That was until today. Today I realised that my beloved Firefox is actually a stoopid piece of software that does not understand embedded color profiles, in three words it simply: fucks them up.
After spending about four hours calibrating my screen and reading about color profiles, I have come to realise that as much as I used to adore and cherish Firefox, maybe it is time for me to move on... and give Safari a try.
For all of you mac users that will not get convinced by this revelation, go have a look at this: WEB BROWSER COLOR MANAGEMENT Tutorial. Found it really useful and it made me realise why so many pictures look desaturated/washed out when viewed with web browsers such as Firefox, Camino etc. As for the others, well go check it out too. Because I said so.
I'm sorry Firefox, you served me well but all good things come to an end.








And with FF3 out yesterday, you have now no excuse to use it again (except that you can prefer Safari, as I prefer Opera ^^)
Love,
Guns
Just convert to sRGB and be done with it.
Then relax.
sRGB? If only it was that easy...
And about sRGB, even though I convert my photos to sRGB, which I've been doing for a very long time, they still don't look the same on the web, when browsing with Firefox, but they come out perfectly fine when using Safari. I'm just going for the easiest solution really.
Adobe RGB is easily the best profile to use for decent photo printing. It's recommended by iStockphoto as the one the contributors embed their files with. It's best for printing on decent inkjets like the modern Epsons and HP's as it most closely matches their own gamuts. You have to know what you're doing with it though, or else it will indeed look shit. Much like putting an Adobe RGB tagged image on the web. It's also the best for retaining decent colours during conversion to CMYK. Believe me, I've sent stuff to print on high-end lightjets to litho to 25 metre banners printed on mesh.
You'll never get accurate colours on everyone's monitors, but the safest bet is to convert to sRGB. It's the lowest common denominator.
And about Adobe RGB, every single time I've printed from an Adobe RGB file, the print looked different, no matter where it was printed or who printed it. At the same time, I don't necessarily get my pictures printed at the most expensive places around here, considering it was only for uni stuff. So yeah, I dunno.
And Adobe RGB files displayed in a browser look right dull and dark. Untill Safari and Firefox 3, but only you and I will be able to appreciate their beauty. Everyone else will say they look dull and dark.
I'm going to have a cup of tea and a Cadbury's Picnic.
Enjoy your cup of tea. I actually am going to have a cup of tea too. Pineapple tea as I have no pineapple cider.