Best way to save Jpegs for web

[Thommo]

Hi guys,

i know this has been discussed before but what is the best way to save jpegs for the net without loosing colour and sharpness.

[Raskill]

You'll always lose something by the very fact your saving in JPG.

Rather than save the image in PS using the 'save for web' option. Use the 'save as' and choose the image size as something smaller.

[Thommo]

thats how i do it at the moment but i still find that my colours change once the image is uploaded to the net.

[sheepie]

Make sure you convert it to RGB - that's the most common reason for the shift in colours.

[digitor]

Make sure you convert it to RGB - that's the most common reason for the shift in colours.

Sheepie really means sRGB - trust me!

Cheers

[Thommo]

Make sure you convert it to RGB - that's the most common reason for the shift in colours.

Sheepie really means sRGB - trust me!

Cheers

thought he may have. what is the easiest way to convert to sRGB

[digitor]

Which image editor do you use?

Cheers

[Thommo]

photoshop CS2

[sheepie]

Sheepie really means sRGB - trust me!

ssshhhhh ! don't let all the secrets out at once!

thanks for the correction - bloody keyboard

[digitor]

photoshop CS2

Edit -> Convert To Profile

Cheers

[Thommo]

photoshop CS2

Edit -> Convert To Profile

Cheers

cheers dude.

will give that a try

[obzelite]

i just use the save for web in cs2

[digitor]

i just use the save for web in cs2

Trouble is, if the image is not already sRGB, CS2 will assign an sRGB profile, without doing the conversion - hence the bad colours. When doing a save for web, it's still necessary to convert the profile first.

Cheers

[stubbsy]

Worse still, PSCS Save For Web also strips out all the EXIF info

[christiand]

Hi Digitor,

thanks a lot for the helpful information.

Cheers,
CD

[mark]

Yep me too.
sRGB then save as Jpeg in CS2.