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Re: [colorvision_group] Re: SPyder2PRO calibration of 2 monitors?
2006-04-30 by CDTobie@aol.com
In a message dated 4/28/06 11:05:42 PM, lowlife_inc@... writes:
And trust me - colormanaged browsers (there are none for Windows yet
unfortunately) cause even more confusion than non-colormanaged browsers.
Sounds like you don't use Macs much. The image, loads, when its all on screen, a tiny flash occurs as the color is corrected. What you saw before the flash is about what you'd see in a Windows browser, what you see afterwards is color corrected, and ranges from slightly better for most images, to hugely better for tagged images that are not in sRGB. No user involvement required, though having calibrated your monitor at somepoint is a given for this to be as accurate as possible. I don't see much in this process that's confusing to the user; in fact the confusion-to-benefit ratio is excellent.
Oh, and to make it even more interesting, on wide-gamut monitors, what you see on screen before the flash (or in a Windows browser) is WAY off... while what you see afterwards is correct... the factor that inspired Windows to do something about their "assume sRGB" workflow, as they feared that future monitors would make that process unusable. What they chose to do was not to simply fix this minor defect, but to reinvent the world, with WCS, some parts of which will make it into Vista next year.
C. David Tobie
Product Technology Manager
ColorVision Business Division
DataColor Inc.
CDTobie@...
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