On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 06:45:53 +0100, Bob Talbot <BobTalbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote/replied to: >> I disagree, the color profile embedded takes up very little >bandwidth >> in a world of big pipes and fast computers. If displaying an image >in >> it's proper color space can be achieved, I say it's a good thing. >> >> Even Internet Exploder is color space aware. > >Jim > >I won't dispute the accuracy of that statement - in theory at least - >but the three PC's I've looked at the gallery from (all IE6) all >appear to ignore the profile embedded in Emily's last image. Opening >the same JPEG in PhotoShop I'm prompted to convert or ignore it. > >Is this "colour space awareness" an option you have to turn on? > >On my Win 98 machine I could understand being out of date (I have not >paid MS for the "upgrade" which imposes rights management on me yet). >At work though, the machine is XP SP2 and fully patched yet ... it >still ignores the profiles > >Perhaps I had better do a side-by-side test. > >I need a web page with the same image with different colour spaces >embedded ... > >Bob > > >PS: I'm still on 56K dialup at home (live too far from the exchange >for 1Mb) :o( > > I believe everything we see on windows uses sRGB, whether you know it or not. I find having no colour space makes an image look rather dull at times. I will put up some samples when I get a chance. Meanwhile, I use only Firefox in any case. -- Jim Davis, Owner, Eastern Beaver Company: http://easternbeaver.com/ Motorcycle Relay Kits - Powerlet, Posi-Lock I'm a BMW rider and enthusiast.
