Poor Upload Quality from Aperture - Please Help

GoGoDigGoGoDig Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
edited June 4, 2009 in SmugMug Support
Hi Guys,

I'm uploading my images from Aperture using the SmugMug plug in. For some reason my images seem to be rather "flat" the skin tones seem to go a bit grey. They look great in Aperture but totally different on Smugmug.

I'll admit that I'm using a MacBook with out having calabrated the screen. That being said I'm not sure if calabrating will make a big differance as I've also had images color corrected by an outside lab and even theirs seem to change when uploaded. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

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  • GoGoDigGoGoDig Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
    edited June 4, 2009
    Update
    Sorry but I forgot to add the link to my images in question. Thanks for any feedback.

    http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/8411710_tBEEk/1/552319088_Wagu9
  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    Give this a read.

    http://blogs.smugmug.com/don/2007/02/14/this-is-your-mac-on-drugs/

    Check in Firefox 3 with color management enabled: http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2007/08/color-management-support-added-to-firefox-3/

    They look fine to me
    Photos
  • GoGoDigGoGoDig Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
    edited June 4, 2009
    Cmason thanks for your help this may be what my problem is. I've read through these two articles but it seems I have alot to learn about this prosess.

    Still open to any other thoughts though.
  • GoGoDigGoGoDig Registered Users Posts: 5 Beginner grinner
    edited June 4, 2009
    WOW! Just made a big discovery. I've been viewing SmugMug in Firefox all this time and did not know that there could be such a color differance between browsers. I just looked at my SmugMug shots is Safari and they now look the same as they do in Aperture. Live and learn I guess.
  • cmasoncmason Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited June 4, 2009
    GoGoDig wrote:
    WOW! Just made a big discovery. I've been viewing SmugMug in Firefox all this time and did not know that there could be such a color differance between browsers. I just looked at my SmugMug shots is Safari and they now look the same as they do in Aperture. Live and learn I guess.

    Turn on color management in FF and you will get the same view as you see in Safari and Aperature. See the FF link I posted above:

    type "About:config" in the FF address bar, then search for "gfx.color_management.enabled". Click it to turn it to true. Restart.
    Photos
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