CS3 JPEG Output Help

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I'm editing some pictures at the moment, but have found that when i save the JPEG at highest quality, the colours seem to be a little dull.

When viewing the PSD/file in CS3, colours are nice and vibrant, but when saving as JPEG, it loses the vibrance and shows up very dull.

The image is in SRGB Profile.

Is there any settings i can change to get the JPEG as it should be?
 
What are you viewing the finished image in? If you re-open the image in photoshop how does it look there?
 
Good question Wayne!

When viewing the JPEG in CS3 and Lightroom, its fine.

I am viewing the pics in the windows standard 'Microsoft Office Picture Manager'. The problem is, i have uploaded the pic on FB, and they look just as dull :(
 
It could be a lot of things but my gut feeling is a colour managment issue, I'd be guessing and say your viewing it managed in PS/LR but not managed in windows/web.
Can you view the facebook pic from another computer and screen and see if it looks the same?
 
hmmm, how would i get around that issue then?

Theres no way i can view the picture on another machine (at the moment) but have viewed it on the iPhone - not ideal, but it looks a little better, but still not the same :(

Never really noticed this issue before......Maybe i wasn't looking close enough....
 
I'd say that Wayne is spot on, if you are seeing differences between how Adobe views the image and how another programme (Windows Viewer, IrfanView, IE/FF etc) does.

First check which colour space your monitor profile is set to under
Control Panel->Display Properties->Settings-.Advanced->Colour Management
It should be set to sRGB if you aren't using a managed profile.

That is where Lightroom takes its colour profile from, whereas in Photoshop you can adjust the settings under Edit->Colour Settings.

Take a note of what both your Monitor and Photoshop are set to (PS is the drop down box at the top labeled 'Settings') and post the details on here.
 
Thanks for both your help Wayne and Mark! :)

It was a colour management issue.

I set both the windows and CS3 ones to the same (sRGB), and all seemed to be ok.

Problems solved!

What would we do without this forum??? Thanks again! :)

Vishal
 
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