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Posted by James H Egbert on June 15, 2007 at 12:24 AM
Safari 3 brings colour-managed web browsing to Windows :eek:http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-8740-9003 I found the basic topic very interesting as we have had many discussions about Color Cast on images, while it is true they often do exist, but is everything we see on the web correct color wise? No matter how painstakingly we calibrate our screens and printers, what we see on the web can often be mis-represented by the web browser we're using. Any thoughts?:confused: The following article takes it a little deeper and so i really wonder now. http://www.gballard.net/psd/go_live_page_profile/embeddedJPEGprofiles.html :eek:
Posted by Scott Borger on June 15, 2007 at 1:08 AM
Yeah, I've got a thought...with Apple stealing market share from IE...and Google's release of an online Office replacement...and Nintendo's Wii taking market share from the XBox...and the disastrous Windows Vista OS, I would not want to be working for Microsoft five to ten years from now.
Posted by Stan Rose on June 15, 2007 at 2:38 AM
yeah, here's a thought: recognize the web's limitations and live with it. People think the web has brought democracy to the arts, when clearly it has also just created another addiciton for artists who can do without addictions. So, forget the internet and don't worry, be happy.
Course it's 12:30 am and i haven't a clue what im talking about :eek:
Posted by Nat Coalson on June 15, 2007 at 1:33 PM
The day when color management extends throughout the operating system and all applications may be a ways off, but this is a positive step... interestingly, the very old IE5 on Mac has been color managed for years, Safari is the only newer browser that is color managed. But I agree with Stan - for now, the web is limited as relates to color management and you will never know how your images look on someone else's display.... long live print!!
Posted by Les Barstow on June 15, 2007 at 1:53 PM
IMHO this is a very minor step. The main windows display system can be color-managed, which would theoretically bring any sRGB image in any application into a color-managed system. But realistically, most people don't color-calibrate their systems, so even this basic color control is useless in most circumstances. And photographers who want that level of color management for an image view probably also want a much larger image best viewed by something that already has color management.