Damien Symonds

Ok, can you identify any differences between the old files (that work) and the new files (that don't)? Eg number of layers, or bit depth, or file format?

Hang on ... earlier you said you were running an action ... now you're saying you're not?

Ok, try putting it at 100, and seeing if it makes any difference. IMPORTANT: Even at 100, there will still be a limit to how many images you can batch at once. ALSO IMPORTANT: Don't take it higher than 100, unless you have a VERY powerful computer.

No, they're not related, don't worry.

Not quite. Look in "Performance"

Great! So, calibrate again. This is not an uncommon glitch, it happens to everyone from time to time. Wait, what? Has this happened before?

OH! And? Did the problem begin after that?

Interesting. Ok, if it's only doing it in colour-managed programs (Bridge and Photoshop), and if it's doing it to EVERY photo, even old ones, that indicates the monitor profile has corrupted. How long since your last calibration?

Oh, right. Phew. This (I think) is a History States thing. In Photoshop's preferences, how many History states do you have set?

Ok. Next test ... in Photoshop, go to View>Proof Setup>Monitor RGB. Does that change anything?

How do they look in a "dumb" (non-colour-managed) viewer, such as Windows Viewer?

What the hell, @MissusJay????? https://www.damiensymonds.net/art_tscs000.html

Ok ... so it's not a problem then?

Does it look ok to you here?

Ok, can you post it?

And? If you open it in Photoshop? Same thing?

It makes absolutely no difference to the resultant file. It's simply a matter of your workflow preference. In what program?

Yes, it is. Facebook only honours PNG files that are under 1 megabyte. Anything larger than that, it automatically converts it to a Jpeg file, and NOT kindly. It seems to apply nasty compression to it. Therefore, you're much better to save it as a Jpeg file yourself, if you see that your PNG is going to be over 1MB. When saving Jpegs for Facebook, I use 90 on the 0-100 quality scale, or 11 on the 0-12 scale.

After you saved the PNG, what was the resultant file size?

Hi Falon, have you browsed these? https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.349114581815415&type=1 I hope those will give you a basis for your own testing, and come up with what works best for your photos.

It doesn't have to be good, it just has to look good. This looks fine.

I'm skeptical, but give it a go.

Fabulous! Now for the next step in improving your photos: https://www.damiensymonds.net/bridge-30-day-challenge

So true!!!

Thanks. Just emailed you.