Chris,
Yes, that's pretty much correct about the browsers and sRGB. I pull the
capture image into AdobeRGB when it opens, as that's my working space
(forgot to mention that step). Left in AdobeRGB, the browsers will flatten
out and desaturate the color. Such at least is the behavior in the PC
world. I'd be curious if it is similar on a Mac, if you care to experiment.
My curves adjustments are extremely simple, and there are mainly two of
them (almost never used together -- one or the other is usually
enough). Assuming levels have already been corrected (white and black
points only), in curves I will sometimes grab the line right in the middle
at around 128 and drag it down to about 115. This often improves the
"body" of the color palette, and it's very subtle and, I think, not
damaging. The other adjustment is for contrast: click the very middle of
the line to anchor it, and then grab the middle of the lower segment and
pull down a little and watch to see if contrast improves.
I will soon have access to an old G4 Powerbook at work, so I expect to be
ambidextrous in the future with any luck.
Joel W.
At 06:00 AM 10/31/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi Joel
>
>No, the colours look fine; but I was interested in your processes. I
>normally leave curves alone as I am almost bound to bugger up decent
>pictures!
>
>A couple of other points: I don't think that PS does anything but offer
>you advice about format when you Save for the Web; and why change to
>sRGB? Is it because you reckon that most viewers will have that set up
>on their monitors?
>
>Thanks
>
>Chris
>
>On 31 Oct 2004, at 1:07, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>
> > Chris,
> > Sorry to nudge a bruise. I was very impressed jp2000 when I played
> > with it
> > once, but I do recall a lot of overhead to the process.
> >
> > I've been thinking more about your original question on postprocessing
> > of
> > the image (which is here: http://soli.inav.net/~jdub/day/day27.html).
> > I
> > started to wonder why you asked, and then wondered if the colors are
> > screwy
> > on your machine, and then realized my standard processing, while
> > standard
> > for me, is a bit more than just cropping. So let me itemize my post
> > routine:
> >
> > 1) Set levels (this might have required setting the black point only)
> > 2) Mess with curves (this one didn't require any messing)
> > 3) Resize to c.400x600 pixels @72 dpi
> > 4) "Save for web" in PS at about 50KB
> > 5) Open file, change profile to sRGB, and re-save
> >
> > The last step makes the colors more garish on the web version in
> > Photoshop. In the various browsers it makes a better match to the
> > original
> > capture in PS (on my machine).
> >
> > Joel W.
> >
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