Re: Color in Safari
Re: Color in Safari
- Subject: Re: Color in Safari
- From: Kerry Mansfield <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:17:22 -0700
Mike,
Actually, I'm not. Monitor RGB isn't my specific monitor profile. I've done
extensive testing on this and Flash cannot render a proper sRGB profile. It
always "dumbs down" the color for the most basic, and least color capable
monitor - using Monitor RGB. The link you provided offers no explanation on
how to get Flash to show an sRGB profiled image. Flash is, sadly, behind the
color curve. I'm not sure if you actually clicked on the video link provided
in your link, but it gives the EXACT INSTRUCTIONS to use Monitor RGB to
proof. There's even a screenshot that compares the two images using this
proofing method. Please view your own links.
It doesn't have anything to do with the profile set by a calibration and
profiling system - which, in your terms, would mean proofing using the
actual monitor calibration profile set by EyeOne software. Let's be clear,
you are already viewing an image with your calibrated monitor profile when
you open an image in Photoshop. Each image has a profile (if it's embedded)
and "talks" to your monitor profile when it opens to give accurate color.
Try an experiment to prove this. Open an image in Photoshop and set the
proof to "custom" and then choose your specific monitor profile. Make sure
to UNcheck "preserve RGB numbers", use Rel Col. There will be no shift at
all. (or view the video link and follow those instructions)
I created a simple photoshop action to accommodate for the shift in Flash
and it works and matches the sRGB version (non Flash powered) on EVERY
single monitor - both office grade PC monitors to expensive NEC color
accurate monitors. Aside from that no color person would ever use sRGB as a
calibrated and profiled monitor profile. That's why we have colorimeters to
assess the specific conditions of each person's monitor. Color accurate
monitors profiled with the same luminance and color temp. should match each
other (in a similar viewing environment). I know this because I calibrated
and profiled over 10 color accurate monitors to match each other. This is
critical when working in a multiple monitor environment creating consistent
digital color.
More over, if I adjust an sRGB profiled image using the Monitor RGB to soft
proof and place it next to the non-Flash Safari representation I can
compensate and adjust to get the accurate version that I would see if Flash
did recognize sRGB. The adjusted file (with the embedded sRGB profile) will
look a bit off but once it lands in a Flash environment it will match your
original sRGB file. Thus, the relationship between the two files - once
consistent via adjustments employing soft proofing and one "as is" in Safari
- stays the same from one monitor to the next. NO, each monitor across the
globe will NOT see the exact color I see on my monitor BUT they will see the
same results of comparison using the method I described above. The
relationship between the two representations remains constant although the
color of one image viewed on my monitor may be different from another's.
Thanks,
Kerry
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