Has this ever happened to anyone?

[neuroanatomist]

Odd! All my pics uploaded to Flickr match the originals.


Browser matters, too. Previously color space and ICC profile didn't matter much for web display since most browsers ignored the tags and just used sRGB as the color space. However, some current browsers (e.g. Apple's Safari 5) respect the embedded ICC profile and adjust the color to match your display, the idea being to represent the 'true' color (which really only works if you're also using a calibrated monitor). ClickHEREfor an example of the effect of embedding a profile (if the image on the left changes as you mouse-over it, you havelearned that your browser ignores the profile;clicking changes the gamma to match Apple's default 1.8 vs. Windows default 2.2).

how do I see what color profile was used?

On the photo in Flickr, click Actions > View EXIF info - that will show the color space. How you check the original file depends on your OS and software (Mac OS X displays that info in Finder > Get Info).

[elmo_2006]

This is very interesting indeed.


My panel was originally set to DELL profile, whereas Adobe Lightroom 3.4 was set to use AdobeRGB. However I now notice that the images posted to flikr are as per the OP's query whereby the images have a different output when comparing the two (flikr vs local).


I now have set up my panel and Adobe Lightroom to use the following profile:


sRGB - CalibratedDisplayProfile-1.icc


Try matching your display and whatever your photo editing application you use to the same profile - i.e. sRGB.


Edit:





<s>Now my posted image to flikr matches exactly to the output as displayed on the panel but the colorspace is still displaying *uncalibrated*.</s>


<s>I went as far as using sRGB for both the panel and Lightroom with the same output provided by Flike Exif Data for colorspace as *uncalibrated*.</s>



<s>I'm wondering if Internet Exploder 9 is ignoring the profile?!?!</s>


<s>Flikr may be handling/translating the EXIF data differently when exporting from Lightroom</s>.

[Baker]

I finally got it to work. This time instead of uploading the pictures directly from flickr, I used lightroom 3 to upload them to my photostream and it worked just fine.


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[tkerr]

I finally got it to work. This time instead of uploading the pictures directly from flickr, I used lightroom 3 to upload them to my photostream and it worked just fine.


I'm using CS5 and LR3


Browser = Google Chrome

Google Chrome is not a Color Managed Web Browser.


http://www.gballard.net/psd/go_live_page_profile/embeddedJPEGprofiles.html


When you export from LR3 make sure you select sRGB in the Files Setting / Color Space


In Photoshop CS5 under Edit / Color Settings set your Working Space as sRGB
In Adobe Camera Raw in Work Flow Options Set the Color Space to sRGB. (Work Flow Options = Link at the bottom of the Adobe Camera Raw Window)


Or if you use a wider gamut color space, I.e. Adobe RGB or ProPhoto RGB, Enable the Gamut Warning (Shift+Ctrl+Y) (or View / Gamut Warning). And then when save to Jpeg, you can use "Save for Web and Devices, select Embed Color Profile, and/or convert to sRGB..


The problem with editing in LR3 is that you do not have the option for Soft Proofing. In Photoshop you do have that option, and will be able to get a much better idea of how an image will look on your monitor and when printed or using a different color profile. (View / Proof Set up). You should also enable the gamut warning while editing in a higher gamut color space..
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/soft-proofing.shtml