if i'm making something for a web page in ps how do i make sure the colors are safe for web?

When choosing colors with color picker make sure you mark the "use only web colors"...

But actually this option is redundant.

Websafe colors is something that remains from the era where pc's/browsers couldn't display 24 bit colored images (just 8 bit).

By today practically every pc/browser has no problem with these (apart from some freak who thinks he still lives in the '90's and refuses to upgrade his pc.

What I am saying is, don't loose your time with it, it's unnescessary

well.... the thing is i got this project.... and one of the instructions was to keep the colors in the web safe range....
i know about the option in the color picker thing but what if i got a picture or something like that? is there a way to know about the colors in an existing picture?

Well then you can use the save for web method..

converting your image to a gif, using the restrictive(web) palet

i thought about that but the teacher wants the psd....

couldn't you use colour spots?

hang on im just gonna check what its called

ok forget what i said i can't find it. i just remember reading somewhere about it. it lets you pick certain colours to use in your composition and then converts all the images to those colours. well its kinda hard to explain because i don't know a lot about it...

anyway... i guess you could pull some fancy tricks with a posterize. sorry im not much help

Hey, I didn't say I didn't want to upgrade it! Give me a break, will ya?!

/'98 HP Pavilion 9694c FTW

yup that's what i meant..... but i managed doing the this without pictures this time..... so i guess i'll just ask the teacher or something....

thanks anyways

web safe colours are 265 colour scheme

save it as a gif it automatically makes it websafe seeing as a gifs maximum colour limit is 256.

psd eh well then

huff its simple.... your file bar.... image > mode > indexed colour

where it says forced set iit to web and voila kiss me i am some kind of genious of the blinking obvious


that should make your teacher happy because it not only changes your ful colour to a websafe colour but it also lets you see what the gif would look like as colour goes

and hi i am back from my long leave.

edit

as previously mentioned it redundant... not for people who have no choice but to use dial up for example vilages and lesser prosperous countries

and colour spots.. oh please hang your head in shame... points to the door

ok i tried it but it says i have to flatten the image and i need the layered psd....

well if he wants a layered photoshop file in indexed colour profile he probably mentioned once that you should set it to indexed to web to start with but... i know this because i was caught out by it badly in my first year... the words whaddaya mean start over spring to mind

if you have started with RGB your best bet is to move to imageready and open up the optimisation options and remark on the fact that you should have used indexed colour from the get go in your evaluation... that way even though you know about it you didnt use it... but next time you will. this shows learning which is what your teacher is after. but still ouch...

or even simpler go in photoshop and use the colour settings

in edit > colour settings and move it to web graphics defaults.

youll still probably want to mention the web safe... and heres somthing a lil sneaky for you...

if you want to enclude a web safe snapshot save as a .gif 256 colour and import that into the origional psd and place it on the top. rename it web safe colour profile.

thats about it next time indexed colour from the start

Explain what exactly your project is...maybe I can get a better handle on things...

Whispers in pharaohs ear... pssst he screwed it up its going to be tricky to salvage what he has made without exporting the layers as gif files and bringing the back in under a new document at 72 dpi set to an indexed colour profile.

ok... the project is to design a web page in ps and i have to use a nubmer of tools and stuff like masks, vector tools, blending modes... and i need the whole thing to be in wed safe colors because it's supposed to be a web page....


and btw marx i don't get the indexed color mode.... it wont let me make new layers

and another btw, i'm a girl.....