Beginners question about Photoshop and JPEGs

[Timmy2shoes]

Hello,

I've got a really basic question that I can't find an answer to:

When I have a photo open in Photoshop and save as a JPEG, why does the JPEG (opened with windows picture viewer) look so different and dark compared to the Photoshop window?

Thanks!

Tim

 

[swanseamale47]

Photoshop is colour managed, I'd be guessing and say the windows viewer isn't, or is defaulting to a different colour space.

 

[or8it]

Which version of Windows? If Windows 7 try this.

Right click desktop>Screen Resolution>Advanced Settings>Color Management>Advanced Tab.

Check your Device Profile and Viewing Profile are set to sRGB.

 

[Moonrakerz]

When I have a photo open in Photoshop and save as a JPEG,

Not a good idea to save in Jpeg - some packages won't let you do this anyway. Only use jpeg as you export stuff to other places/people who would be confused by anything other than jpeg.

 

[Timmy2shoes]

Thanks for the replies.

I'm (still) using Windows XP. If I want to print photos using Photobox for example should I save as TIFF or something else?

Cheers

 

[Moonrakerz]

Thanks for the replies.

I'm (still) using Windows XP. If I want to print photos using Photobox for example should I save as TIFF or something else?

Cheers

Depending on what you're using TIFF is fine, or PSD if you have any version of Photoshop.
If you use jpeg, every time you "save" it, the data is compressed and the picture is degraded.