IE PNG Gamma Correction

[znebojsa]

Ok, so upon testing a site I am making in IE8 Beta 2, it appears that a png image is darker than it displays in every other browser...

Apparently IE have problems with reading PNG gamma correction or something.

I had never heard of this problem before...but anyway, is there a solution? Or should I just stay away from PNGs...

Thanks

[ScallioXTX]

This what went on in Microsoft HQ:

A: "Well, lets see, how about PNG support in IE8?"
B: "I dunno man, we're notorious for breaking it, let's do that again!"
A: "Yeah, let's do the trick again like we did in IE < 7; showing transparency as grey!"
B: "Hmmm. We already did that ..."
A: "True... Maybe something else then..."
B: "I know, let's make them darker than in ALL other browsers"
A: "Sounds great! Let's do it!"



I know this doesn't help you, but I felt it needed to be said; yet another issue with IE (like there weren't enough issues already)

[Centauri]

This can be cured by stripping the gamma information from the images. There are a few program out there that will do this - Google for "png optimizer".

[Varelse]

What Centauri said
You can use PNGCrush or PNGOut Plugin for Photoshop.

[logic_earth]

yet another issue with IE (like there weren't enough issues already)

This isn't a new issue, IE always used gamma correction while the other browsers ignored it. So really IE is following the spec of the PNG format. However, gamma just does not work on the web.

http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/...&format=html#7

It should be noted that Firefox 3 now supports PNG Gamma Correction. Correction make that color profiles.

Edit:


I made a erroneous mistake, I should have conducted further research.

Internet Explorer ≤6 also renders PNGs in a slightly incorrect color gamut. If a GIF and PNG image of several colors are placed side-by-side on a page, a user can often see a slight difference in color. This is due to an incorrect handling of the gAMA ancillary chunk.