Google Chrome does not support ICC color profiles?

After the announcement two days ago, I was really looking forward to Chrome. Unfortunately, it seems to be missing on one of my most loved new feature of Firefox 3: support for color profiles.

See my post here and test it out for yourself.

Damn!

How to enable color profiles & color management in Firefox 3

Photographers and photo enthusiasts will be happy to hear this. Firefox 3 now supports color management. No more viewing flickr using Safari. You have to explicitly enable it though. Read on to know how.

Here is the link to the official test site for ICC v4. Go ahead and open it in a new window.

If your browser does not support color profiles or has it disabled, here is what you'll get:


If your browser does support color profiles, this is what you'll get:


Here is how to enable Color Management on Firefox 3:
1) Open Firefox 3 browser.
2) On the address bar type the following:

about:config

3) On the search bar type the following:

gfx.color_management.enabled

4) Confirm it is now set to true, then restart firefox.

That's it! Go back to the test site and confirm that you get the proper image.

Now, if only they had turned this on by default...

Enjoy!

Canon EOS 350D on Vista 64-bit.

As of time of posting this blog entry, Canon still does not support Vista x64. Here's a trick that I found to work:

1) Install 32-bit Vista drivers. You normally get the EOS Solution disk with your camera body. Just use those.
2) Here is the magical bit... On your camera, change the connection mode from PC Connection to Print/PTP.
3) Now connect your camera to your Vista x64 pc.

Voila! It works like magic. =)

Enjoy!

CF Card Speeds

I hate it when you have to switch CF cards. It just always has to happen right when you're in middle of capturing those perfect frames. I think I need a slightly larger card. Perhaps 4GB or 8GB? Learning from experience, I also want a 120x or higher. 80x is just too slow. Below is my quick reference guide to CF card speeds.

Transfer Speed:	MB/sec:
1x	0.15
20x	3
80x	12
100x	15
120x	18
133x	19.95
150x	22.5
200x	30
300x	45
400x	60
500x	75

References:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD-ROM#Transfer_rates
* My flickr pics here.

Color Management in Windows Vista

Here is a configuration that gives consistent colors in:
* Canon Digital Photo Professional
* Adobe Lightoom
* Adobe Photoshop CS2.
* Firefox 3 (new)

I'm not sure if it's all correct. But its something that seems to work for me.

Procedure:

Step 1: Disable Adobe Gamma Loader.


Step 2:
Run Windows "Color Management" application.


Set the System Default by going to the "Advanced" tab, and clicking "Change System Default". Then set the following settings below.


Step 3: Set the user color management.


To enable color management in Firefox 3, see my other post
How to enable color profiles & color management in Firefox 3


I hope this helps! Let me know if you other suggestions.

Thanks! Enjoy!