Safari and ColorSync
Safari and ColorSync
- Subject: Safari and ColorSync
- From: Richard Wagner <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2003 18:03:51 -0700
In a message dated 7/7/03 Andrew Rodney <email@hidden> writes:
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Anyone know why the final, golden version of Safari is so dumb about
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using
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ColorSync with images in HTML docs?
Andrew,
I've filed several bug reports on this, since the day after the first
public release of Safari. Here's the latest response that I received
from Apple.
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In a message dated 5/21/03 2:49:27 PM, email@hidden writes:
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Rich,
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Actually, Safari is ICC-aware. You can confirm this by opening an image
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on your local hard drive that has an embedded profile, and comparing
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the file as opened in Safari to the file as opened in, say, Preview or
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Photoshop. They'll match.
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That said, there is an issue in the current beta (v74) on Mac OS X
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v10.2 with how Safari renders .jpg images in .html pages. This is
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probably what you're experiencing.
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Safari uses the Mac OS X graphics subsystem called Quartz to display
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images. When rendering an .html page, .jpg files are progressively
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loaded. Currently, embedded profiles are not handed off properly from
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Safari to Quartz. Essentially the ,jpg images are drawn before the
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profile is received, so no matching occurs.
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This issue will be fixed in a future release.
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JZ
On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 12:08 AM, Richard Wagner wrote:
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http://www.apple.com/colorsync/benefits/web/1embed/index.html
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Talk is cheap. How about making Safari ColorSync-aware? This is an
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embarrassment for Apple. Safari flunks the test on your own web site!
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Richard Wagner
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www.WildNaturePhotos.com
Member ASMP | NANPA
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