Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]XP is supposed to have color management, but I don't know how it compares to the Mac. - --- Rolfe Tessem <rolfe@ldp.com> wrote: > > > --On Monday, July 8, 2002 11:46 AM -0700 Mitch > Zeissler > <zeissler@directvinternet.com> wrote: > > > Mark... > > > > I know that Macs handle video differently than the > PC > > world does. > > > > I have both a Mac and PC at work [and a PC at > home, > > which is what I did the image processing with]. > On my > > Mac at work, if I use the standard iMac video > setup in > > System Preferences [1.8 Standard Gamma], she looks > a > > little on the green side and washed out. If I use > the > > 2.2 Television Gamma video setup, she looks > better. If > > I use No Correction [native] Gamma, she looks as I > > intended, with normal skin color and no washed out > > colors. All of these settings are with a white > point > > of 9300. When I compare the best iMac image > against > > the same images displayed on my PC monitor, the > colors > > on the PC have more snap and look truer to my > original > > intent. > > I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I > believe that the PC > *still* does't have any color management built-in. > Don't forget, the idea > is that what you see on the screen is what you will > see in a print -- not > simply that it look pleasing on the screen. > > As of Mac OS X, Colorsync is built into the system > and turned on by > default, which makes end to end color management > much easier -- which is to > say, still difficult ;-). > > -- > Rolfe Tessem > rolfe@ldp.com > Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html