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February 3, 2025
Question

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
Community Expert
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

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    SSL-ADTAuthor
    Inspiring
    February 4, 2025

    Your color settings are OK, except you might want to check Ask when opening for Missing profiles.

    If you know what color space the image was created in, you can assign the profile right away.

    If you don't know what color space the image was created in, choose Leave as is and click OK.

    Then use Assign profile to find a profile that looks right. (sRGB, Adobe RGB or ProPhoto)

     

     

    "No dialog box upon opening the image file."

    "The document profile for the downloaded image is set by default to Adobe RGB"

     

    Please explain how this happens. An untagged image should open untagged unless you assign a profile in the Missing profile dialog.


    How do you know for sure it is provided untagged from the supplier?

     

    And where would I find that "Ask when opening for Missing profiles" checkbox? 

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