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February 3, 2025
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Image layer too dulled

  • February 3, 2025
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I am creating an ad for Facebook, and one of the images (touchscreen alarm panel) in it is too dulled despite being from a high resolution image from the manafacturer.  See the attachment below.

 

How can I make that dulled layer pop (make it alive)?

 

 

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Per Berntsen
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Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
Community Expert
February 3, 2025

My guess is that the image you received from the manufacturer was created in the ProPhoto color space without the profile embedded, or you exported it without checking Convert to sRGB and Embed profile.

Web browsers will assign the sRGB profile to images with no embedded profile (untagged).

If the image was created in ProPhoto (or Adobe RGB), it will display with wrong colors because sRGB is the wrong profile.

When exporting, always check Convert to sRGB and Embed profile.

 

I opened your screenshot in Photoshop, and it had Adobe RGB embedded. probably because you use Adobe RGB as a monitor profile.

I assigned the ProPhoto profile, which changed the appearance to this:

 

 

 

In the future, please do not attach images, use the Insert Photos button in the toolbar to embed them in your posts.

 

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    SSL-ADTAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 3, 2025

    Hi Per,

     

    Well my ad uses RGB color mode at 8 bits. The image I downloaded from the manufacturer shows as RBG too when I open it with Photoshop. Not sure why are you talking about exporting. Find the downloaded file in the attachment.

     

     

     

    -Ron

    Per Berntsen
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    Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 4, 2025

    The document profile for the downloaded image is set by default to Adobe RGB (1998) (8bpc). Is that good?


    The correct profile is the one that makes the image look right, it might be Adobe RGB in this case.

    It's not clear to me exactly what happens when you open the image. Do you get a dialog about missing profile?

    Also, please post a screenshot of your color settings (Edit > Color settings)

    Please do NOT attach the screenshot, use the Insert Photos button as I described earlier.

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