I\'m very, VERY new to the concept of file manipulation & transfer. I just discovered this problem and it\'s pretty nasty. I\'m hoping someone can at least point me to a website or book that will explain how to deal with it:
I never had a problem with my old P&S camera, but with my current system I\'m seeing a MASSIVE change in picture quality (exposure, contrast, saturation) when viewing my Mac-made files on a pc. Here\'s the details:
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I shoot a Canon 5D, always in raw. I convert the raw files to TIFF with Optics Pro.
I tweak my images in the Mac, using Leopard-Preview, or CS2, then eventually save dthem as jpegs. (set to highest quality)
I want to send large bunches of them to friends, on cd\'s or dvd\'s. Very few of the people I will send them to are into photography, so they will likely just double-click the pics to view them. Most will have pc\'s, not Macs, and so (I assume) will use the stock \"Windows Picture Viewer\" application.
As I said, I never had a problem before with my old camera. However, I just made a data DVD for a friend, and when I opened the files on my pc, all the pics look massively over-exposed, oversaturated, and heavily contrasted. This is WAY more than what could be attributed to a non-calibrated monitor.
Is this normal?
Perhaps it\'s due to my just having installed Leopard on my Mac? Not coincidentally, ever since Leopard, my pics also print badly, and in \"sort of\" the same way: Not over-exposed, but over-saturated to an absurd degree. - But that\'s some kind of print-driver issue. I\'m only mentioning it in case Leopard might be causing OTHER issues. -but what?
I\'m rather desperate here !!!!!!! I also need to send pics as promotional material for my (non-photog) business so this is costing me serious money.
HEEEELP !!!!!!!!!
Sep 28, 2008 at 01:31 AM
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