Dragged/copy-pasted web items end up being lighter than dragged saved ones?

Question

For some reason when I drag a photo from the web (jpeg, png, etc), it ends up being lighter than an image that was saved on the computer and imported from there. I'm not sure if this was always I thing, but I've noticed it recently and it's rather annoying.

Image on the right was dragged from an internet page. Image on the left was saved to computer and dragged from there.

Brad @ Roaring Mouse · Answer

You are dealing with ICC profile mismatch.

Depending on how you've set up your PS Colour Settings on how to handle Profiles, you can very well get different results.

For instance, When you save the file, it may have a particular ICC profile attached to it which Photsohop honours when you open it if "Preserve RGB Profiles" in enabled. However, when you drag/copy/paste, the ICC profile may not necessarily come for the ride, so PS is assigning the document's current space.

If you have warnings turned off, as in my attached sample, you may not realize this is happening.

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