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Re: [Digital BW] My website... darkness notes:

2007-02-01 by CDTobie@aol.com

In a message dated 2/1/07 1:08:58 PM, sagaface@... writes:


> My Mac is calibrated to 2.2, though these images are in ProPhoto RGB. 
> should I convert
> them to grayscale? I am just about to go through the hassle  of lightening 
> them all
> up...ugh.
> 

Don't post images in ProPhoto; its not a standard space. Use something 
simple, ideally sRGB for the web. And yes, use GrayGamma2.2 instead color, for 
grayscale images (unless they are tinted) as that will make the images a third the 
size, and a third the download time!

C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Unit
Datacolor Inc.
CDTobie@...
www.colorvision.com


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