Am 07.03.2015 um 20:05 schrieb Noel Carboni: > Imagine a hypothetical new version of Windows that would assume data coming > out of applications for display on the monitor is sRGB > (the tacit assumption that's been there for years, even though it's rarely > true). Then the GPU transform the colors to the monitor > profile the OS already knows about. Voila, out-of-the box color-management > for previously non-managed applications. Managed color > out of the desktop and accurate color from Internet Explorer (instead of 100% > inaccurate on most monitors).
But that version of Windows already exists, it is called Mac OS X :) *scnr* > Take the concept further, to the point where a particular (say, wide gamut) > connection space could be configured to replace the > default sRGB on a system-wide or per-application or even per-window basis, > and applications that seek to be color-management savvy > can just generate their colors in that space, pass them to Windows with no > muss or fuss, and Windows converts all the colors to the > display device(s) without the application having to be particularly complex. I don't think it is ever going to happen, MS has shown little ambition in that direction. At this rate, solutions in the open source operating system sector (= Linux) are more likely (and to some extent already exist, although not widely supported by distributions). Florian. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Lcms-user mailing list Lcms-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user
