Strange jpeg conversion - web

[Crazyhorse]

Hi

This is what I did and this is what happened:

*Downloaded a raw file into Zoom browser
*Opened it up in CS4 by dragging it
*In raw convertor, altered the exposure setting and on the third tab I think it is, dragged the two sliders across to maximum (I'm at work at the mo but I think they say something like, preserve quality)
*Did some dodging and burning, cropping, gauzian blurred the background, then unshaprp mask
*Put a picture frame round it using actions
*Had to re-size it to no bigger than 600x600pixels for a website
*Another bit of unsharp mask
*Saved as a jpeg, max quality

Now, when it was converted to jpeg and opened in CS4 (pic of a chestnut horse), the horse had the most glorious deep chestnut colour. Its white blaze was not blown.

When I put the jpeg on the web, the colour was almost dull, no vibrant chestnut colour compared to what I saw in CS4. The white blaze was blown too. The difference in vibrancy/colour was just so obvious.

I've put pics on the website to which I'm referring before many times. Maybe the changes have always happened and I've never noticed.:shake:

The pic didn't go on photobucket or anything like that first, I added it to the website from 'my documents' that's why I had to re-size it.

Any suggestions as to what happened and what I can do in the future to prevent this happening?

Thanks

Lisa

 

[pxl8]

Make sure you're working with sRGB as your colour space, it sounds like the image is in AdobeRGB which is what Camera Raw defaults to.

 

[Crazyhorse]

Hi

Thanks for the reply. Do you mean shoot in sRGB because I'm sure I do. I'll double check later.

Lisa

 

[pxl8]

No, if you're shooting in raw the camera's setting doesn't matter - it's the raw s/w that will set the colour space, in this case Adobe Camera Raw and that's what you need to check.

 

[Crazyhorse]

Oh I see, thanks I'll check later. Is it a simple process to check?

Lisa

 

[pxl8]

In the camera raw window at the bottom there's some blue text telling you the colour space, size, ppi, etc. Click on that to change the colour space.

 

[Crazyhorse]

Thanks.

Lisa

 

[Crazyhorse]

Thanks, I've tried it and you were perfectly correct in your initial post.

Many thanks.

Lisa