iPhone saturation question?

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Hi, I use Photoshop and LR for editing. I like to have a few photos on my iPhone 5S. But I've noticed that the images look rubbish on my phone! As in very desaturated!

I'm guessing this is something to do with the colour space/ RGB thing. But I do not have a clue here. Any ideas on what I need to check/ change here?

Many thanks in advance.
 
so these are photos that youve exported from adobe apps and sync'd to your phone?

what colourspace are you working in and what app are you using for viewing on phone?
 
The goblin said:
Hi, I use Photoshop and LR for editing. I like to have a few photos on my iPhone 5S. But I've noticed that the images look rubbish on my phone! As in very desaturated!

I'm guessing this is something to do with the colour space/ RGB thing. But I do not have a clue here. Any ideas on what I need to check/ change here?

Many thanks in advance.
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Are you saving the images with Adobe RGB1998 colour profile? That's more than likely why. Ensure all images for screen use are saved with sRGB.
 
Hi, many apologies for the delayed reply!

Neil I don't do any syncing, these are photos that I have emailed from my main pc/ Macbook to people. I then go on my phone and pick the odd one or two from the mail sent folder to save! I just like to have a select few without filling the memory up on my phone. It just irks me that they look totally garbage because the colours are totally wrong!

Colour profiles confuse me greatly so I generally don't fiddle with them because I have no clue! So I have used whatever photoshop has done by default! Except when I've ordered prints where they've specified saving them as sRGB so I have an action to run on them to batch process if needed.

I have checked these images and the info says they're colour space RGB, colour profile ProPhoto RGB. My main PC is poorly just now so I have been using the Macbook, something I am still learning about!

I have just sent an image and converted it to sRGB. It's better and the colour profile is sRGB IEC61922.21!!!!
 
Yeah... pro photo is even wider gamut than Adobe RGB, so they would have looked even more de-saturated than with Adobe.

If you have no idea about colour profiles, then in photoshop, and with no image open, open the colour settings (edit/colour settng) and set them like this....

XwFSMst.jpg



That will cure the issue.

From then on, if you load a picture with no or the wrong profile, it will warn you. Select "convert document's colours to the working space" and you should never have this problem again.
 
You're welcome.
 
Just another question on this subject.

I have my photoshop set up as suggested here (thanks again David, the previous issue is solved) but LR settings are still set for Pro Photo, so when I go from LR to photoshop I get a box pop up about the different profiles. Not a problem when I'm doing one photo at a time, but time consuming to sit and click each one as it opens if I need to batch process anything.
I've taken a peak at the different profiles in LR and it suggests that Pro Photo is the best. All the tutorials I have read for setting up LR have it set to Pro Photo. Scott Kelby's a little more simplistic in saying 'it doesn't matter which you use, just make sure they're the same in both programs to avoid the conflict'!

Will I be losing anything by switching LR to sRGB.

I am trying to learn about profiles, but my brain cells seem to melt when I read about them!
 
@The goblin

No.. switching LR to sRGB would be my recommendation. Unless you are adept at colour management, or have a screen that can show Adobe RGB, just stick to sRGB. Set LR to export the files as sRGB as default.

ProPhoto is pointless. No monitor can display such a wide gamut, and practically no printers can print it... so why would you want to work in it when you can't actually visually assess what it looks like? Trust me.. those that promote the use of Pro Photo are idiots. Sorry.. but it's true.. they're just not thinking things through logically.
 
If you are using your U2711 in native colour mode, it is capable of Adobe RGB gamut display. You should calibrate in native mode as well (not sRGB) and anything colour managed such as Lightroom, Photoshop etc will display Adobe RGB images correctly.

however.. if you have n interest in colour management or don't have the time to read up on it to understand what you are doing, my advice is stick to sRGB.

Anything you produce with the intent of putting online should also be embedded with sRGB as well. Putting Adobe RGB1998 embedded images online will result in some browsers, and nearly all mobile devices showing them quite desaturated.
 
I am understanding more thanks to you, three weeks rest in the UK has given me chance to read a bit more on this as well!

I will check my monitor settings next week. I'm thinking working in Adobe RGB and embedding sRGB for online/ mobile devices is the way ahead.
 
If you have any questions, just PM me.
 
Thanks David, only just seen your last message. We've been back a since Sunday night but alas too dam hot to sit at the PC just now and sort photos out! In fact it hasn't been turned on since we got back!

I will be sure to PM you if I have any further questions on this :)
 
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