FLASH: Major monitor gamma difference between WIN/MAC?!?

[Bob Shuster]

Is it just me, or is there a major difference in the way Flash movies 

appear on Windows machines vs. Macintosh machines?  In particular, 

effects that are subtle on the Mac screen are invisible on the PC. 

And things that are subtle on the PC are simply too bright on Macs!


As a website designer for many years, I of course know that in 

general the gamma settings for PC monitors are much darker than those 

for Macs (at least the default settings anyway.)  So graphics 

developed on Macs tend to look dark on PCs.


Knowing this - why am I complaining?  Because it limits my 

creativity!  Maybe this is somehow a bug in the Flash player/plugin 

for Windows somehow, but it's still limiting and disturbing.


For example, I have a movie with a black background over which I am 

animating a white object.  I'm using the alpha settings of the white 

object to make it semi-transparent.  On the Mac, 10% alpha is 

definitely subtle, but visible.  The same thing in Windows is 

invisible until around 40-45% alpha!


*Is* it just me, or has anyone else noticed this?  How does one deal 

with it, short of detecting which platform the viewer is on and 

tailoring content to it?    - Bob Shuster

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