Web Color vs My Mac in Photshop

I have been having a problem with the color changing from
vibrant colors to dull unsaturated colors when they display on the
web. I usually save pics for the web using sRGB 98 jpgs. I have
posted on my own site and lots of other sites and most of the time
(not always) the color diminishes greatly web the pics show up on
the web. However I posted my pics on Facebook and was surprised to
see this didn't happen. I guess they have a program that
automatically uses the right color space or something because the
pics look just like they do in PS. Please help me figure out what I
need to do to maintain the best color for the web. TIA Jim

be sure that your monitor color controls are setup correctly.
Use a gamma
setting tool.
On the PC I use QuickGamma and QuickMonitorProfile both free.
for a MAC I would recommend Gamma Control
http://michelf.com/projects/gamma-control/
also free.
Jeff
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>I have been having a problem with the color changing from
vibrant colors to
> dull unsaturated colors when they display on the web. I
usually save pics
> for
> the web using sRGB 98 jpgs. I have posted on my own site
and lots of other
> sites and most of the time (not always) the color
diminishes greatly web
> the
> pics show up on the web. However I posted my pics on
Facebook and was
> surprised
> to see this didn't happen. I guess they have a program
that automatically
> uses
> the right color space or something because the pics look
just like they do
> in
> PS. Please help me figure out what I need to do to
maintain the best color
> for
> the web. TIA Jim
>

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http://jimpix.co.uk/images/Picture 2.png
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http://jimpix.co.uk/images/Picture 3.png
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>> I'm working in Freehand 11 and I would like to add a
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>> to my
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