I was looking on info on new displays and came across multiple threads saying that photos show over-saturated on IE when using the very popular wide gamut backlit displays. Word is Firefox displays the colors correctly.
If you are using Vista this motorcycle should be red, not blue:
In IE7 and Opera on Vista it appears blue. If you save the image to disk then open it in Photo gallery it is red. 
source: http://blogs.msdn.com/color_blog/
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jh71283
Throw new System.Beverage. OutOfCoffeeException()
huh... in photo and fax viewer on xp, it's green!
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Sven Groot
I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favourite store on the Citadel.
In Firefox it also appears blue.
Also of note: in Photoshop CS3 it appears green (no I'm not joking).
EDIT: My guess would be there's some colour profiling data in the file that different viewers are interpreting differently. -
jh71283
Throw new System.Beverage. OutOfCoffeeException()
oh and ff3 on xp = Blue.
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Bas
It finds lightbulbs.
That's awesome! It's blue here in IE6 on XP. I wonder what happens when I try it in Vista at home. If you open it in Paint.NET, the thumbnail in the file open dialog is green, but Paint.NET opens it as blue!
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mikexkearney
Only when trust is earnt can sex and free discounts be exchanged.
Blue with Opera & IE7 on Vista.
Saved it to my Desktop the icon image was Green then turned Red.
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DCMonkey
What?!?
Your guess would be correct according to the blog post referenced in the original postSven Groot said:In Firefox it also appears blue.
Also of note: in Photoshop CS3 it appears green (no I'm not joking).
EDIT: My guess would be there's some colour profiling data in the file that different viewers are interpreting differently.
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magicalclick
remember the flow
Vista Photo Gallery = Red, Thumb = GreenDCMonkey said:
Your guess would be correct according to the blog post referenced in the original postSven Groot said:*snip*
Live Photo Gallery = Red, Thumb = Green
IE7 = Blue
Vista Paint = Blue
Paint .Net = Blue
Picture Viewer from QuickTime = Blue
.Net 3.0 WPF = Red (I build the photo viewer using WPF)
System.Drawing.Image imgPhoto = new Bitmap(inPath);
This one is Blue. (This is my code for creating the thumb image).
The red does look more adaquate. Blue and Green looks really weird once I see the Red result. -
stevo_
Human after all
Its really very simple if you read the blog entry supplied by the OP
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It shows up blue on Firefox 3 (Mac). It shows up green on Safari 3 (Mac). When I save it to desktop, it shows up green in Preview.
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Sven Groot
I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favourite store on the Citadel.
DCMonkey said:
Your guess would be correct according to the blog post referenced in the original postSven Groot said:*snip*
I hadn't read that but it was the most logical explanation. I also guessed that the image had been deliberately engineered to show this effect (not a big guess considering an image that accidentally swaps entire colour channels in different viewers is almost impossible). It's nice to see my guesses are right.
In IE8 beta 1 (on XP) the bike appears blue, so it appears that IE8, at least in beta 1, still ignores colour profiles. -
magicalclick
remember the flow
What's the point of color profile anyway?Sven Groot said:DCMonkey said:*snip*I hadn't read that but it was the most logical explanation. I also guessed that the image had been deliberately engineered to show this effect (not a big guess considering an image that accidentally swaps entire colour channels in different viewers is almost impossible). It's nice to see my guesses are right.
In IE8 beta 1 (on XP) the bike appears blue, so it appears that IE8, at least in beta 1, still ignores colour profiles. -
wisemx
Live it
It's interesting but using a JPEG for this is a garbage test.
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How so? It's intended to show which colour profile is in use, which it seems to do rather effectively.wisemx said:It's interesting but using a JPEG for this is a garbage test.
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wisemx
Live it
Correct but why not use an image that retains everything for the tests?AndyC said:
How so? It's intended to show which colour profile is in use, which it seems to do rather effectively.wisemx said:*snip*
This tests nothing more than the WCS profile, seems odd to use a JPEG.
I'd expect to at least use a flat PNG for this.
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stevo_
Human after all
What they should of done was interlaced text that says:wisemx said:
Correct but why not use an image that retains everything for the tests?AndyC said:*snip*
This tests nothing more than the WCS profile, seems odd to use a JPEG.
I'd expect to at least use a flat PNG for this.
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Bas
It finds lightbulbs.
I think they should have done one of those colorblindness-tests, with the colored dots. "If you see an eight, you are using Vista."stevo_ said:
What they should of done was interlaced text that says:wisemx said:*snip*
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magicalclick said:
Vista Photo Gallery = Red, Thumb = GreenDCMonkey said:*snip*
Live Photo Gallery = Red, Thumb = Green
IE7 = Blue
Vista Paint = Blue
Paint .Net = Blue
Picture Viewer from QuickTime = Blue
.Net 3.0 WPF = Red (I build the photo viewer using WPF)
System.Drawing.Image imgPhoto = new Bitmap(inPath);
This one is Blue. (This is my code for creating the thumb image).
The red does look more adaquate. Blue and Green looks really weird once I see the Red result.When using System.Drawing you can pass true for the useIcm parameter of Bitmap constructor (or Image.FromFile):
Bitmap b = new Bitmap("bgrredducatiwcstesttrisiz5.jpg", true);
If you do that it will use the color management information contained in the image file and you'll get the red variant.
Fun stuff
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