Snow Leopard’s gamma shift
Apple have quietly switched the default gamma setting in Snow Leopard from 1.8 — their default for the last 25 years and originally set to match their first laser printer — to the slightly darker gamma of 2.2, which is the default in Windows. John Nack at Adobe has a good write-up on gamma and what’s changing.
Hello Si! Does this mean that colours will look darker? I noticed a subtle but noticeable change when I installed SL but was wondering if I was going crazy. Love the site btw. Awse!
Yep, colours tend to look a bit darker shifting from 1.8 to 2.2, unless you’re using colour management tools. On the plus side, no more dramas designing on Mac for Windows clients!