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James Godman

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« Reply #20 on: December 07, 2009, 03:35:21 pm »

Since you are going for images that are suitable for web viewing, you might try "save for web and devices" in Photoshop.  This is what I use.  Take your 8-bit PSD, convert it to sRGB, re-size to your site specs, add adjustment layers to boost the contrast and saturation, and then do a "save for web and devices."  Adjust quality to compress the image so your site is fast.  The point of the preview window is to replicate what the image will look like in a web browser.

Hope this helps.
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« Reply #21 on: December 07, 2009, 03:36:24 pm »

That should be right - but I'm not a Q-Image user, so I'll defer to Q-Image users on that aspect.
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« Reply #22 on: December 08, 2009, 09:23:06 pm »

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If you are using QImage,  I believe that you can print directly from your 16 bit PSD file.  I do know that QImage will print from 16 bit layered TIFFs (which is what I do, using Win XP, Epson 2400 printer).  I believe that QImage converts the file to 8 bit on the fly for printing.

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« Reply #23 on: December 08, 2009, 09:30:04 pm »

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Since you are going for images that are suitable for web viewing, you might try "save for web and devices" in Photoshop.  This is what I use.  Take your 8-bit PSD, convert it to sRGB, re-size to your site specs, add adjustment layers to boost the contrast and saturation, and then do a "save for web and devices."  Adjust quality to compress the image so your site is fast.  The point of the preview window is to replicate what the image will look like in a web browser.

Hope this helps.


I used the Save for Web feature in the past, but didn’t do some of the additional steps you noted. The quality reduction I experienced due to Save for Web lead me to see if there is a way to minimize the changes that need to be made. But I will definitely try the steps you mentioned. I haven’t tried converting to sRGB before.

Thanks!
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« Reply #24 on: December 09, 2009, 03:39:34 pm »

Hi Justan-

Yep, that's the point.  Your photo will probably look awful in photoshop after you have added contrast and saturation, but then look good when you click save for the web.  If you want to test it, just open the saved file in a few different web browsers to see how it looks.
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