How do I get rGB colorspace after optimizing for web ("File/Save for web ...")

RovingEyePhotoRovingEyePhoto Registered Users Posts: 314 Major grins
edited June 16, 2008 in Finishing School
Trying again for an answer to a strange result in CS3. When I optimize for the web (reduce size and click "File/Save for web and other devices"), I get a file that shows no "Color profile" head in Bridge metadata. When I re-open in PS, I'm am asked to assign a profile, but when I again "Save for web ...", the metadata again shows no assigned profile. I'm assuming results are in sRGB colorspace since it's my understanding that this is the gamut best suited for screen display, but have no way of knowing this. Can someone explain what's happening here? Obviously I'm missing something. Many thanks for your time.
See my work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/26525400@N04/sets/. Policy is to initially upload 10-20 images from each shoot, then a few from various of the in-process shoots each time I log on, until a shoot is completely uploaded.

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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2008
    save for the web strips all metadata content from the image to help make it a smaller file over all......I believe ...............if you want to see any metadata you will have to use "save as" instead of "save for the web"..........since your saving for the web it should be in srgb (i think) since that is the webs and your monitors color space................
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  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2008
    Yes, use only sRGB for web. When using Save for web in PSCS, it asumes you want sRGB and that is what you get, though as Art say, it does not tag the file as sRGB to save file size and because when untagged browsers will assume the file is sRGB anyhow.

    FOr a whole write up un sRGB and the web see Jeffrey Friedl's Blog on Color etc at http://regex.info/blog/photo-tech/color-spaces-page1/.


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  • RovingEyePhotoRovingEyePhoto Registered Users Posts: 314 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2008
    Art Scott wrote:
    save for the web strips all metadata content from the image to help make it a smaller file over all......I believe ...............if you want to see any metadata you will have to use "save as" instead of "save for the web"..........since your saving for the web it should be in srgb (i think) since that is the webs and your monitors color space................
    Many thands. That's what I figured, just didn't understand the stripping of the metadata. Makes sense.
    See my work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/26525400@N04/sets/. Policy is to initially upload 10-20 images from each shoot, then a few from various of the in-process shoots each time I log on, until a shoot is completely uploaded.
  • RovingEyePhotoRovingEyePhoto Registered Users Posts: 314 Major grins
    edited June 14, 2008
    DonRicklin wrote:
    Yes, use only sRGB for web. When using Save for web in PSCS, it asumes you want sRGB and that is what you get, though as Art say, it does not tag the file as sRGB to save file size and because when untagged browsers will assume the file is sRGB anyhow.

    FOr a whole write up un sRGB and the web see Jeffrey Friedl's Blog on Color etc at http://regex.info/blog/photo-tech/color-spaces-page1/.


    Don
    Thanks. Got it. Thick head, but good spirit.
    See my work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/26525400@N04/sets/. Policy is to initially upload 10-20 images from each shoot, then a few from various of the in-process shoots each time I log on, until a shoot is completely uploaded.
  • Budley007Budley007 Registered Users Posts: 7 Beginner grinner
    edited June 14, 2008
    If you want to continue using "Save for Web & Devices", then check the box "ICC Profile" before hitting the Save button. Photoshop CS3 will assign the file with the default sRGB color space.
  • SloYerRollSloYerRoll Registered Users Posts: 2,788 Major grins
    edited June 16, 2008
    Budley007 wrote:
    If you want to continue using "Save for Web & Devices", then check the box "ICC Profile" before hitting the Save button. Photoshop CS3 will assign the file with the default sRGB color space.
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