Author Topic: Color paler on istock site (Read 3731 times)

hroe · « **on:** April 20, 2009, 15:28 »

Hello,

I am completely new at istock and I have a question about the color difference seen on istock only. Even though the color of my jpg images look OK on my browser and in all the other micro sites, on istock they all look more dull and paler. It's weird to me because it's the internet and if it looks fine on my browser (last version Firefox), then it should look the same once uploaded...... but it doesn't. On all the other sites, the colors are fine.

Here a sample of what I mean

Anybody experiences the same problem?

Thank you!

Inga · « **Reply #1 on:** April 20, 2009, 15:54 »

strange! Yes your istock image looks less saturated and has less contrast. What RGB do you use? sRGB, Adobe RGB, whatever? sRGB is the most common and I always use it since it is supported by most browsers so it looks the same in all browsers.

EDIT: istock seams to whatever color palette you use convert it to sRGB.
Shutterstock and Dreamstime do not. This is an Adobe RGB image I uploaded and the one on SS looks paler since at least my firefox does not "translate" Adobe RGB:

hroe · « **Reply #2 on:** April 20, 2009, 21:25 »

Thank you Inga for your answer and your sample!

I have noticed before that Adobe RGB is not rendered well in Firefox, I then did some tests and decided to embed my monitor 'Apple Cinema Display' which gives the same result as Adobe RGB color-wise but can be read by Firefox (and other browsers) absolutely fine. I tested it on different platforms (was mostly concerned about PCs) and colors didn't shift... So, I was pleased with it... until I started to upload to IS and realize that everything looks paler, but only on Firefox (because actually like you said, they change the color profile).... I did some tests with sRGB but it still look paler on Firefox.

Here another sample with the same image from IS on two different browsers (Safari and Firefox). I don't have the problem with the other companies since they don't convert the color profile.

The problem is that some of my images are on the "Can resubmit" section for being dull or have lack of contrast. But then I don't know if they saw them with real colors and contrast or not... Voila.

Is there someone who has any idea to go around the problem

Thanks!

zyng · « **Reply #3 on:** April 20, 2009, 22:42 »

I believe iStock is doing the right thing. I can't find it anywhere right now, but I think they convert only the previews to sRGB. Since most browsers don't support color profiles, the browsers assume it's sRGB (or treat it that way). If you're using Firefox 3 or better, you can turn color profile support on:
newbielink:http://www.dria.org/wordpress/archives/2008/04/29/633/ [nonactive]

You can upload in sRGB and there is no conversion (although, Adobe RGB is the better option for most images). I am a little confused as to why this is happening though...

hroe · « **Reply #4 on:** April 21, 2009, 07:39 »

Thanks! I was mostly concerned about how 'buyers' see them, not really me. If the preview is lifeless on Firefox it's an issue since a lot of people use it. On the other hand, PCs are darker than Macs, so they would gain some color back...

alias · « **Reply #5 on:** April 21, 2009, 10:53 »

Quote from: hroe on April 21, 2009, 07:39

PCs are darker than Macs, so they would gain some color back...

They used to be back in the days when Mac users typically used 1.8 'standard' gamma settings. Today designers using a calibrated workflow are almost certainly using 2.2 on a Mac, same as Windows.

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