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Title: colour is different in FAA
Post by: grace on May 20, 2016, 03:15
hi everyone, did you guys realize that the photos that uploaded to FAA ,the colour is slightly different compare with the original 1,the original is more vibrant...
Title: Re: colour is different in FAA
Post by: Dook on May 20, 2016, 03:21
Convert to sRGB
Title: Re: colour is different in FAA
Post by: grace on May 20, 2016, 03:34
Already in sRGB..
Title: Re: colour is different in FAA
Post by: Chichikov on May 20, 2016, 10:58
Change browser…
Safari supports well the ICC profiles, and shows the colors correctly
Title: Re: colour is different in FAA
Post by: mtilghma on October 17, 2016, 11:04
Realize this is old, but not sure the solution is that simple.  I've noticed the same problem.  I also noticed that any other website I upload to, including similar print on demand websites, don't have the same issue.  I also noticed that photos I uploaded to FAA a while ago did not have that problem.  I found an old photo on FAA that looked correct to me.  Screenshotted it.  Re-uploaded the photo, with the same identical JPG that I originally uploaded, and the color changed into the duller color you mention.  At that point, I decided it was something on their end, and paid no more attention.  Unfortunate, but I'm not going to alter my photos colormaps so it looks better on their website.
Title: Re: colour is different in FAA
Post by: stockastic on October 17, 2016, 14:15
I'm on FAA and there have been numerous threads on this in their forum.  The problem is that their preview images aren't correctly tagged with a color space, i.e. sRGB or Adobe.  When browsers see an image without a color space tag, they skip color management altogether - meaning that if your system has a display profile, it's ignored.  So those of us with calibrated and/or high-gamut displays see colors that are 'off' and oversaturated.

Like many problems on FAA, it never gets fixed or even acknowledged. This one has been there for at least several months now. When people complain on the FAA forum, they get suggestions to check their display calibration or try a different browser, which only adds to the confusion.

The problem affects the web site preview images, NOT their prints.  So if you try to modify your images to make them look 'right' you're guaranteeing that the prints will be 'wrong'.