Saturday 14 June 2008

sorting out color management woes

spent some time sorting out color management woes today and would like to document it for future reference.

the problem statement:
photos edited in srgb working space, appears differently (muted) in "save for web" (sfw) preview window even with the embed icc profile option checked.

the fact:
if u have used the sfw option to save the file, when you open the saved file using photoshop, the colors actually appear normal and not as muted as shown in preview window. since most of the web browser is not color managed, photoshop probably previews the image under sfw option without the icc profile embedded (even if you choose to embed the icc profile) to provide a closest match when you view it on your browser. the solution is not to judge the output of photos with icc profile embedded using the sfw preview window and use only safari for viewing of color managed photos since it has color management capability and will display color correctly, with regards to their icc profile.

note: new firefox 3 with color management ability was recently launched

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