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A while back I [URL="http://dpnow.com/forum2/blog.php?b=64"]blogged[/URL] about the headache I am having with photos I have posted to the Web that exhibit a nasty colour shift, even though they have been saved for Web viewing in sRGB colour space. I'm now coming to the conclusion that (apart from the issue of using a colour managed browser like FireFox ([URL="http://dpnow.com/forum2/showthread.php?t=5850"]though you need to switch colour management on[/URL]) or Safari) to avoid this problem - most do not) it's down to my monitor.
I have an inexpensive, but reasonably high-spec. 24 inch 1920x1200 LCD panel, and it is colour calibrated using an iOne Pro spectrophotometer. The problem is that when I view this picture, for example:
[IMG]http://dpnow.com/galleries/data//547/P6170277.jpg[/IMG]
..in Internet Explorer, the fresh clean blues of the sky and the lake are a horride cyan and the saturation as gone into overdrive.
The picture was exported from Lightroom with sRGB assigned, the normal advice for posting photos to the Web.
So now I am wondering if it's actually my monitor, which has a wide gamut, like many new monitors, which is the culprit.
Can you tell me if you see an over-saturated and cyan tinted picture above, or does it look clean and fresh blue as it should? No smart-alecs please using FireFox and or Safar i:D, I'm only interested in what you see when viewing in Internet Explorer, please. Oh - and please let me know what make, model, and type (CRT vs LCD) of monitor you are using.
Thanks!
I think my CM is a Sean Hayes add on. I can't find anything anywhere about it being an integral part of the proggie.
Have I missed summick? Am I being a dumbo again? :o :D
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It has changed slightly with the latest version of FF. However if you type [B]about:config[/B] in the address bar and hit return, you get a warning first which you accept then a whole list of stuff you don't need to bother with. If you type gfx in the filter window at the top you are left with a list of 4, 2 of which are in bold. You need to click on these and change the value from 0 to 1 this changes the default off setting to user set on effectively.
The plugin you have used must be something else that does this in a more user friendly way
The plugin you have used must be something else that does this in a more user friendly way[/quote]
Oh heck. I just knew I shoulda just left all this well alone 'cos I always seem to end up face down in the clarts.
The version I have couldn't be simpler. The add on just installs and you have a choice - either tick the 'enable' box or don't bother and leave it disabled.
If I do update to 3.5 I intend just leaving things well alone on the defaults. If the colours are messed up by the update I'll just dump FF altogether. I really cba faffing and fiddling about with a browser. You shouldn't have to imho.
Pol