Photoshop Cs2 Problem!

Ok, if I use any sorts of blurs on my sig or avatar, or anything, I go to save it, and when I save it, it's twice as dark as it is before I save it!!! On the save screen it's like that, and after I save it and upload it it's like that.

Here's some screenshots.


Before I save; the normal:



And here's the result after saving it:

 

You tried saving it as a jpg or png instead of a gif?

 

gif doesnt allow alot of colors and so it substitutes them, try what imperialpanda said

 

Before, I saved it as .png.

Here's the GIF Version:



Evidently, no difference has been made...

 

hmm.... no. I see a gif in the original post. =P

http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/2406/afterimage3lu.gif

 

Oh well maybe I did...

Anyways, any suggestions?

 

It's like that when its in GIF .. GIFs are meant for avatar only since they don't really need much colors. PNG uses 256 colors while JPEG has even more. So do what IP has said.

 

Wait, so I use .png?

 

Yes i use .png for all of mine and it works fine.

 

Here's the PNG-24 Version:

 

yea save in png no interlace

 

It is on no interlace.

This is weird...I try hiding different layers, and still no difference. Maybe it's a settings problem?

 

We had a case of this before...
Three pages and I dont think it ever got solved
Good luck with this..

My solution...make the sig extra bright next time?

 

save it as a jpg. with a quality of 12. you will NEVER have this kind of problem. a nd why do uc are if its a little darker. if it always does that get a levels and lighten the sig up and save it and itll be darker

 

Try using "save as..." instead of "save for web"