Photoshop/iPhone Color Settings

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Photoshop/iPhone Color Settings

I'm working on an application in which I'm having to design the entire user interface and graphics. A major problem I'm having is getting the color settings to save/export correctly. They should appear the same on the iPhone/iPod Touch as the do in Photoshop (or at least as close as possible). The colors in photoshop are much more rich and inviting, while all of the exported .png images seem to be dull and brightened.

Here are the color settings I have set for the photoshop document:

http://files.getdropbox.com/u/661006/psiphone_colorsettings.png

After having done a few hours of research I think these are the correct settings I should be designing the images in, please correct me if I'm wrong. However, when I save them images there still is no real visible difference. This leads me into thinking that I may be saving the images incorrectly.

If anyone has any information which could help me out it would be VERY much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Kind Regards,

Richard

iPhone 3G, iPhone OS 3.0

Posted on Jul 31, 2009 9:49 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 31, 2009 9:54 AM in response to richanomix

Nobody can profile these devices reliably as none of them were ever made with consistent or accurate color in mind. That means you're not going to be able to soft proof reliably, either.

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K T

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Jul 31, 2009 10:55 AM in response to richanomix

Hello, richanomix & welcome to the forum

You won't to be able to decently soft-proof given the relative color inconsistencies and inaccuracies involved - in the end, a limited palette is in control. Welcome to mobile platforms - what you see is what you get, sorry.

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Answer 3

Aug 1, 2009 3:34 AM in response to richanomix

Hello,

I got it to work pretty well for our game, "Great Leaping Lambrettinis". However, it was some try & error thing and i still can't tell you exactly what I did...
Here are my guesses: The iPhone will not use the profile stored in the image, it will just show the pixels ar they are in the image file. So you can't to use Photoshops "Assign Profile..." method, because this will not recompute the pixels color values and the iPhone will show the same colors, no matter what profile you use (assign some extreme profile, like Arriflex D-20 to see what I mean). Try to use "Convert to Profile..." then do "Assign Profile" -> "Don't Color Manage this Document". What you see in Photoshop should match what you see on the iPhone pretty well. I use the same Color Settings as you do, using "Monitor RGB" shows the colors brighter than they will be on the iPhone, that sRGB profile works better. Also make sure that your monitor calibration is OK (System Preferences -> Display -> Color)

Regards and good luck,
Sebastian Mecklenburg

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