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PSD file converting colors when saving as JPEG

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August 10, 2019
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Hello everyone...I'm looking for some help with an issue that I've been trying to resolve for months now.

I use a PSD template to design some artwork in PS. I use specific hex code colors when creating this art. When I go to save it as a JPEG however....and close and reopen the file in PS...the hex codes are no longer the ones that I used when creating the art.

I've done a million different things that I've read about in support forums...and nothing seems to work!

Can anyone advise? I've checked my color settings....and switch things around based on other suggestions....but not of that fixes the issue.

Current settings for Working spaces are :

RBG: sRGB IEC61966-2.1

CMYK: US Web Coated

All color management policies are checked for Preserve Embedded Profiles.

When I save as....I always make sure the preserve embedded color profile is checked....and STILL it converts the hex code.

I read in another forum to change my RBG setting to Adobe RGB...which I did...but still....no fix.

Can anyone advise? It's making me crazy! LOL

Thanks!!

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D Fosse

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lauraf64966502 wrote
All color management policies are checked for Preserve Embedded Profiles.

You're doing this correctly. This is the single most important setting in Photoshop Color Settings, and the "preserve embedded" policy guarantees that everything is handled correctly.

As long as you have this policy, the working space doesn't really matter much. The profile embedded in the file will always override it, preserving the original intent of the file. And that's how it should be.

The only problem happens if you save out a file without a profile (untagged). Then the working space gets assigned, and if that's different than the color space the file was created in, it displays incorrectly. This doesn't happen in a normal Save As, the embed profile checkbox is always on. Unless you specifically uncheck it, it stays on.

But Save For Web and Export both strip the profile by default, and you have to manually check the box. Lots of people unwittingly fall into this trap. Why someone at Adobe thought this was a good idea I don't know. Web browsers have been color managed for many years and there's no benefit whatsoever in stripping the profile. It only causes problems.

D Fosse

Community Expert

Yes, this is what jpeg compression does. This is how a file can be compressed to 2 - 5% of original size. The jpeg algorithm compresses the color component much more aggressively than the luminance component, and colors will shift and lump together.

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lauraf64966502Author

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Thank you for the explanation....it confuses me though b/c if I'm working in Illustrator vs Photoshop and export from Illustrator out to a JPEG...it retains all the correct color codes....it's just saving from PS to JPEG I seem to have this issue. Unfortunately this particular template I use was created on a PSD file....so I'm kinda stuck with having to use PS. LOL

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You're just lucking out with Illustrator. Try other colours in Illustrator and they will shift. This is what JPEGs do, and we all have to accept it. It happens to EVERY photo you save, and you accept it (like us) because you can't see the difference.

JPEG is very unsuitable for large solid areas of colour, and things like that. It is only for photographs. That's what the "P" stands for!

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Saif, your promblem is different, please start a new message. Thanks.

iamsaifkhan

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I am using Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 to design a logo for my website but photoshop crashes again and again when I try to save the file as PNG, JPEG format.

What is the problem, please help me to resolve the problem.

Further Details

Format: PNG, JPEG

Size: 2.38 MB As PSD and 569KB As PNG

Software: Adobe Photoshop CC 2018

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Abambo

Community Expert

saifk39562301 wrote

I am using Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 to design a logo for my website but photoshop crashes again and again when I try to save the file as PNG, JPEG format.

There is nothing we can do if we do not see the PSD file (linked as attachment is not possible). And please give also information about your computer (OS, version, memory, disk spaces etc). Please give also the dot version of your Photoshop (Help->About).

What you can do however is to check disk spaces and to test if any file that you would save as JPEG/PNG would crash Photoshop.

One question I have: Can you update to the latest Photoshop version?

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

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Legend

That sounds normal and inevitable. Each channel changes by only 1. JPEG is called “lossy“ which you may have heard; this is exactly what it means. if you don’t want colour change don’t use it.

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Legend

Please give an exact change (one specific colour, old and new). Because JPEG is designed to change colours, some things are normal, and an exact match almost impossible.

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lauraf64966502Author

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So let's say I need a pantone color....hex code ED7A9E...which is Pantone Pink Carnation.....when I save it as a jpeg from PS it now becomes hex code ee7a9f....it's close...but it's not the same color and I need it to be the same.

When I use Adobe Illustrator....and save as JPEG's from there...my color codes do not change....it's only in PS....bBut this particular art work I have to create in PS as I'm using a PSD template.

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