Does it look 'dirtier' on the 'Graphics' PC by any chance?

Does it look 'dirtier' on the 'Graphics' PC by any chance?

Certain graphics file types can store colour profile information you see, some programs ignore it and others will try to utilise it. It's a fucking minefield.

Hmm.

Wow, wait til Zardoz sees that post!

Oh. Wait.

Don't you see how far we've come? I'm so proud of Zardoz, I'm going to buy him a drink of his choice. The day after tomorrow!

Isn't is just one using RGB and the other using CMYK? I'm pretty sure PS uses CMYK.

so much for me posting less, eh?

Bloody designers sending me CMYK files which don't play nicely here in video land. Send RGB or GTFF!

I'll convert them for you.

Shall we say...

It's an absolute nightmare isn't it, Z? And it doesn't help that my knowledge of colour spaces is incredibly lacking.

The problem is the colours still don't quite translate properly. Designers don't understand this.

They also don't understand what works well in print doesn't work well in video. Red isn't ideal in video land as any compression system that uses 4:2:0 colour compression tends to pixilate reds for example. 4:2:0 is used everywhere from the MPEG on DVD's through to Windows Media and Flash. Red text on white always looks grim for example.

Today, whilst buying parts for my gran's shower which I fixed all by myself I popped into Staples and bought some pick n' mix.

But, not just any pick and mix...


PAPERCLIP Pick n' Mix.

See how full this glass is?


Imagine that water is in fact win.



It is not as full of win as Paperclip Pick n' Mix.

I always thought that the roads around the perimeter of Hemlington in Middlesbrough would make for a fine F1 track, nice long straights with some tricky downhill turns. I'll trace a route in a bit.

Here you go.

Potential F1 track in NE England

Mr Everiss digs deeper in his new blog.

Link?

The problem is the colours still don't quite translate properly. Designers don't understand this.

Cached seems to have disappeared on his main site.

I quite like that. He makes some good points.

Well, some colours cross over perfectly, the problems occur when one is outside of the others gamut. As someone who produces graphics for print and web I always say, 'fuck it, it's close enough'.

Everyones monitor is calibrated differently.

Are those Pantone 'books' still ridiculously expensive? I worked in a printshop for my Work Experience and when I touched their Pantone thingy, they all freaked out!

Was that about the AAA games?

Compare that to the cost of getting your clients corporate colours printed wrong though.

So... the college course I've been attending since November haven't actually got me registered for any of the exams! Great... this could have been a colossal waste of my time and effort.

What a bunch of dozy cunts.

Yup.

Do you have a 'reference level' monitor for your vid work Chinny? Like Musos have studio monitors for sound?

Oh, it was about something else when I read it earlier.

Never mind.

EDIT: It seems he's received a letter asking him to remove all references to someone or other about his Evony thingy from a London firm.

Yeah, read that yesterday. Glad that they're going to provide help for customers during that difficult time. I'll be beside myself.

"The majority of the identified sites are located close to another one of our stores, and we will help each customer affected by a closure to transfer to their nearest store"