Skip to main content
A
angeloa76
Known Participant
October 27, 2018
Question

Pics have a slight purple haze when uploaded to print

  • October 27, 2018
  • 9 replies
  • 1046 views

Ever since I've used the new Lightroom the past couple of years to edit pics, any pic I try to print through printing sites like Mpix, canvaspeople, or Wal-Mart, winds up having a slight purple haze over the pic.  If it's a regular JPEG pic that has not been edited, it's fine.  Even an edited JPEG pic though has the haze.  I mostly shoot RAW and begin editing from there using both Lr and Ps.  Am I missing a step after changing exposure, clarity, and color?

    This topic has been closed for replies.

    9 replies

    A
    angeloa76Author
    Known Participant
    November 19, 2018

    Converting to Profile worked.  Thanks for the help guys.  This has been aggravating me for quite some time.

    Angelo

    A
    angeloa76Author
    Known Participant
    October 30, 2018

    Yes, if the pics are printed, they turn out the with the haze.

    I'll try convert next time. 

    Thanks for the input guys.

    A
    angeloa76Author
    Known Participant
    October 28, 2018

    J
    Community Expert
    Jao vdLCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 29, 2018

    Do the prints come out purple or like you see in Lightroom. Note that many

    browsers on windows including the built in one are not correctly color

    managed and will never show you the right color even if you calibrate.

    A
    angeloa76Author
    Known Participant
    October 28, 2018

    The above pic is what it looks like on Wal Mart's page.  I'm having to resize the original to post it here for comparison

    A
    angeloa76Author
    Known Participant
    October 28, 2018

    J
    Community Expert
    Jao vdLCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 28, 2018

    Using those service you have to make sure you send the images in sRGB (set the export in Lightroom to sRGB) and that your display is calibrated using a hardware calibrator. In this case my guess is that the last step hasn't been done and that you are inducing the purple haze by editing on an uncalibrated display.

    A
    angeloa76Author
    Known Participant
    October 28, 2018

    How do I calibrate then?

    A
    angeloa76Author
    Known Participant
    October 27, 2018

    Still doing it, even after editing a photo from scratch, changing the sRGB in editing and uploading to Wal-Mart. 

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 28, 2018

      wrote

    Still doing it, even after editing a photo from scratch, changing the sRGB in editing and uploading to Wal-Mart. 

    What do you mean with "changing the sRGB in editing"?

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    A
    angeloa76Author
    Known Participant
    October 28, 2018

    In Photoshop I went into the Assign Profile tab and changed it to sRGB before saving it as JPEG.  Also, my camera was set to sRGB already too.

    A
    angeloa76Author
    Known Participant
    October 27, 2018

    Thanks,

    I'll check on that in my pics

    Angelo

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 27, 2018

    Most likely you send them a file which is not in sRGB. These consumer online print services assume that anything you send to them is sRGB, and they don't check if that is really true.

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
    Terms & ConditionsAccessibility statement
    Using the community Terms of use Privacy Cookie preferences Do not sell or share my personal information ad choicesAdChoices