SalvageDiver Loc: Huntington Beach CA

For those that feel that online images may not be rendering accurately, here is a video by Greg Benz describing how to set up your browser for proper color management. I was having this same problem he describes between Safari and Firefox but didn't understand why, so I ignored it, until now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAnrBwaFuMA&t=710s

Hope this helps
Mike

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Color management is the key to "what you see is what you print" color, too.

Things get weird when websites strip off EXIF data and/or embedded profiles. Images can be "tagged" with an entry in the EXIF table, or "embedded" with a copy of an actual profile, or both.

Generally, browsers should be set to interpret untagged images as sRGB. And generally, if you upload images to a site for viewing by others, they should be in the sRGB color space, tagged as sRGB in the EXIF table, AND embedded with an sRGB profile.

Unless you AND your lab or service bureau or client really understand color management, it is a bad idea to send out images in any profile other than sRGB.

Adobe RGB is a great choice ONLY if you have an Adobe RGB-capable monitor, AND you know for certain that the recipient of your image also has such a monitor AND a process that can actually benefit from the expanded color profile choice. Photo labs using conventional wet-process papers don't benefit much (if at all) from Adobe RGB images. CMYK offset printers don't benefit much from Adobe RGB, either. CMYK gamut is smaller than sRGB. It takes at least an eight color pigment inkjet printer with a 16-bit driver to print the full benefit of Adobe RGB.

There is plenty of free information about ICC color management on Datacolor.com and XRite.com websites.