jpg files don't look the same as psds

Hi Maria,

Is your problem fixed now?

If so, it would be good if you could mark the replies you received here as helpful if they were, and maybe even mark the correct reply as "correct" if there is a correct reply, so that your question gets logged as 'answered' 

If you still need help we'll try help you

thanks

neil barstow, colourmanagement.net :: adobe forum volunteer

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Hi

try this, its worth a shot:

Display profile issues 

At least once a week on this forum we read about this, or very similar issues of appearance differing between applications.

Unfortunately, with Microsoft hardware: Windows updates, Graphics Card updates and Display manufacturers have a frustratingly growing reputation for installing useless (corrupted) monitor display profiles.

I CAN happen with Macs but with far less likelyhood, it seems.

The issue can affect different applications in different ways, some not at all, some very badly.

The poor monitor display profile issue is hidden by some applications, specifically those that do not use colour management, such as Microsoft Windows "Photos".

Photoshop is correct, it’s the industry standard for viewing images, in my experience it's revealing an issue with the Monitor Display profile rather that causing it. Whatever you do, don't ignore it. As the issue isn’t caused by Photoshop, don’t change your Photoshop ‘color settings’ to try fix it. 

If you want to rule out pretty much the only issue we ever see with Photoshop, you can reset preferences, I never read of a preferences issue causing this problem though:

To reset the preferences in Photoshop: 

https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/preferences.html

Note: Make sure that you back up all your custom presets, brushes & actions before restoring Photoshop's preferences. Migrate presets, actions, and settings

To find out if this is the issue, I recommend you to try setting the monitor profile for your own monitor display under “Device” in your Windows ‘color management’ control panel to sRGB. You can ADD sRGB if its not already listed. 

And be sure to check “Use my settings for this device”.

(OR, if you have a wide gamut monitor display (check the spec online) it’s better to try Adobe RGB instead).

Quit and relaunch Photoshop after the control panel change, to ensure the new settings are applied.

If this change fixes the issue, it is recommended that you should now calibrate and profile the monitor properly using a calibration sensor like i1display pro, which will create and install it's own custom monitor profile. The software should install it’s profile correctly so there should be no need to manual set the control panel once you are doing this right. 

Depending on the characteristics of your monitor display and your requirements, using sRGB or Adobe RGB here may be good enough - but custom calibration is a superior approach.

I hope this helps

if so, please "like" my reply and if you're OK now, please mark it as "correct", so that others who have similar issues can see the solution

thanks

neil barstow, colourmanagement.net :: adobe forum volunteer

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There could be two things going on.

1. You are seeing a difference in Photoshop between the flattened jpeg and the unflattened PSD. If so, zoom both documents to 100% zoom and check again. Both should be the same at that zoom level.

2. You have saved a jpeg and are now viewing it in another application which is not colour managed. That other application does not correct colours for display using the monitor profile. Photoshop does that correction, so Photoshop should display accurately, provided your monitor profile accurately describes your monitor.

Dave

Does the jpg look differently in Photoshop or in some other application?  

Please set the Status Bar to »Document Profile« and post meaningful screenshots of the layered image and the resulting jpg open in Photoshop. (And please don’t ask what the Status Bar is …) 

What are Photoshop’s Edit > Color Settings? 

How exactly did you create the jpg and did you embed the Profile?