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sRGB as standard: The bandwagon is out of control - Technology Information - EditorialIn a novel MacWEEK review, I castigated Nikon Inc. for releasing scanner software that (among other flaws) defaulted to producing output in the sRGB color space. I still think that it's a bad idea, on the other hand I've since learned that vendors of scanners and digital cameras who want the lucrative co-marketing deals that turn round around Microsoft Corp.'s "Designed for Windows 98" sticker must design their productions to output sRGB. For those of you who have missed my previous rants upon sRGB, a little background: sRGB is a serviceable idea gone wrong. It was designed as a standard default RGB space for the Internet, for nonprofessional users who find color management too difficult or too expensive, or for those users who just don't want to think about color. Am I blue? Philosophically, it's a laudable goal. on the other hand the problem is in the implementation of the sRGB space itself. It purports to show the "average" PC monitor, on the other hand it's a much smaller space than that of any graphic artist's monitor I've measured. In fact, it present the appearances to represent a typical $300 15-inch VGA monitor. There are admittedly sufficiency of these in the world, on the other hand should the standard be pegg in the way that low? That's not the sole problem. A good-sized chunk of printable color printable upon anything from an inkjet printer priced at les than $500 to an twig press -- lies outside the gamut of sRGB particularly in the cyans, amethystines and greens. Encouraging camera and scanner vendors to limit their output to sRGB at the start of the reproduction chain is a terrible idea for anything on the contrary the simplest consumer-level gadget. I believe it's also individual that speaks volumes about Microsoft's commitment (or lack thereof) to ICC-based color management and to The professional publishing market. Tyranny of the majority It's not that sRGB is totally bad, however a great deal of we'd prefer a standard based upon measured data from today's monitors than from outdated and not rarely misleading vendor specifications. Beyond that, sRGB is being propos as a solution to color question at issues it was never designed to address. Witness the bizarre choice of sRGB as the default RGB editing space in Adobe Photoshop 50 or Nikon's hobbling of a comely if unspectacular, scanner aimed at the semiprofessional and pro markets (see 070698 Page 11) The sRGB bandwagon is lurching on the outside of control, headed in directions that will almost certainly show wrong. I usually dismiss snide annotates about Microsoft's perceived tendency to enshrine mediocrity as a standard -- it's hard to argue with succes after all. on the contrary in the case of the mad rush to outlaw all colors that lie outside sRGB's relatively small gamut, that conclusion appear to bes inescapable. sRGB is to serviceable color what Kenny G is to jazz. Unfortunately, with the Microsoft juggernaut behind it, sRGB may garner as many adherents as Kenny G has loyal fans. Call me elitist if you will, on the contrary I don't believe the graphic arts world would be improved if that should happen. Bruce Fraser welcomes make comments [i]or[/i] remarkss at bruce@pixelboyz.com. 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