[Digikam-users] Re: Color management question

[Remco Viëtor]

on Saturday 08 January 2011, Michael Johnson wrote: 
> I recently bought a colorimeter and used ArgyllCMS to calibrate and profile 
my 
> display.  So far I'm quite happy with the results.  However, I don't seem to 
> have something set up quite right in Digikam, because if I simply export 
photos 
> after working with them in Digikam they don't show up properly in 
> non-color-managed programs, despite being in the sRGB color space (which the 
> metadata claims they are).
> (...)

In digikam you use the profile you created to correct the displayed image for 
viewing. The monitor profile does not and should not influence the data in the 
image, but only the way they are displayed. 

Non-color-managed programs do not apply your monitor profile to the images. 
So, your images will not display the way they do in Digikam. Try having a look 
at your images in Digikam with color management disabled (small icon in lower 
left corner in Image Editor window). 

Converting your images to your profile means that they will look good on your 
screen, but probably wrong on anyone else's screen. When you leave them in 
sRGB, anyone with a calibrated and profiled screen could see the correct 
colours.

Regards,

Remco