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From: wraeth <wraeth@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] CMYK comparison to sRGB between platforms
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 22:49:45
Message-Id: 55EF65F1.7040807@wraeth.id.au
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] CMYK comparison to sRGB between platforms by Mick
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4 On 09/09/15 04:42, Mick wrote:
5 > On the same hardware I noticed that a CMYK photograph converted to
6 > sRGB looked mostly the same (indistinguishable) on Linux, but the
7 > sRGB colours were brighter on MSWindows.
8 >
9 > I tried this by dual booting between MSWindows and Linux.
10 >
11 > Then I tried it by running MSWindows within a VM on a Linux host
12 > and the MSWindows showed a clear difference in brightness between
13 > the two formats.
14 >
15 > Finally, I checked on an AppleMac and the difference between the
16 > CMYK and sRGB photographs was even more prominent than MSWindows.
17 >
18 > So, the Linux renedering seems to be misleading the user. Have you
19 > noticed the same?
20 >
21 > BTW, both Linux machines that I tried this on are running radeon
22 > drivers - are these to blame? The AppleMac is running Intel
23 > graphics with its 'retina' monitor. Is it a matter of somehow
24 > tuning the Xorg settings on my Linux PCs?
25
26 While I'm certainly not an expert on this sort of thing, one key piece
27 of information that would affect this is what software you used.
28 Specifically, did you use the same software on each platform
29 (therefore the same method of conversion)?
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Re: [gentoo-user] CMYK comparison to sRGB between platforms Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>