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Re: [OM] At the Museums

Subject: Re: [OM] At the Museums
From: Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 10:56:36 -0400
On Apr 9, 2014, at 5:01 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx (quoting Smugmug) wrote:

> Most browsers are not aware of other color profiles and cannot 
> accurately display images in other color profiles other than sRGB. This 
> is one reason why SmugMug converts Adobe RGB files to sRGB.

True. Monitors as a rule suck royally. This list tends to take its monitors 
more seriously, which is a good thing.

> Another 
> reason is because when prints are made, sRGB most closely matches the 
> gamut of color that is possible to reproduce. Technically, Adobe RGB 
> has "more" colors, but since your browser can't accurately reproduce 
> them, and traditional photographic prints can't really reproduce those 
> either, sRGB is best for displaying online and for printing.

This is nonsense. Today’s printers easily exceed sRGB. Okay, today’s pro-grade 
printers such as made by Epson and Canon and such. But, that said, Smuggie is 
right for the vast majority of his customers. sRGB is safest for displaying and 
printing images where such esoterica is color management might’s well be in a 
black hole.

—Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal



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