When I view pictures with windows photo gallery the resolution is poor. The
contrast is off with very sharp transitions between colors. Kind of like
pixelated but on a large scale. I hope I am able to convey what I mean by
this description. If I open the same photo in "Picture Viewer" or "Office
Picture Manager" the photo looks fine. It is something specific with windows
photo gallery. Can anyone lend me some assistance on this so I may view
photos with proper resolution/color rendering in windows photo gallery?
Thanks

Razmatazz wrote:
When I view pictures with windows photo gallery the resolution is
poor. The contrast is off with very sharp transitions between
colors. Kind of like pixelated but on a large scale. I hope I am
able to convey what I mean by this description. If I open the same
photo in "Picture Viewer" or "Office Picture Manager" the photo looks
fine. It is something specific with windows photo gallery. Can
anyone lend me some assistance on this so I may view photos with
proper resolution/color rendering in windows photo gallery? Thanks
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The following articles may be worth a look:

(939395) When you view an image in Windows
Photo Gallery on a Windows Vista-based computer,
the image is yellow
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939395/en-us

Microsoft PhotoBlog Frequently Asked Questions:
http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/pages/faq.aspx#q6
Read: "Q: Why do my photos have an odd color
cast in the Photo Gallery (but look fine in the XP
Picture and Fax Viewer and IE)?"

Yellow pictures in Windows Photo Gallery
http://tinyurl.com/33gxum
or...
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-genera...o-gallery.html

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John Inzer

John, thank you for your prompt response. I do appreciated it. I checked
off the "Use my settings for this device" as you suggested and added the sRGB
IEC61966-2.1 and set it as the default. This was in place of the Dell
2407WFP-HC which was the only prior listing and had been of course the
default. The change worked immediately. The photos now look great in Window
Photo Gallery.

Will this setting be expected to have any color effect on other
applications/games and if so what should I expect?

Again, thank you for your help.

Regards,
Mark

"John Inzer" wrote:

Razmatazz wrote:
When I view pictures with windows photo gallery the resolution is
poor. The contrast is off with very sharp transitions between
colors. Kind of like pixelated but on a large scale. I hope I am
able to convey what I mean by this description. If I open the same
photo in "Picture Viewer" or "Office Picture Manager" the photo looks
fine. It is something specific with windows photo gallery. Can
anyone lend me some assistance on this so I may view photos with
proper resolution/color rendering in windows photo gallery? Thanks
==================
The following articles may be worth a look:

(939395) When you view an image in Windows
Photo Gallery on a Windows Vista-based computer,
the image is yellow
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939395/en-us

Microsoft PhotoBlog Frequently Asked Questions:
http://blogs.msdn.com/pix/pages/faq.aspx#q6
Read: "Q: Why do my photos have an odd color
cast in the Photo Gallery (but look fine in the XP
Picture and Fax Viewer and IE)?"

Yellow pictures in Windows Photo Gallery
http://tinyurl.com/33gxum
or...
http://www.vistax64.com/vista-genera...o-gallery.html

--

John Inzer

Razmatazz wrote:
John, thank you for your prompt response. I do appreciated it. I
checked off the "Use my settings for this device" as you suggested
and added the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and set it as the default. This was
in place of the Dell 2407WFP-HC which was the only prior listing and
had been of course the default. The change worked immediately. The
photos now look great in Window Photo Gallery.

Will this setting be expected to have any color effect on other
applications/games and if so what should I expect?

Again, thank you for your help.

Regards,
Mark
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I doubt that you will have any issues.

You're welcome...thanks for the update.

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John Inzer