For the past few months, I've been having fits trying to figure out why my photos look bland when I upload them to Flickr. I've checked all my colorspace parameters in the camera and in PS. Everything matched up, but they still desaturated when uploaded. The thumbnails looked fine in the uploader window, but as soon as they opened in Flickr...no Pop.

Well, this AZ slowdown crap has forced me to use Safari again to browse here. I just opened up Flickr in my Safari window for the first time, though, and whaddaya know...COLOR!! :gheywave:

Apparently it's browser-dependent. Who knew?


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Anyone know if there's a colorspace setting in FF???

 

You can set color management with FF. I'll try to find it.

 

Found it

http://lifehacker.com/396742/tweak-f...-richer-colors

There's also a plugin for it, but I haven't tried it.

 

Hmm...in reading through that, it shouldn't matter if my photos are in the sRGB colorspace (which they are). I'm still

That said, I'm still using FF2.x...looks like I'm overdue an upgrade.

 

Oh yeah, it's with FF3.

 

It's in FF3, but it's not on by default.

So the fun part is knowing that people around you are still probably viewing the pictures
in the non-color managed state. sigh.

 

^Exactly!! That sucks. Happily, most of my family & friends are stuck in IE land, so they get the good colors. Not to mention their monitors are super contrasty & hypersaturated, so really they get uber-technicolor blown out monster photos, but it seems to appeal to them...

 

Sonofabitch, there is a difference. Definitely punchier in Safari and I have the latest FF.

 

we should have a default browser for the photo contests

i remember getting mad trying to get my pictures to upload w/ color. I think I ended up figuring out that I saved a bunch of pictures in Adobe RGB.

after saving them to sRGB, they look the same from photoshop to when I view them in camino.

 

hmm.. just tried it on FF3, mine was set to false, I restarted the browser and I don't notice any difference..

one of the keys for me in PP (in regard to the problem of viewing on various monitors) is making sure nothing looks blown out. I figure, as long as it's not blown out on my screen, it shouldn't be on another. I think that should work. Another thing I try to do as much as I can (which sadly rarely get the opportunity to) is look at my work on other people's computers.

I recently had an eye-opening experience when I viewed my pics on a friend's brand new iMac. The screen was so damn bright and my pics in turn were also damn bright and it made me realize how much my laptop's screen has faded over the past 2+ years. It has seen a LOT LOT LOT of use and it shows. Now that I saw that I've been going a little easier on the brightening.. Following the "don't blow things out" rule and then trying to not go overboard with the light levels.. something which I tend to do. Anyways. Practice and experience is what makes you better, right.

 

I use a 9 year old laptop --- you should see how colours look on my monitor! Aside from the fact that it's dull and everything is cast pink (even with Spyder calibration), it's great.

I know what you mean though.... I hate that no matter how hard you work on making a digital photo look just right, you KNOW that it'll look different and inconsistent on everyone else's monitors anyway.

 

whoa.. ok suddenly my laptop feels rather new. :P

So this is what I think - as long as you know what things look like on your monitor, technically it shouldn't matter. I mean, if you've been using the same computer to process and you set the baseline when you started on it, it should be fine, even over time as it degrades in quality. This is because you are viewing other sites too, and your standard for those other sites and web browsing in general is changing as your display is changing - so technically everything should remain the same. Assuming, you are using the same computer to view other pictures as well (on sites, etc).

Still I feel kinda lost right now because of the brightness issue... I'm looking at pics I've "finished" and I'm doubting myself; wondering whether they are bright enough. Kinda sux. I need to go to bed.

 

Hah. I might be making it sound worse than it is --- the laptop might actually be 8 years old, not 9. I'm not sure...it's Dan's original laptop from college, and although there are a few things about it that suck, it still works....barely...for now....if you keep it plugged in....and have a lot of time on your hands. And if you don't mind 2nd degree burns from the heat it produced, need certain arrow keys (thanks, Hugo), or mind the cracked frame.

I don't trust this monitor for anything. We either use Dan's laptop or our desktop set-up for photo stuff.

 

oh ok then.. when you said you use a 9-yr old laptop you made it sound like you use it to do photo stuff.. I should have known that was probably not the case but it's late and I need sleep.

 

^ Well, obviously, I VIEW my photos (and everyone else's) and browse on this laptop because it's my primary computer, but just don't edit stuff.

Anyway, back on topic.

Congrats on the revelation, wndrlst.

 

I'm just glad that Flickr isn't somehow converting my files to suckville. Somewhere out there, on someone's browser, they look as they were intended to look.

 

FWIW all new Macs ship with their displays set at "surface of the Sun" level brightness. A proper calibration (well...as much of one as you can on the built-in panel) will leave you with a notably dimmer, but much more accurate display.