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January 16, 2025
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i have a different color after rendering than in the editor

  • January 16, 2025
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i have posted the pictures in the attachment can someone please help me

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NB, colourmanagement
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January 17, 2025

@Thony27418167b998 so - you edit in Photoshop? correct?

you save the file (using 'save as'?) with an embedded ICC profile which seems to be AdobeRGB - correct?

Now you view the file you saved and it looks different to the same file still in Photoshop. 

 

How are you viewing the saved file?

NOT in Photoshop I presume?

 

Please answer this question and we'll try help further.

 

I hope this helps

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January 17, 2025

yes i use save as and with embedded ICC profile and view in windows photo viewer

NB, colourmanagement
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January 17, 2025

@Thony27418167b998 Depending on the version of your Windows Photo Viewer, it may not be colour-managed. 

Try viewing the saved file back in Photoshop.

All ok? Matches the original?

If so that would suggest a colour management issue.

 

Try this convert a copy of your image to sRGB now save that

Try viewing that file in the Win Photo Viewer.

 

please report back

 

I hope this helps

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davescm
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January 17, 2025

There are a couple of things that could be happening here.
1. There is a lot of noise and grain in the area that is changing colour. Unless your image is flattened, i.e. has no layers, then the only true view is 100%. That maps a single image pixel onto a single screen pixel and shows the true effect of the blended layers. In most images the difference is not noticeable but on fine noise or grain the difference can be huge. This is , when zoomed out, the individual pixels are not blended but a grouped first then blended. The true view is the 100% zoom view.
Try that first as it is the most likely explanation in this image.

2. Colour profiles may affect it, I notice you exported using Adobe RGB. I don't know if that matched your document and was intentional (your screenshot had no profile).

 

But, try 1. above first, it is the most likely explanation and is not a bug or fault. It is just the way previews are made for speed of display. Always check the blend at 100% zoom as that is the true view that will match a flattened or exported image.

Dave

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January 17, 2025

how i fix that 

 

davescm
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January 17, 2025

How do you fix what? If the problem is as described under 1. above then there is nothing to fix. The preview that you are seeing when zoomed out is inaccurate due to the fine noise and grain and the way Photoshop previews are blended when zoomed out. Such images should always be checked at 100% zoom which is the accurate blend.

Dave

J E L
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January 16, 2025

Hi @Thony27418167b998, you will need to give us more information. You attached a JPG and a PNG screenshot. What do you mean by “the editor” rendering? Do you mean in Photoshop on your monitor, the color is different from seeing the photo in a browser or other photo app? I can see the difference when placed side-by-side, but how did the difference come about? Which is the original? Did you create the JPG from scratch and then export as a PNG?

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January 17, 2025

hey thanks for your answer, on the right is the original and on the left is the one after the export. i have done everything as usual and in the export view it is suddenly gray and i don't know why if you want i will send you a complete picture, i have already been in the color manager and have set everything as it was explained in another community chat.

NB, colourmanagement
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January 17, 2025

@Thony27418167b998 "i have already been in the color manager"

What do you mean by the "color manager" (in Windows I guess?)

 

How about in Photoshop's 'color settings'?

Please add a screenshot of those settings to this chat.

AND be aware that those 'color settings' are defaults so essentially only apply to newly created files.

 

I hope this helps

neil barstow - adobe forum volunteer,

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

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