Image Colour Degrades

I am using Dreamweaver CS3 to build my page; when I am adding
images to my pages their colour is fine but as soon as I preview
the page or upload them the colour washes out a bit, not as vivid
as they should be. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? My
page relies on proper images as I am a glass artist, I need my
colour back! Thanks.

beekingdom wrote:
> I am using Dreamweaver CS3 to build my page; when I am
adding images to my
> pages their colour is fine but as soon as I preview the
page or upload them the
> colour washes out a bit, not as vivid as they should be.
Can anyone tell me why
> this is happening? My page relies on proper images as I
am a glass artist, I
> need my colour back! Thanks.
It's not as important as you think, because everyone looking
at your web
pages is going to see the image colors differently. Browsers
do not read
embedded color profiles.
Linda Rathgeber [PVII] *Adobe Community Expert-Fireworks*
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