Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, Yes, I sadly agree with you, sRGB is it for now. It seems to depend on Microsoft implementing color management in Explorer which would make like much easier. John Tina Manley wrote: > I, too, work on everything in ProPhoto RGB but for anything that will be > posted on the web, I convert to sRGB. It makes a HUGE difference. Someday > all websites will probably be color managed, but until they are, it's just > safer to go with the much smaller color space of sRGB. > > Tina > > On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 11:24 AM, John Nebel <john.nebel at csdco.com> > wrote: > >> This is probably old hat to many or most. >> >> When I was testing clickable "where's Waldo" pictures of the Boulder Mall, >> they looked horrible in Firefox 3.0.x on a PC, but fine on Firefox 3.6 on >> a >> Mac. >> >> http://photos.csd.net/spring_mall_01.html >> >> http://photos.csd.net/spring_mall_02.html >> >> This was after using ProPhoto RGB (the default?) in Lightroom which >> carried >> through to the web images; Adobe 1998 had not been as bad. >> >> The solution was simple for Firefox, use the URL about:config and turn on >> the >> optional gfx.color_management_enabled switch on Firefox 3.0.x. The later >> Firefox which was running on the Mac had color management enabled by >> default. >> >> http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/04/29/633/ >> has examples of Firefox vs Photoshop. More on: >> http://www.gballard.net/psd/go_live_page_profile/embeddedJPEGprofiles.html >> >> I can't figure out how to make Explorer behave, so one must use sRGB or be >> out of luck there? >> >> Safari does use color management on both platforms. >> >> John >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > >