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<blockquote data-quote="Carroll" data-source="post: 75787" data-attributes="member: 9246">I am a new user of Photoshop. I learned that I had to set my preferences to sRGB for the photo that I wanted to print at my local Walgreens.&nbsp;I first had the photo printed, and the colors were &quot;muted&quot;, and not at all pleasing. I did some research, and learned that the photo with &quot;muted&quot; colors used Adobe RGB.I then searched the Internet for this problem, and learned about Adobe RGB, for my situation.I changed the file to sRGB for copying to another folder, had the photo printed at Walgreens, and it looked great!...and the colors matched almost perfectly to my monitor colors. Also, Photoshop retained that preference for all photos since then. I did not notice any change to the monitor colors, only the printed photo that I had done at Walgreens. I live in a small town, and the other choice is Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart does not have 1-hour glossy photos, so I use Walgreens.Perhaps this is a &quot;Walgreens&quot; thing, as I have not used any other lab to print photos.This worked for me, however, as I said, I am new to Photoshop, and in your situation, things may be different. Perhaps you could ask at the lab you want to use, what their preferences are, or how they handle that.Carroll</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Carroll, post: 75787, member: 9246"] I am a new user of Photoshop. I learned that I had to set my preferences to sRGB for the photo that I wanted to print at my local Walgreens. I first had the photo printed, and the colors were "muted", and not at all pleasing. I did some research, and learned that the photo with "muted" colors used Adobe RGB. I then searched the Internet for this problem, and learned about Adobe RGB, for my situation. I changed the file to sRGB for copying to another folder, had the photo printed at Walgreens, and it looked great!...and the colors matched almost perfectly to my monitor colors. Also, Photoshop retained that preference for all photos since then. I did not notice any change to the monitor colors, only the printed photo that I had done at Walgreens. I live in a small town, and the other choice is Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart does not have 1-hour glossy photos, so I use Walgreens. Perhaps this is a "Walgreens" thing, as I have not used any other lab to print photos. This worked for me, however, as I said, I am new to Photoshop, and in your situation, things may be different. Perhaps you could ask at the lab you want to use, what their preferences are, or how they handle that. Carroll [/QUOTE]

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