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ugh i hate photoshop

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I import pics through lightroom to take care of the worst problems and then import into photoshop. After I'm done making tweaks there i export to web and convert to sRGB at the same time. After doing that, the pic looks like vomit. Colors get completely screwed up (face turns bright red) etc.

I'm tired and annoyed. Is there a way to do this and keep it looking reasonably like what it looks like in photoshop or lightroom?
post #2 of 9
Why do you import the photos into ps to do the final adjustments? I only use ps as a catalog to import photos. From there I export into Lightroom, bulk edit, then tweak individual shots as needed and from there export them to storage or upload. Works for me.
post #3 of 9

All I know is that I recently discovered the image processor and it saved me a couple hours of work resizing images, victory is mine

post #4 of 9
Are you taking the pictures in RAW mode rather than as jpegs? I've got a Canon and I find no difference when uploading to the internet... whereas I do if I've been doing some digital art in CMYK then change to RGB and vice versa. I'm not sure why this is exactly though. Kinda wierd, I'm wondering if its something to do with taking the photos in RAW?
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Originally Posted by bkstone View Post

I need to take the time to learn how to use Photoshop. I bought it 5 months ago but never made a effort to use it ..
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post #6 of 9
I've been thoroughly intimidated by Photoshop when I tried to use it - multiple times.
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Originally Posted by Simion505 View Post

Are you taking the pictures in RAW mode rather than as jpegs? I've got a Canon and I find no difference when uploading to the internet... whereas I do if I've been doing some digital art in CMYK then change to RGB and vice versa. I'm not sure why this is exactly though. Kinda wierd, I'm wondering if its something to do with taking the photos in RAW?

Yes, I shoot RAW and convert to DNG for archival and when i open in PS I save a copy in PSD and work on that. I finally figured out how to make my colors look the same whether i'm looking at them in PS, picture viewer, or a web browser thanks to the following helpful link:

http://www.viget.com/inspire/the-mysterious-save-for-web-color-shift/

The last part about unchecking convert to srgb is the most important from what I can tell. Even if i had my workspace as srgb, i was still seeing a drastic color shift, which I don't really understand, but whatever. I now have workspace/proof set to Monitor, and I uncheck that box prior to saving, and all looks good! Before that I'd have to drastically modify colors in PS, making pics look washed out and dull, or they'd look really wrong in IE.
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Originally Posted by HORNS View Post

I've been thoroughly intimidated by Photoshop when I tried to use it - multiple times.

there's great tutorials on youtube. aside from this calibration/save for web color issue, that's what i've been using, one task at a time.
post #9 of 9
Photoshop has its own raw photo management. You don't need light room to do it.

The way to do it is right lick the raw image then select photoshop.

Also make sure the quality of the image is at 12 for the best.
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