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December 11, 2018
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HELP! PHOTOS DESATURATED WHEN SAVED!

  • December 11, 2018
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I generally begin my editing in LR, then finish in PS before doing a final save as a JPEG. Note: I shoot in RAW and always save as a TIFF file up until I send to a client. Everything in LR and PS look great, and so do my TIFF files, however, my JPEGS are super desaturated for some reason! I had this problem once a few years ago when an update changed my color spaces and I didn't realize it, but everything appears to match this time so I am not sure what the deal is. Does anyone have any advice?? I am soooo frustrated and cannot figure this out for the life of me!

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    D Fosse
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    December 11, 2018

    Always convert to sRGB for use outside Photoshop/Lightroom.

    It's not the saving - it's what application you are viewing the file in. Anything other than sRGB needs full color management.

    (This is simplified, but just to get you started in the right direction)

    Derek Cross
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    December 11, 2018

    If your final save is JPG why are you bothering with TIFF.

    (By the way, always keep your layered original PSD file whatever the final output.)