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2006-03-23 by Tom
Ok .... I don't have a Mac ... I admit it. Sounds like going to an AA meeting doesn't it? This is a basic question. Does the Macintosh platform (OS-X) apply profile level color corrections to all programs using a display by default? It certainly isnt the case with Windows which became obvious to me yesterday. Seems like something they ought to do ... maybe nobody got that far yet. Thanks in advance Tom
2006-03-23 by CDTobie@aol.com
2006-03-23 by Tom
--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CDTobie@... wrote: > Its making progress; the Mac progress has been incremental and continuous, > now including many graphics, photo, video and browser applications. The Windows > progress (not atypically) comes in big, messy leaps instead. > And people wonder why Mac is considered a "better" graphics platform. There don't seem to be any web browsers for Windows that support ICC profiles (if you search Google). Too bad Firefox doesn't have an extension for that yet!
2006-03-24 by lowlife_inc
--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "Tom" <ttrostel@...> wrote: > And people wonder why Mac is considered a "better" graphics platform. > There don't seem to be any web browsers for Windows that support ICC > profiles (if you search Google). Too bad Firefox doesn't have an > extension for that yet! Browser color management is often a source of frustration for many people. I'm not saying it's bad but for now it's inconsistantly implemented and worse yet poorly understood by designers, no matter which platform they are based on. Windows color management has issues - but hey, look at Linux. Considering it's origins and the main user base Windows has come a long way. All three operating systems are used by artists to create outstanding images.
2006-03-24 by Tom
--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, "lowlife_inc" <lowlife_inc@...> wrote: > Windows color management has issues - but hey, look at Linux. > Considering it's origins and the main user base Windows has come a > long way. All three operating systems are used by artists to create > outstanding images. Interestingly enough ... I'd really love to see OS level professional grade color management for Linux. That may do a better job of getting the platform respectable than many other things. The corporations who write software do however have a legitimate concern about the GPL licensing scheme poisoning their code base. These people make a living from their intellectual property. If they have to worry about releasing the source for their private work ... it's a totaly understandable problem from my point of view. You actually CAN use fully profiled displays and printers in Linux at the moment on a handful of programs ... its just somewhat difficult and unfortunately not user friendly at all.