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Subject: [Leica] Rudely awakened by color management
From: john.nebel at csdco.com (John Nebel)
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:04:33 -0600
References: <4BC33B1A.2080805@csdco.com> <q2s73301d6b1004121446z379a1c15lc195d63985420496@mail.gmail.com>

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
>>
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> 
> 


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