But, if you have your prints commercially processed by other than
extreme specialists they are expected to be in sRGB. If they aren't
they will be converted. Better you do the conversion yourself.
If you step outside of sRGB better plan to do your own printing.
Chuck Norcutt
Jan Steinman wrote:
>> From: AS <alizookoman@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> I have moved to Mac and have a Macbook Pro for which I picked up an
>> external 24" LCD display. When I worked on a Windoze PC, I never
>> really worried about color correction. Any mac users out there? Do
>> you use any color correction software? I am running the video off
>> HDMI.
>
> Is this an Apple display? If so, don't worry, be happy. It Just Works.
> Apple invented system-wide colour profiling, and it took Windows
> about five years to catch up. I haven't been following it well, but I
> think Apple still has the edge, in that their Safari browser is one of
> the few that actually respects embedded colour profiles of web images
> -- other browsers assume everything is in "stupid" RGB (sRGB),
> Microsoft's first attempt at colour management -- make everything look
> like a $49 13" CRT.
>
> If it's a third-party display and the vendor does not have a colour
> profile you can download and install, you can build a profile using
> System Preferences --> Displays --> Color --> Calibrate...
>
> (You can check the above System Preference and see if an appropriate
> Display Profile is already selected.)
>
> That should give you a "good enough" profile for most purposes. If you
> don't feel the eyeball adjustments are working for you, you will have
> to buy a hardware colour calibration device. I use the Monoco EZ-Color.
>
> ----------------
> We are not put on this earth for ourselves, but are placed here for
> each other. If you are there always for others, then in time of need,
> someone will be there for you. -- Jeff Warner
> :::: Jan Steinman, EcoReality Co-op ::::
>
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