23, 2004 Click "Photoshop" at the top left of your screen and click Color Settings. Under Working Spaces, for the RGB box, select "Monitor RGB - ColorSync Profile" This will allow you to make your documents at the RGB value of your display, which will pretty much solve your problem, so that when you go to Save For Web, the images are not darker/lighter. Of course, the images are gonna look darker on the PC, but that is a gamma problem (1.8 compared to the Mac's 2.2) and just something you have to design around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion Posted January 26, 2004 Author Share Posted January 26, 2004 Alright. None of these options have worked. I am still having the problem. It has nothing to do with the internet or browsers because it happens separate from any of those. I also cannot see how it has anything to do with gamma settings because this is all on my Mac with screenshots from my Mac. I made an example by taking screenshots, pasting them in photoshop, then taking a screenshot of that and so on. You can see how each time it gets progressively darker. Example Image Color Settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fusion Posted January 26, 2004 Author Share Posted January 26, 2004 I was able to correct the problem. Under the advanced tab in the new document window there is a hidden setting to set a custom color management profile for the new document. This ignores the color setting profile set in photoshop and sets a new one specific to that document if you use it. For some reason, it was on some weird setting. I set it back to default and everything is good now. Thank you everyone. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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