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P: Inconsistent JPEG quality with 1-7 slider in Export As

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February 20, 2022
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Today I update Photoshop to the latest (23.2) and now the Export As dialog does a miserable job on export quality. Even at the highest setting of 7, the pictures saved to web as JPG are _signiciantly_ bad. Just a day before—before I updated—the quality was no problem and the norm of what I had expected for the last few years.

Now, it’s so bad I have to figure out a workaround. This is not good with a week of critical photo work to bang out.

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fuzencoAuthor

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For crying out loud.

My original post from 2018 and at that time I'd learned to live with it for more than 3-4 years:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/quick-export-with-color-profile/m-p/9616077#M141906

TheDigitalDog

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That’s a bug too, it should embed sRGB.

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"

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fuzencoAuthor

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Beautiful! As I suspected. Thanks for confirming I wasn't going crazy.

Lastly—I know you’re respected in the field…I remember reading your book—can you get Adobe to finally include “Embed sRGB” in the Photoshop > Preferences > Export (Quick Export) settings?! For years I’ve been clamoring for it. It’s already in the Save As dialog box but having it in Quick Export (as an option) would mean I could finally use Quick Export. The only reason I haven't (and can’t) these past few years is because there's no option to embed the profile. And from my understanding, browsers that see the sRGB embeded profile will respect it. The ones that don’t will assume what they want and so be it.

TheDigitalDog

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One thing I‘m noticing in the legacy setting is that having Convert to sRGB checked _doesn't_ change the preview window to reflect an sRGB space.
By @fuzenco

Correct. It is a bug, I've reported it to Adobe. IOW, the 'soft proof' isn't working but still check it, the image will get converted correctly to sRGB. Keep the check box on as if off, the soft proof is even farther off! And of course, you want the conversion to sRGB.

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"

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fuzencoAuthor

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One thing I‘m noticing in the legacy setting is that having Convert to sRGB checked _doesn't_ change the preview window to reflect an sRGB space. I’m certain in the previous Save As dialog box that having that checked did indeed make the picture appear as if it was converted to sRGB and not whatever color profile the picture was being edited in.

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fuzencoAuthor

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There has to be a combination of things that the new export is handling too aggresively. Quality settings at 7 isn't sufficient or 7 is now treating it much lower than the previous Good or Excellent settings. “Great” from what I remember was the highest setting.

Again thanks.