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Jack ­ McEntire
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Jan 08, 2010 17:21 |  #1

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IMAGE: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b246/JACKMCENTIRE/Golden1smallJPEG.jpg
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IMAGE: http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b246/JACKMCENTIRE/Golden1small.png

Top is a JPEG, bottom is a PNG. For some reason, whenever I upload a PNG to ANY host, it gets darkened slightly. Any ideas why? :confused: Has anyone else noticed this? Not really a problem (in the example above I actually prefer the PNG!), but I'd just like to know why this is so.

Thanks for any help!



  
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Jan 08, 2010 19:17 |  #2

Nope, nothing wrong or different.... YOU have issues with them. It's a color management issue on your end. Check out Rene's links and you'll be able to fix it.

EDIT: And I'm with titus213 on this one, creepy photos... but damn cool looking. Wouldn't be surprised if the colors are real though, my father has the same type of color, and it's one of the cooler one since it will change color depending on other conditions (lighting, clothing, even temperament)


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Jan 08, 2010 22:34 |  #3

Oh, there's something wrong with them for sure. They are creepy!

Color wise they look fine - and the same.


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Jan 09, 2010 06:02 |  #4

Lol, thanks! :p The colours are effectively real (both are from different people by the way; my parents), but both photographs are massively edited and colours are dramatically enhanced:

IMAGE: http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/007/a/c/Golden___Before_and_After_by_JackMcEntire.gif

Are you sure they're the same? I'm on a laptop now, and they're definately slightly different lightnesses still. Copy and paste them into an editing program, Paint even, layer them over each other and flick between them - you should be able to see that one is darker. If not, then I apologise, I don't know what's happening here! :confused:



  
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Jan 09, 2010 07:09 |  #5

Jack McEntire wrote in post #9357315 (external link)
Are you sure they're the same? I'm on a laptop now, and they're definately slightly different lightnesses still. Copy and paste them into an editing program, Paint even, layer them over each other and flick between them - you should be able to see that one is darker.

They are the same on a calibrated monitor. Like Basroil said, the problem is with the colour managment of your display.


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Jan 09, 2010 07:48 |  #6

Problem is browser dependent and a png issue: http://hsivonen.iki.fi​/png-gamma/ (external link)


Safari will show a difference. FF3 won't.


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