Why does Instagram Change the Color of My Picture?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2025
- Does transferring images from your computer or laptop to your phone change its color. Do the colors of your images or photos change while you upload them to Instagram? Sometimes, photos from your camera seem to lose their colors when transferred from one device to another. Colors go totally off and we go crazy adjusting the values to suit the device's configurations. In this video, we are going to learn not only what causes this problem but also how to solve it so that every time you upload images online, your colors are spot on correct and accurate.
We as photographers are super picky about colors, and when they seem off, we get terribly affected. This problem usually occurs when we transfer photos from our cameras to our computer and then to our smartphones. In most cases, camera photos show the wrong colors on a phone. Usually, we click a RAW image using our camera. Then, we transfer it to our computer and do a little bit editing on Photoshop and Lightroom. Then, when we export the image, the image seems to be all right on the laptop or the computer. But when you transfer the same image to your phone, the colors change drastically and they change even more when you upload them to Instagram.
All this happens due to format compatibility issues. To understand this, we need to first understand the concept of Color Space or Color Profile. What is Color Space? It is nothing but the range of colors available for a digital file. Every digital image file has been assigned a color space. It is important to note that some color spaces are larger than the other and there are no bad color spaces. In short, the images from your camera have color spaces much larger than that supported by your phones or other devices. Therefore, when you transfer your camera photos to your phones, there colors go totally off. It is because the representation of colors outside the range of the what your phone supports becomes difficult. Hence, the system gets confused and either shows you random colors or the closest color in the range of the ones supported by your phone or any other device.
So, what is the solution? The solution is to change the color space or the color profile right inside your computer in Photoshop and then transfer the photos to your phone. In this video, we will go in-depth about what exactly is color space or color profile, what are the common types of color profile that you might come across from day to day, what color profiles to use and what color spaces are best and for what purposes and when to convert an image from one color space to other.Keep in mind, don't get confused, "Color Space" is same as "Color Profile". They can be used interchangeably.
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Hahaha, agreed.
I just wished he would have said which one he uses when he edits
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When my sibling uploads the pictures on Instagram on her iPhone, there's no color change, but when I post them on Instagram on Android they turn super grey-ish
Same
exact same with me. didn't have a problem with iphone.
Samee. Does it still do that? Even when you change the colour space?
Wait mine exactly the opposite hmm
That's cause iPhone supports a wider color space than android phone
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The problem is far more complicated than it. Now, what he says in the video is very useful and improves the situation but it will not solve the problem.
1) You shouldn't be using a profile that matches your screen (even when you post on instagram) because it will look good on your screen but not necessarily on others'.
2) Monitors and screens sadly support customized colour spaces and even the theoretical most standard space, sRGB, will not look the same on any monitor.
3) Be aware that even though proPhoto gives you "more space" for editing, what you see when you edit is not what you'll get in the end when you export in sRGB (assuming you want to use your photos for the web of instagram) so editing may become a very cumbersome task with a lot of guessing and "edit and hope" (remember, you can't rely on a single monitor to see the final effect because every screen will look different) and it may not be worth it.
Just accept that your photos will look different on different platforms and try not to think about it.
This is literally the best thing I've learnt all year. Why no one told me this in Uni, I will never know
U are a saviour. Can't thank u enough. I have just started professional baby photography..n I was struggling with this problem so much.. watched so many videos..msged so many random photographers on Instagram..read things on google but then I remembered u.. n I got my answer🙏
I typically hate long videos when there is a simple explanation. But this was highly helpful and I watched the whole thing. Starting to focus on instgram and this was life saving! Thanks a lot. great content
This is the best explanation for working with color spaces ever. I've always been confused by it but the simple explanation is great
just amazing! I am starting watching your videos from the oldest to newest and i learn so many things!! appreciated
EVERYONE.... Just make sure you check mark "Convert to sRGB" when you convert.. THAT'S IT.
That's not it.. You must first have profile Pro Photo. Than after you have that higher color range then you select edit and select Convert to Profile. Then under the Destination Space section.. You will see Profile. Select " Working RGB -sRGB IEC61966-2.1"
@@TheSignOfJonah Hi, I dont have the " Working RGB -sRGB IEC61966-2.1" option. Do you know why and how can I fix that? I'm using Photoshop CC 2017
@@TheSignOfJonah THANK YOU!!!! Finally a solution for Instagram that works.
it's not
Nope, clicked convert to srgb still not the same color
I've been watching you more often unmesh as I'm starting to evolve into more serious photography. I've been having this problem for yrs & thought there was no answer besides calibrating the screen which in some cases doesn't make sense to me considering all the different devices but without knowing if you covered this I searched for it & sure enough you cover this. Unmesh your the GOAT. B4 I check other channels I start with pix imperfect. When I have money I plan on supporting your new product. I feel your TH-cam provides everything but just to show my appreciation I got you 👌
Thank you for this helpful video. Have been almost pulling my hair out in frustration with trying to get my instagram images to look at least, similar to the one I see on my screen. Have finally got there.
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This answered most of my questions about those profiles and what to adjust. Thanks man!
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All thanks to you. Was struggling since last few weeks... You are solution to my every Photoshop doubts. Thanku so much
I have changed the settings and done everything exactly as you said in this video,but still the problem stays.
After doing the exact things as you have shown,still my images are looking different when i transfered it to my phone.
You have been the greatest source from where i started learning about photoshop and still learning,ur contents are just wonderful.
I want you to make another video on this topic and try to resolve the issue.
Thank you
Try saving your images in photoshop by " SAVE FOR WEB" instead of only "SAVE AS".
I cant thank you enough!! I have been struggling with some of my lightroom edited pictures for the last few months and every time I posted them on insatgram they would become dull ...and the worst part was I had deleted teh original pictures too....This video has indeed helped me with the best solution in one shot
So THAT'S why this happens!!!!! OMG!! I've been pulling out my hair, thinking my computer monitor was off!! Thank you so much.
This has been driving me crazy for months! Thank you so much!
thank u so much not only for bringing a solution but actually doing a whole explanation about each of the color things!
Really helpful. It was a painful fact of instagram before this. Good luck.
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I love this guy but when he says hows your family I had to cringe
Thank you sir! I'm a new user of photoshop and been struggling with the same problem that almost lost my interest in editing. I'm happy that i found this video! More subscribers ahead sir 😊
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It is instructive to note that, with modern graphics drivers,
out-of-gamut colors from a wider color space can be passed
through a fixed LUT before being passed to the display.
With older systems, as well as many newer low-end systems,
this is impossible, so out-of-gamut color values are simply
clipped or re-mapped. It's a fair compromise to compressing
all the RGB values, which oversaturates the image, rather
than truncating the values.
Another thin to realize is that color spaces and profiles really
are two different things. A profile consists of metadata which
is to be interpreted by the targeted output device, while a
color space is the actual gamut in which device operates,
whether that device is hardware or software. Photoshop, when
configured properly, can convert color values on-the-fly to
the monitor, while preserving the original values. It "assigns"
the profile, behind the scenes, then sends it to the display.
Fortunately, later versions of Photoshop are much easier to
configure than older versions, especially as far as color
preferences go. But it still can be a nightmare to the
uninitiated.
It is also instructive to note that whenever you ask Photoshop
to convert profile, this process is destructive, as it literally
changes the pixel values in the image. So, unless you save
the image before converting, it is better to assign profile
instead. Assigning a profile only changes the metadata (tag)
in the image file, which then instructs a device to pass the
current pixel values through a LUT before rendering the image.
A device can be either hardware or software, BTW.
This is very useful for photographers who are particular about colour. I've been looking to solve this issue for a while. Thank you!
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Thank you. This helped me out. I created a drawing in procreate, then took it to photoshop to complete the design. every export would change the colors and instagram changed them even more. Once I went back to the procreate drawing and converted the color profile to srgb it worked.
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...and it wasnt too long.
Im a digital illustrator that uses photoshop and this helps SO MUCH. Thank you!
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Excellent solution, so much better than other "solutions." I appreciate the in-depth explanation. I now understand color space much better. THANK YOU!
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Thanks for the information. Good to understand the reasons why we should still use the advanced colour profiles for editing purposes even though they cannot be fully utilized in viewing
Wow glad i found this . I have been wondering why when posting to insta the colour changes. A big thank you for explaining this .🙂👍
Life saver!!!! I was totally going crazy here with how the images where uploaded on instagram. Thank you so much!
Very easy to understand and worth knowing the background knowledge to understand better should their be any future changes on social media platforms. Great work!
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The default colour space for jpeg exports from Lightroom is sRGB and, furthermore, when I checked the 'working space' in Photoshop - as you suggested in this video - that also has sRGB as the default setting, yet Instagram still wrecked the colour of the few photos that I uploaded.
I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos and have learned lots from them but your solution to the 'Instagram ruins my colours' problem doesn't work, all my photos are saved as sRGB by default and Instagram still ruined them.
I thought that maybe this would convince me to create another Instagram account but no...been there, done that, deleted the account and won't be creating another. Instagram is an abomination that should be given a wide berth by anyone who cares about their photographs!
Thank you so much for this information! I just ran into this problem for the first time and could not figure out what was going on. This was very informative and helpful!
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Dear magicstar. You solved me this issue. basically, I posted a picture on instagram (android user) and the picture was ok, then after I selected and click ok, it became GREEN. Profile was Photopro RGB. I converted in sRGB and now it works. No issue with ProRGB with Printing and other platform. Thanks man
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Thank you for giving me the solution and an explantion why my photos looked all gray :D
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Legend! This was driving me insane! I saved from Photoshop to .jpeg and the image looked spot on when using laptops. It even looked spot on when viewing on my phone via the Dropbox app but the second I exported from Dropbox to save a copy on my phone it changed the colours completely. This looks to have resolved the issue.
I asked many people to find a solution but no one couldn't, thanks to solve my problem
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I felt bad for those remaining 90 colours for a second. Thanks for the video
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Changed my color profile to sRGB and i still have slight difference when uploading on instagram. Can anyone explain why? Please, halp
I have the exact same problem too, and my screens are calibrated. I think Instagram just compresses the colors available. It's annoying.
Did you change it to 8bit? He mention that you need to do that after you change the colour space
Yup, I did. I have been able to solve the problem tho. I found out that I was editing in the Adobe RGB color space.
Pff checkout your pc motitors settings!
Maybe can try after converting to SRGB then change image size long edge to 2048px and I think it will works
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it's still weird on my phone wtf? halp! I can't really upload my drawings to instagram because of this, everytime it would just turn sooo orange and sometimes shading become too sharp etc.
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Eyebrowsed this problem and couldn't find an answer. Thanks for explaining it.
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I have this same problème with my videos and for sole reason it only happens when there’s the color red. I can’t seem to find a solution to this
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A lot bad information here.
All colour spaces have the same amount of individual colours. It is only the gamut that changes.
The colour bit rate and gamut are representations of the colour potential, not the actual colour range.
The human eye (depending on how good it is) can only see X value of colours. Anything above that becomes gamut crushed, or appears either as white or red. (E.g flowers, some flowers appear white, but they sit so high in the ultra violet spectrum that humans just see them as white.)
The big reason why Srgb was created was to have a colour space and bit rate that relates to the human eye to be able to see definitively.
Argb was develop for graphic artists to choose individual colours without concerning themselves with tonal range.
CMYK is a printing formula that allows printers to use subtraction colour creation so the printers don't need to keep 16.7 million individual colours, each in their own nozzle.
prophoto/Argb don't have more colours than Srgb, they have a potential larger gamut (which they rarely use) that even if they did, it would spread the finite colour pallette that the human eye can see so far that its gamut would crush to the human eye.
This myth some colour spaces have more colours needs to stop. That image of colour spaces over the spectral locus is false. It only shows potential gamuts, not the actual gamuts.
The easiest example is:
The human eye has the potential to see an object moving at X speed.
If I throw an object at a human at X speed, it doesn't mean it will be seen, there is just the potential they might.
If I throw it slower than X speed, they will see it.
If I throw it faster than X speed, they won't see it all.
So far in colour science we can create trillions of colours. However the vast majority of colour scientists agree that the human eye can see approximately 10 million. All the trillions are still made up of the same RGB bases, tone curves and gamma curves but many of them that are only separated by 0.1% difference the human eye will as the same colour.
Essentially forget how big a potential gamut can be, and just stick with a gamut the human eye can see.
Wow! You just solved a problem I have had for ages! Thank you!
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Really great explanation! Was about to put a bullet in my head after watching Instagram butchering my 2 hour edit!
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Great explanation, delivery, pacing etc. Thank you.