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Re: [APML] Reflecting on Cygnus



Hi Chuck,
Uhmm..I don't really have an answer to your question. I save the tif
in sRGB. When converting to jpeg I don't change the profile. How
does it appear on the html page?
Rob Gendler
email: robgendler@att.net
Web Site: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Vaughn" <aa6g@aa6g.org>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] Reflecting on Cygnus


> Rob,
> 
> I have a question in regards to how your recent images are being  
> displayed. First let me explain I have both a PC and a Mac connected  
> to my Dell 2405FPW display. Both computers have been adjusted so that  
> identical images look nearly identical on the monitor. This includes  
> the grayscale step test.
> 
> Sometimes I open your images in Photoshop and I see you have the sRGB  
> profile embedded. Are you intending your images to be viewed with  
> that profile or with no profile?
> 
> I've found that most browsers display the images using no profile.  
> The one exception is the Mac Safari browser which does a profile  
> conversion. IE on the PC and IE, Netscape, and FireFox on the Mac  
> discard the profile.
> 
> Discarding the profile makes for a much brighter and noisier image.  
> The profile converted images are darker, a bit dark for my taste, but  
> much nicer looking overall.
> 
> I'm betting you're adjusting the images to be displayed with the  
> profile conversion based on the look of your older images.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> ----------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> > Here's a new image of an attractive reflection complex in Cygnus.
> > Although the complex is often referred to as NGC 6914 the two
> > dominant reflection clouds are vdB31 and vdB32.
> >
> > http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/NGC6914NM.html
> >
> > Enjoy!
> > Rob Gendler
> > email: robgendler@att.net
> > Web Site: http://www.robgendlerastropics.com
> 
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