flash (macromedia): Well, you'd might wanna compare other websites, i suspect that it's a
matter of monitor-settings...

I recently started work on a site using flash on my powerbook. I uploaded the
movie to the client and was told that it was way too dark. I viewed it on a
PC, and the difference was pretty big. I had the bg of the html page at
#222222 and the bg of the flash movie at solid black, but you couldnt even tell
the difference, they just blended into each other. Would it turn out better if
I transfered my work to a pc and started working from there? Does flash on a
mac publish the flash document different than on a PC? Can PC display the
difference in #000000 and #222222? I have a good PC too, so there is no problem
working on that, I just want to see if that is what I should indeed do. Thanks
for any help. Brad

Sounds like you may need to either change your display profile settings
or Calibrate your current setup. (Assuming you are run OS X here)

I develop on a Mac Powerbook also and have no problems with Flash
content displaying on Mac vs. PC. Currently have a Neovo S-19 profile
as I work on an external monitor when docked.

Note that you WILL see a difference in Video movies that have been post
processed. (Like QuickTime to Flash Video) Cleaner6 actually has a
default setting to offset the Gamma, Brightness & Contrast when running
movies on PC's that have been processed on a Mac. They suggest the
following initial settings:

Gamma = 15
Brightness = -5
Contract = 5

Haven't had to fuss with those setting too much based on my current setup.

You really shouldn't have to move development to a PC unless that's
something that you really wish to do.

There will also be a big difference between how those colors are displayed
on a CRT versus an LCD panel, as well as a difference on systems using lower
color-depth video settings, such as 16-bit (thousands) as opposed to 24-bit
or 32-bit (millions).

When doing color determinations, you need to test multiple configurations
when you use colors that are so close in value.

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