Web colors

RockyRR · 01-22-2003, 04:22 AM

I'm trying to use Photoshop to develop web site graphics and I just can't seem to get the colors on the web to look as good as they did when I created the graphic in Photoshop. I checked the web colors box, but I must be missing something.

Gudance would be welcome!

Thanks,
Rocky

deker · 01-22-2003, 05:02 AM

When you check the web colors box it will limit the colors used in the image to "web safe" colors. Which is a collection of like 215 or so colors that are more or less guaranteed to look the same on all computers whether they be windows 95, xp, MacOSX, Unix, Linux... etc. If you don't use web safe colors there may be small differences in the way colors are rendered on different platforms.

I never use web safe colors though, because most computers are close enough these days and most of the web safe colors are really ugly colors to begin with. Just uncheck the web safe colors box and don't worry about it.

Remember to use save for web though, so you can compress the images and not make them download so long. Use JPEG for photos, and GIFs for text, illustrations, logos, etc.

RockyRR · 01-22-2003, 12:48 PM

Deker, thanks!

01-22-2003, 04:22 AM	#1
RockyRR team newbie Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Prince Frederick, MD Posts: 2	Web colors I'm trying to use Photoshop to develop web site graphics and I just can't seem to get the colors on the web to look as good as they did when I created the graphic in Photoshop. I checked the web colors box, but I must be missing something. Gudance would be welcome! Thanks, Rocky

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01-22-2003, 05:02 AM	#2
deker Banned Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Goodlettsville, TN Posts: 6,688	When you check the web colors box it will limit the colors used in the image to "web safe" colors. Which is a collection of like 215 or so colors that are more or less guaranteed to look the same on all computers whether they be windows 95, xp, MacOSX, Unix, Linux... etc. If you don't use web safe colors there may be small differences in the way colors are rendered on different platforms. I never use web safe colors though, because most computers are close enough these days and most of the web safe colors are really ugly colors to begin with. Just uncheck the web safe colors box and don't worry about it. Remember to use save for web though, so you can compress the images and not make them download so long. Use JPEG for photos, and GIFs for text, illustrations, logos, etc.

01-22-2003, 12:48 PM	#3
RockyRR team newbie Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Prince Frederick, MD Posts: 2	Deker, thanks!