This isn't a "problem" really, in the sense of something being broken - but this section probably qualifies as the most likely to get a qualified answer.

I've noticed (and surprised that no one else has!) the slideshows generated by ZF output images which are WAY off in color compared to how they are viewed in a normal gallery.  They are almost always way over saturated.  Nah - pretty much always.

This issue is not ZF centric however - I have observed the exact same thing in other Flash based slideshow generators - usually to the befuddlement of their "tech support" people when the issue is raised.

I've already resigned myself to the fact that there is no likely magic bullet to fix this - and I certainly cannot do special post production versions of all my images to please slideshow generators.  However, I AM wondering if there is someone out there who will acknowledge the issue and maybe explain why this happens?

Best guess - Some kind of limitation in super compacted Flash routines for web, and possible compression algorithms it imposes in order to pull off the "magic". It would just be nice to hear "yes, we know" and why.

For those that don't think this exists, please compare a normal gallery image from here -

http://www.karenengel.com/p541291614/h31415094#h31415094

To a ZF generated slideshow image from here -

http://www.karenengelphotography.com/connections/slideshow7.html

The most likely cause for the difference in colors is that your browser (Firefox or Safari) recognizes the sRGB color profile that is embedded in the image and does proper color management, while Flash ignores the color profile and does no color management.

By the way, Internet Explorer users won't see any difference as this browser is not color-aware and would show the same colors as Flash.

Thank you - that makes perfect sense!  I did a little more searching with CMS in mind and found an article here - 

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/10/get_better_color_through_fp10.html

Also some mention of "Flex" - something new in Flash to be released....so maybe in the future this will be less problematic.

Anyway, that's the answer - much appreciated.

Hi

Yes, I have also found this problem with my Dell 2408WFP wide gamut monitor.

Will zenfolio correct color managment in flash? it can be done using the technique described by john nack

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2008/10/get_better_color_through_fp10.html

Any suggestion or release plan from zenfolio would be greatly appreciated.

Thx.

The plan is to fix it in the next release (early March). 

I think the problem has not been fixed.

Any info on this subject??

Thx.

Not fixed indeed: http://forums.zenfolio.com/forums/p/4695/25794.aspx.