Ever since I got my Core2Duo MacBook Pro back when they were released, I have had problems with getting colour to match up across applications. I've largely ignored it, as I hadn't been doing anything that important, but I'm now at the point where I'm using Aperture more and more, and wanting to do more with colour.
No matter what I do, I cannot get colour looking the same in Firefox and Safari. Now, I know that Firefox is not colour managed, but exporting as sRGB should mean that things look the same in both browsers. However, that's not happening.
Here's an example. This is a crop of a photograph I took with this bright orange box in it, as it shows off the problem quite well. In Firefox, this image looks exactly as it should - bright orange. This matches up with what I see on my camera, in Windows, or on any other device I can load the image onto:
However, in any colour-managed application, this changes to a dark orange/red. If I export the image with my display profile, rather than sRGB colour matches everywhere, but it is the wrong colour everywhere:
In Safari, both these images look the same as each other, as that is what colour management is supposed to do. However, on my MacBook Pro, this makes them both look red. They should both look bright orange - the same as the first image when viewed in Firefox. (or any other unmanaged application)
I have had a friend check this for me, and his results seem to go along with my suspicions that Colorsync is broken on Intel macs. (or at least Core2Duo ones)
On his Dual G5 the first image looks bright orange in Firefox. It also looks bright orange on his Core2Duo MacBook.
On both machines in Firefox, the second image looks red, just like it should.
However, on the G5 when you load up the images in Safari, they both look identical to each other, but they are the same orange as the first image in Firefox - which is exactly what should be happening. On his MacBook, they both turn bright red though, just like I'm seeing on my MacBook Pro.
Is this affecting anyone else using an Intel machine? It would be great if people could test this and post back their results and what mac they're using.
To summarise - load up this post in Firefox. The two images should be different from each other, with the first being orange, and the second being a lot darker/reddish.
Now Open up this post in Safari - the two images will be the same as each other, but which one do they look like when comparing to Firefox? They should both look like the first image does in Firefox, but for me, they look like the second. (which is incorrect)
No matter what I do, I cannot get colour looking the same in Firefox and Safari. Now, I know that Firefox is not colour managed, but exporting as sRGB should mean that things look the same in both browsers. However, that's not happening.
Here's an example. This is a crop of a photograph I took with this bright orange box in it, as it shows off the problem quite well. In Firefox, this image looks exactly as it should - bright orange. This matches up with what I see on my camera, in Windows, or on any other device I can load the image onto:
However, in any colour-managed application, this changes to a dark orange/red. If I export the image with my display profile, rather than sRGB colour matches everywhere, but it is the wrong colour everywhere:
In Safari, both these images look the same as each other, as that is what colour management is supposed to do. However, on my MacBook Pro, this makes them both look red. They should both look bright orange - the same as the first image when viewed in Firefox. (or any other unmanaged application)
I have had a friend check this for me, and his results seem to go along with my suspicions that Colorsync is broken on Intel macs. (or at least Core2Duo ones)
On his Dual G5 the first image looks bright orange in Firefox. It also looks bright orange on his Core2Duo MacBook.
On both machines in Firefox, the second image looks red, just like it should.
However, on the G5 when you load up the images in Safari, they both look identical to each other, but they are the same orange as the first image in Firefox - which is exactly what should be happening. On his MacBook, they both turn bright red though, just like I'm seeing on my MacBook Pro.
Is this affecting anyone else using an Intel machine? It would be great if people could test this and post back their results and what mac they're using.
To summarise - load up this post in Firefox. The two images should be different from each other, with the first being orange, and the second being a lot darker/reddish.
Now Open up this post in Safari - the two images will be the same as each other, but which one do they look like when comparing to Firefox? They should both look like the first image does in Firefox, but for me, they look like the second. (which is incorrect)
