Dull colored images in CS3

Hi everyone,
I'm working on my online portfolio and then realized once it got time for me to add the pictures that the images were dull, light, and just overall horrible looking. I've looked at a bunch of forum posts, most of which didn't actually reveal a solution just a statement that flash didn't support color profiles or something to that effect. I did notice that all these posts were from sometime between 2005-2007 so there must be some kind of solution out there by now that I'm just not aware of.
So I've tried exporting from photoshop as a jpeg and a png both through "save as" and "save for web devices". I've tried changing the color settings to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and set RGB to "convert to working RGB". I've tried turning off the assigned profiles in photoshop. I've tried dragging the picture from photoshop or illustrator directly into Flash. I've tried changing the jpeg quality in "publish settings" to 100% in Flash. I've tried right clicking on the image in the library and changing its settings. I've tried adding script like "stage.colorCorrection...." into my file.
Nothing has worked and I am at a loss. I haven't found any other solutions in all the threads that I've read to try. I really don't know how I'm going to continue on with my site if I can't get my images to show up right. I refuse to put bad quality images to represent my work. Please help =(. I'll try anything at this point.
-Discouraged

One more trick you could try; in Flash, go to:
Modify>Bitmap>Trace Bitmap:
Color threshold = 100    
Minimum Area = 1 pixels    
Curve fit = Pixels
Corner threshold = Normal
That will convert your bitmap data to vector data, which tends to be a bit more friendly inside of Flash, and much more lightweight when exported. However, depending upon how big your bitmap/jpeg/png is, the process time for tracing the bitmap may be time consuming. Make sure you save your work before starting the Trace Bitmap process, I've had Flash crap out on me before when tracing bitmaps.

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