Matching colors

Colors from Powerpoint do not match those of Dreamweaver

[LABachlr]

I am creating some images in MS Powerpoint, but when I insert them into a webpage created by Dreamweaver, the colors of the images do not match the same exact colors in Dreamweaver MX (e.g. the background color). I am going by the RGB values in each program. Any fix for this?

[edit_g]

Do a screenshot of both and get them into a graphics program (like PS) and take a sample of each colour with the eyedropper tool. You'll find that they are different - but take the one you like best and use that one as the base for both; then they'll look the same.

Sometimes the colour variation between programs is very frustrating - so it is best to take 1 as a base value.

[LABachlr]

Cool. Thanks. I'll try that.

[mivox]

If you're planning on doing a lot of web graphics, I'd suggest investing in Fireworks... since it's put out by the same company as Dreamweaver, the color compatibility should be better, and the overall graphics capability will certainly be better than PowerPoint.

[LABachlr]

If you're planning on doing a lot of web graphics, I'd suggest investing in Fireworks... since it's put out by the same company as Dreamweaver, the color compatibility should be better, and the overall graphics capability will certainly be better than PowerPoint.

I actually have Fireworks. It's just that Powerpoint, oddly enough, has a special 3-d effect that I started using for a site a while back, that I don't know how to duplicate in Fireworks or Photoshop. I'm sure it's possible, but I just find it easier to use the old files that I have saved from Powerpoint to make any new files with that effect. But I no longer use that program for any present or future projects.