Photoshop Help Needed - Aquarium Advice

Hara · 12-02-2005, 04:04 PM

Ok, I am pulling my hair out. I am trying to change the colors on some icons for a website. I have the color hex codes, I can even get the proper color into the swatches and as foreground/background choices. The problem occurs when I go to apply the new color. It will indeed change, but the color is never exact, it is always darker than the color I want. What the heck am I doing wrong?

reefrunner69 · 12-02-2005, 04:28 PM

Make sure your working on a 16 million color image. Lots (if not most) buttons for web pages are .gif which has a max of 256 colors, the specific color you chose is most likely not one of those colors.

Open the image in PS.
Go to Image>mode>RGB color

Then you should be good to go.

You might also consider uploading one of the buttons as you may have your working space in PS set to a different profile than can be reproduced on the web.

Hara · 12-03-2005, 08:24 PM

Thank you!!!! If you were here I would hug ya!

12-02-2005, 04:04 PM	#1
Hara Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 6,867 Images: 33	Photoshop Help Needed Ok, I am pulling my hair out. I am trying to change the colors on some icons for a website. I have the color hex codes, I can even get the proper color into the swatches and as foreground/background choices. The problem occurs when I go to apply the new color. It will indeed change, but the color is never exact, it is always darker than the color I want. What the heck am I doing wrong? __________________ ~~~~~Hara~~~~~~ View My Tanks Visit FantasyReef.com's Databases!

12-02-2005, 04:28 PM	#2
reefrunner69 Aquarium Advice Freak Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cedar Key, FL Posts: 311 Images: 109	Make sure your working on a 16 million color image. Lots (if not most) buttons for web pages are .gif which has a max of 256 colors, the specific color you chose is most likely not one of those colors. Open the image in PS. Go to Image>mode>RGB color Then you should be good to go. You might also consider uploading one of the buttons as you may have your working space in PS set to a different profile than can be reproduced on the web. __________________ Kevin Visit Nature Coast Photography Join the Central Florida Aquarists Regional forum or the Southeastern States Aquarists Regional Forum or the N. FL (North Florida Hobbyists) Regional Forum!

12-03-2005, 08:24 PM	#3
Hara Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 6,867 Images: 33	Thank you!!!! If you were here I would hug ya! __________________ ~~~~~Hara~~~~~~ View My Tanks Visit FantasyReef.com's Databases!

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