Taking Your Talent to the Web: A Guide for the Transitioning Designer- P5:It was a simple solution to a complex problem. On one side, thousands of designers and art directors are eager to take their talents to the Web but aren’t sure how. On the other, web agencies could not find enough good web designers to get their work done. | Taking Your Talent to the Web 61 In late 1998 with the release of Photoshop 5 Adobe made it possible to compensate for gamma differences between platforms using Photoshop alone. This is largely because Adobe supports the sRGB standard in Photoshop even on Macs and Apple supports it through the system s included ColorSync control panel. Mac users here s how to put sRGB to work 1. Open the RGB Settings preference in Photoshop 5 or higher and select sRGB as your working environment. 2. Photoshop will prompt you to set up your System Gamma if you have not done so already. In Mac OS 8 and higher you can set your Mac s System Gamma to sRGB using either the Mac s built-in ColorSync control panel or the Adobe Gamma control panel that comes with Photoshop. 3. Set your Mac to sRGB and you will always be inside the Windows gamma space. If you prefer leave it at typical Mac gamma or some custom setting and Photoshop will magically shift your images from the Mac to the Windows color space. Choose Your Gamma If you continue to design for print as well as the Web stick with Apple s default settings and let Photoshop toggle you back and forth between Mac and sRGB gamma settings. If you re biting the bullet and plunging into full-time web design by all means set your Mac to sRGB and be done with it. After you get used to working inside a slightly darker color space it will look just fine to you and you ll never have to worry about gamma compatibility again. ImageReady is included in Photoshop 5 and higher. Photoshop is much more web-savvy than its predecessor and Photoshop 6 is even more so. We heartily recommend these later versions of Photoshop. If you use an older version by all means try GammaToggle FKEY or Furbo Filters. 62 WHY Designing for the Medium Typography Typography Given what we ve already discussed in terms of screen color and gamma differences it should come as no surprise that there are vast differences in the way different platforms handle typography on .
