On 21 Apr 2006 at 20:25, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > On Apr 21, 2006, at 8:14 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > On 21 Apr 2006 at 19:41, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > >> The results were surprising, and quite conclusive. Consistency of > >> rendering was always enhanced when an ICC profile was embedded. For a > >> measly couple of worth of data, particularly when some folks want to > >> post 200Kbyte image files for people to browse, I don't understand > >> the big deal about embedding them. If they're truly ignored by all > >> but the very few applications, why not? It doesn't hurt anything and > >> even at 28.8Kbps dialup speeds would only add 2-3 seconds per image > >> to download. Crap that isn't color management sensitive, like all the > >> stupid dancing whirlygigs and other nonsense that people embellish > >> their sites with, don't have to worry about it. (I often turn the > >> browser display of graphics off when I see that crap anyway.) > > > > Enhanced? It either works or it doesn't work. It's as easy to prove > > whether it > > does on not by simply displaying an Adobe RGB formatted and ICC > > embedded image > > on any windows browser. Inevitably the image will be rendered > > obviously non- > > colour managed. > > Perhaps you don't understand. The images were set to be in sRGB > colorspace. Each image was saved with and without an sRGB ICC embedded. > > I said, again, 'the consistency of the rendering was enhanced when an > ICC profile was embedded'. On both platforms (Mac OS X and Windows > XP), in 8 different browsers we saw the same things. It was > measurable. That's what we were looking to test for, to see if there > was an observable difference in the consistency of rendering, not > whether the browsers would read alternative colorspace profiles. > > > Send me the images that you and your associate tested to derive > > your results > > and I'll use my screen colorimeter to test them and report back. > > Sorry, the tests were done three years ago ... I'm pretty sure I > still have the files and data somewhere, but a quick search hasn't > brought them up. They're probably in one of my system archives as > they weren't a part of my regular photo work, just some testing for > web display.
Maybe you could use my test images: http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/temp/ICC_test.html Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http:/home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
