Exports too light / faded

Hello, when exporting to a folder ready to upload to Flickr the images exported are very noticeably lighter and washed out/faded. Oddly the thumbnail looks like the image in aperture but the exported image itself is washed out. Any ideas why the images might be coming out like this?
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

hello, gingerjasper
quote: "images exported are very noticeably lighter and washed out/faded. Oddly the thumbnail looks like the image in aperture but the exported image itself is washed out. Any ideas why the images might be coming out like this?"
when you export using the Preset Web Export select the thumbnail quality as well as the jpeg qualty, 2 settings. sounds like maybe the Web Detail — JPEG could be upped a little to a higher quality.
victor

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