Re: problems with images in netscape?

The problem has to do with platforms, not browsers.

There is a different Gamma correction factor to use between Mac machines 
and PC machines.

You have a choice to correct for either, or attempt to find a happy medium.

However, ...

If the site is to sell his wares on the Internet, then check the site log 
files to determine where the majority of customers are coming from, Macs or 
PCs.  *If* you believe in current stats, set the web images gamma 
correction for PCs.  The key is to set the correct gamma for the customers 
and not the photographer/owner of the site.

See http://www.cgsd.com/papers/gamma.web.html for an explanation and photos 
about gamma correction.


At 11:06 AM 11/29/01 -0800, Doris Kyburz wrote:
>Hello you all,
>
>I have been lurking for quite a while but now I need your input. This is 
>my "premiere" here. I'm at the end of my wits.
>
>I am working on a portfolio site of a friend of mine who is a professional 
>photographer.
>He has his monitor calibrated for his work (print). He says that the 
>pictures in the popup windows look totally "washed out" on his screen. He 
>uses netscape 4.75 for the mac. I tried it out here and indeed, the 
>colours of the pictures differ considerably.
>
>Here are two links:
>http://www.tuschmanphoto.com/med/med_04.html
>try the first picture on the second row
>or
>the first picture on the third row
>
>http://www.tuschmanphoto.com/med/med_05.html
>last picture on the first row: The boy's sweat shirt should be a fully 
>saturated orange.
>
>Now, I wonder how much "colour correction" is happening in the browsers? 
>When I send some of the jpg's to my friend he says they look just fine (in 
>photoshop). He thinks this is happening because I am not using the same 
>monitor calibration as he does.
>
>I understand that he is an artist and wants his pictures on the web as 
>accurately as ever possible.
>
>I am grateful for any insight into this problem :-)
>
>Doris
>
>PS. Warning: The pictures on the popup windows are HUGE. The site is made 
>for his clients (advertisment agencies, big companies) that all have big 
>monitors and fast connections.
>
>


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