Re: use of sRGB as a default
Re: use of sRGB as a default
- Subject: Re: use of sRGB as a default
- From: bruce fraser <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2004 11:46:18 -0700
At 12:41 AM -0700 6/20/04, John Zimmerer wrote:
Bruce,
Generic RGB Profile.icc is the default profile for untagged RGB
images on Panther. Its primaries allow for blue skies and red
apples. By using this as the default, all untagged color will be
consistent across all Panther machines.
Two problems with that.
1.) I've yet to find an application that actually uses Generic RGB
rather than usermonitorRGB for untagged images.
2.) Even if apps behaved as expected, unless the image was created on
a Panther machine, you've simply guaranteed that the image will look
consistently wrong on all Panther machines.
I've been as vocal about the shortcomings of sRGB as anyone else on
the planet, but
a) it's based on real device behavior
b) it's perfectly possible to represent both blue skies and red apples in sRGB
c) if I were to speculate as to how much web content is sRGB vs how
much web content is originated as untagged RGB on Panther machines,
the former number would be very much larger than the latter one.
I still fail to see how this behavior, even if it worked, would be useful.
Bruce
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