Safari

[cdifoto]

I thought Safari was color managed. If so, it ain't working properly on my machines. I know my laptop screen sucks and displays anything in a non-managed app incorrectly. I open Firefox and Safari and see the exact same colors...

Is anyone using Safari on a Windows machine?

[cdifoto]

BTW I do know that a profile has to be embedded. I'm seeing the same colors even on images that I know have profiles.

[davidcrebelxt]

yeah I use it at home and can see the difference.

Here's some websites you can go to to test it out:
http://www.gballard.net/psd/go_live_page_profile/embeddedJPEGprofiles.html

http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/web-browser-color-management.html

http://www.color.org/version4html.xalter

[cdifoto]

OK it's working based on those websites. Doesn't seem to be in "real life" though. Thanks for the links.

[davidcrebelxt]

of course, if you're embedding an srgb profile, you may not see much if any difference, as firefox basically assumes sRGB for all images.

[cdifoto]

That's true. So back to square one with my craptastic screen...

But...I thought...by installing Safari, I could see images the way they look via Photoshop. They (sRGB files) look right in Photoshop and Lightroom. They don't look right basically anywhere else (Firefox, IE, Windows Picture & Fax Viewer, Outlook, etc).

[lnterestlng]

Embed them with Adobe RGB. It's got the wider range and you will see the difference in Safari. sRGB is basically telling Safari to display the images like Firefox.

[cdifoto]

Embed them with Adobe RGB. It's got the wider range and you will see the difference in Safari. sRGB is basically telling Safari to display the images like Firefox.

Yeah I noticed that. But I'm not going to do that to my files. That'd defeat the purpose. The idea is to make them friendly for all viewers, not embed them with Adobe RGB to justify using Safari.

I've uninstalled the browser.

[davidcrebelxt]

Don't know what the problem was for you CDI... my sRGB files look the same in Safari as they do in Windows Explorer.

I definately prefer firefox or opera over Safari in terms of usability... I just hope they incorporate color management in those sometime soon.

I like to keep Safari around mainly for those times when people unknowingly post images with AdobeRGB profile and I can quickly see what their image was REALLY supposed to look like.

[PacAce]

That's true. So back to square one with my craptastic screen...

But...I thought...by installing Safari, I could see images the way they look via Photoshop. They (sRGB files) look right in Photoshop and Lightroom. They don't look right basically anywhere else (Firefox, IE, Windows Picture & Fax Viewer, Outlook, etc).

If an sRGB image looks right in PS but not in any other non-color managed viewer, then you've got a problem with your color management and most probably, it's an uncalibrated or miscalibrated monitor. I've also seen cases where the sRGB profile itself was corrupted when someone tried to calibrate his monitor and overwrote the sRGB profile.

[cdifoto]

If an sRGB image looks right in PS but not in any other non-color managed viewer, then you've got a problem with your color management and most probably, it's an uncalibrated or miscalibrated monitor. I've also seen cases where the sRGB profile itself was corrupted when someone tried to calibrate his monitor and overwrote the sRGB profile.
Thanks, Captain Obvious! :) :p

I know there's a problem. I don't know what that problem is. I cannot pinpoint it to save my life, so I've learned to deal rather than tear my hair out day after day.

[Bobster]

post your colour settings in photoshop?

[cdifoto]

Here you go.

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