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January 2, 2025
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When I save my image as a jpeg or tiff,the colors change

  • January 2, 2025
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Hello, 

When I save my image as a jpeg or tiff,the colors change... they appear desaturated.... I'm using a Macbook Pro and photoshop 2025. I've already checked the color settings, and they re set to sRGB. 

I tried opening the image with Adobe Acrobat and the colors are indeed consistent with what I see in Photoshop. However, when I upload the image to Google Drive, the colors appear desaturated. Could you advise on how to configure the settings to ensure the colors of the images uploaded to Google Drive accurately reflect those in Photoshop? 

Thank you in advance for your assistance

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    NB, colourmanagement
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    January 5, 2025

    @jujuhung Are your images in the sRGB colour space with the profile embedded? see @D Fosse post above.

    IF you save your images with an embedded ICC profile and IF you then view them in an application that has colour management (on a calibrated screen, or the same screen you created on) then all should match well.

     

    IF you take them to a non-colour-managed application, the problems start.

     

    If you find you must take them to a non-colour-managed application - then (should you have an image in a non-sRGB colourspace)  try converting a copy of the original image to sRGB, which is a bit more universal. Save with the profile embedded always. Most display systems were close to sRGB until reasonably recently.

    Mobile devices also seem to accept sRGB well.

     

    Always embed the ICC profile when saving 

     

    Unfortunately, though, if you display those sRGB images in software without colour management on a screen with a large colour space like Adobe RGB or P3 (quite a few are like that now) then the colours will look way oversaturated. On such screens colour management is even more vital. 

     

    neil barstow - adobe forum volunteer,

    colourmanagement consultant & co-author of 'getting colour right'

    See my free articles on colour management

    Help others by clicking "Correct Answer" if the question is answered.

    Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here. "Upvote" is for useful posts

     

    kglad
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    January 2, 2025

    in the future, to find the best place to post your message, use the list here, https://community.adobe.com/

    p.s. i don't think the adobe website, and forums in particular, are easy to navigate, so don't spend a lot of time searching that forum list. do your best and we'll move the post (like this one has already been moved) if it helps you get responses.



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    D Fosse
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    January 2, 2025

    Colors don't "change".  The numbers don't change.

     

    The embedded document profile defines the numbers as colors. To do that, the profile has to be there. It sounds like maybe it isn't here. This is what c.pfaffenbichler is referring to:

     

    The working space you set in Color Settings does not matter. The embedded document profile should always override it. That's how color management is intended to work.

     

    In terms of display and how your file is represented on screen, "google drive" is irrelevant. That's just storage. The question is what application you are using to view the file, and whether it supports color management or not.

    c.pfaffenbichler
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    January 2, 2025

    Please set the Status Bar to »Document Profile« and post meaningful screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible of both the original image and the jpg.