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Anonymous
Someone here should know:

Why do photographs always look darker in Photo and Fax Viewer, Firefox, and other display programs than in Photoshop and other editing programs?

And is there a way to configure Photoshop so that this effect won't be there?

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>> Anonymous
Color profiles, set photoshop / your monitor (control panel, display, settings, advanced, color management) to use sRGB

There are other color spaces out there, there's a lot of people who swear by AdobeRGB, but you need to remember: UNLESS EVERY DEVICE / PROGRAM IN YOUR EDITING CHAIN IS USING AdobeRGB, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG!
>> Anonymous
editing, AND printing. walmart isnt gonna be using a color managed setup when you drop off that cd for 1 hour prints.
>> Anonymous
>>50625
I know about color profiles; I'm talking brightness. Images seem brighter during editing than during viewing, even though everything is set to sRGB.
>> Anonymous
I thought CMYK was the way to go, in all honesty. Most printing companies use and require CMYK
>> Jeremo !iKGMr61IHM
hmm interesting thread, i've always wondered this myself.

Hopefully someone can enlighten us.

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>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
Well.. i work for a printing company; we have 4 color heidlberg presses in the back.. we don't accept RGB, or if someone sends us something in RGB we convert it to CMYK, because the color and quality is better. So who knows?
>> Jeremo !iKGMr61IHM
hmm welli can't add CMYK as a profile since it tells me its a printer profile and not for monitors...

i went with NKSRGB which is Nikon's sRGB... i thought it made sense since i shoot with a nikon
>> Liska !!LIVFOETqL8j
>>50719

that would make sense, too. I never try to print anything from my computer, so i don't mess with a lot. hmmm. Guess we just have to continue to wait and see if there'll be an answer
>> ac
It's your gamma setting. Some programs are using one gamma, others are using another. I know how to fix this under MacOS, but not under Windows. But now I have given you the tools to JFGI yourself.
>> Anonymous
contrast.

Its because your seeing the photo with a massive white fucking thing around it. try going full screen in windows fax viewer, and you'll notice the photo will seem brighter.

Basically grey's are the best to view images on, as its not to dark and not too light. :)

btw, all the people saying its your colour settings, you're teh stupid. ;)