https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/problem-with-color-saturation-and-photo-uploading Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sat, 04 Apr 2026 04:45:12 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/problem-with-color-saturation-and-photo-uploading#post-892473 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:50:42 +0000 Diana 892473@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ trying with a different photo.&nbsp; I don't think this one has been edited at all in iphoto, although it is from the iphoto library.&nbsp; <br /><br />#1 is screenshot, #2 is direct upload.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/problem-with-color-saturation-and-photo-uploading#post-892469 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:44:16 +0000 Diana 892469@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hmm, OK, I am not crazy then.&nbsp; I think the difference is more pronounced on my home laptop (2007 macbook pro, not unibody) because it has a different (older, matte) screen.&nbsp; The newer one is a unibody w/ glossy screen and the difference is much less pronounced on this screen or on the ipad.<br /><br />Here's the screenshot from preview.<br /><br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/problem-with-color-saturation-and-photo-uploading#post-892461 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:39:42 +0000 Greg 892461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ The screenshot of iPhoto (#2 in the first post) looks more saturated than every other photo you uploaded here. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/problem-with-color-saturation-and-photo-uploading#post-892459 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:38:01 +0000 Greg 892459@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ What *might* explain this is that iPhoto (at least, the version at home)&nbsp;has some color related information stored separately from the photo file itself. So when you upload a photo from the file&nbsp;it doesn't take that info&nbsp;into account.&nbsp;<br /><br />Of course, when you take a screenshot the info is included. That would explain the difference you are seeing. https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/problem-with-color-saturation-and-photo-uploading#post-892457 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:33:51 +0000 Diana 892457@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ OK, now i am <i>really </i>confused.&nbsp; Because I am looking at my original post and all the photos look exactly the same now.&nbsp; So now I'm thinking this might be a problem with my home computer somehow?&nbsp; <br /><br />Do the photos in the first post look at all different in terms of intensity to you?&nbsp; <br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/problem-with-color-saturation-and-photo-uploading#post-892456 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:32:12 +0000 Diana 892456@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ trying from safari...also looks OK. &nbsp;I wonder if it has something to do with my home laptop which is running an older version of iphoto (everything else, system and firefox, is the same)? &nbsp; https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/problem-with-color-saturation-and-photo-uploading#post-892455 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:28:43 +0000 Diana 892455@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Greg, #2 is a screenshot from iphoto.&nbsp; The saturation stays fine in the screenshot.&nbsp; I just cropped out my personal file names and stuff at the left.&nbsp; That version of iphoto is older, the one I have on this computer at work is newer so I will check that in a moment too.&nbsp; <br /><br />Am on firefox right now, will check in safari in a moment.<br /><br />ETA: This is weird, it's ok on this computer.<br /><br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/problem-with-color-saturation-and-photo-uploading#post-892447 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:12:21 +0000 Greg 892447@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Thanks Diana. This is very interesting and I will look into it. If you have a moment, would you check whether the same thing happens in all browsers?<br /><br />One other experiment that might be interesting is to take a screenshot of the photo in iphoto (i.e. a screenshot of the more saturated version) and see what that looks like when it is uploaded.<br /><br />Also: how does the photo look in Preview?<br /><br />BTW, I have found a related issue that I will probably obsess over at some point. If you load YLF and look very carefully you will notice that the color temperature&nbsp;of the&nbsp;background textures (like the cream leather texture here in the forum)&nbsp;are ever so slightly different on different browsers. I think it has to do with the way the browsers implement color profiles.<br /> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/problem-with-color-saturation-and-photo-uploading#post-892403 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:02:45 +0000 Diana 892403@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hi Greg, <br /><br />I've noticed a weird issue with photo uploads and color saturation recently.&nbsp; When I upload my file (jpg, from iphoto) it always shows up lighter/less saturated than the original file on my computer.&nbsp; <br /><br />See the visuals below:<br />#1 is the screenshot of image in my actual post, after I uploaded it.<br />#2 is the screenshot of my photo in iphoto, on my computer.&nbsp; It's much more saturated.<br />#3 is what happens if I upload the photo (from #2) to this post. (less saturated)<br /><br />Oddly, uploading the <i>screenshots</i> doesn't change their intensity.&nbsp; It only appears to happen w/ my photos.<br />