on 2011-09-22 13:05 Christine Nielsen wrote
I know
that different monitors might render images differently, but even on
the same, calibrated monitor that i use for editing, it seems that
different browsers (I have firefox, safari& chrome, chrome being the
worst offender)& different websites treat my images differently.
Even on flickr, just now, my images have a funky red cast in slideshow
format that doesn't show up in thumbnail/set views, and certainly
isn't the way I edited them.
So... what to do? Anything? Maybe it's me... Or is this just the way
it goes??? Any thoughts are appreciated...
it's pretty much the way it goes; there are several factors: how accurate is
the monitor on which you edit? is your editing software doing color management
the way the rest of your system is? is your color profile being preserved in
the uploaded version? are the browsers color-managed?
your mention of Chrome is not surprising — i understand that it doesn't respect
image profiles
you can do controlled tests of your browsers against several online images to
isolate whether it is the browser or Flickr, etc. — search for something like
"browser color management test" for many examples; i don't claim to know which
is best, but the rollovers on this one are interesting:
<http://www.gballard.net/psd/srgbforwww.html>
(however i think it is in some respects dated)
in the end, the factor you can least control is how other people will see your
image on the web — leaving aside the outdated OS and browser versions, most
people are viewing the web on low-quality, unprofiled monitors, and often in
uncontrolled lighting conditions, so you need to think like the audio producers
who listen to mixes on a clock radio to hear what the masses will hear
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