If you capture raws, it doesn't matter what your camera is set to. I'd assume anyone who does significant post processing is going to be capturing raws.Set your camera to Adobe (this will capture the widest gamut it possibly can).
Indeed, but it matters when selecting colour space in your RAW converter.If you capture raws, it doesn't matter what your camera is set to. I'd assume anyone who does significant post processing is going to be capturing raws.
I was only responding to your "Set the camera to AdobeRGB"Indeed, but it matters when selecting colour space in your RAW converter.
Are you shooting raw or JPEG? If you are shooting raw, it doesn't make a blind bit of difference until you start processing....Interesting. I've been shooting on Adobe RGB because I read somewhere if you could do it its better than sRGB. I do a fair few prints for my camera club but I put more photos on here. I notice a difference when I convert the TIFF to sRGB, the photo looks less vibrant.
So I think I'm going to shoot in sRGB from now to save a step and so I know that web hosted photos appear how I intended. I don't think I'm at the stage to worry which space I use for prints.
$ exiftool\(-k\) The\ pastor-08068.jpg
ExifTool Version Number : 8.48
File Name : The pastor-08068.jpg
Color Space : sRGB
...
Profile Creator : KODA
Profile ID : 0
Profile Copyright : Copyright (c) Eastman Kodak Company, 1999, all rights reserved.
Profile Description : ProPhoto RGB
Media White Point : 0.9642 1 0.82489
Red Tone Reproduction Curve : (Binary data 14 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Green Tone Reproduction Curve : (Binary data 14 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Blue Tone Reproduction Curve : (Binary data 14 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Red Matrix Column : 0.79767 0.28804 0
Green Matrix Column : 0.13519 0.71188 0
Blue Matrix Column : 0.03134 9e-005 0.82491
...
sRGB is "industry standard" (i.e lowest common denominator). put it up on the web, it should be in sRGB.
Because sRGB is what is assumed if no colour space is stated in the photo. Also, some browsers don't handle colour spaces correctly when embedded in the image. Load this: http://www.color.org/version4html.xalter page up in Chrome, Opera and IE if you want to see how the same image can be rendered differently.why ?
certainly not all versions of IE. firefox colour management has always left something to be desired also.I'd been lead to believe that IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari all support sRGB and aRBG.
exiftool (penchant for command line doncha know although there is a GUI wrapper somewhere).Were you looking in Photoshop? Thanks BTW.
Pro photo rgb is a larger colour space than Adobe rgb and is the one we should all be going to as the new standard. It's been around for a few years now although I still don't know that many people that use it.
Define "terrible".... You will lose saturation and the image will end up more muted than you expect from your processing.Assuming my PP is in adobeRGB and I want to upload to websites so I convert to sRGB, will it not do a terrible job of it and me having to do another level of post processing?
that's what i meant. or does LR and Photoshop does a good job of extrapolation?Define "terrible".... You will lose saturation and the image will end up more muted than you expect from your processing.
Never done the comparison. LR processes in ProPhoto and displays in AdobeRGB so will always do some processing. Have a look here: http://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/help/color-management.html to see what it does and where. If you use Lightroom, you can use soft-proofing to simulate what the output will be like.that's what i meant. or does LR and Photoshop does a good job of extrapolation?
But you can enable soft proofing in sRGB when developing, so you can see the effect. In fact, if you enable soft proofing, and develop in that, you are effectively developing in sRGB.just found the answer...you can't
I might have misunderstood some of the posts here - but is no-one using ProPhoto for post-production (in Photoshop, not Lightroom)?
Most of us are. I.e. you edit in the largest space, then at the very end optimise it and export JPEG / TIFF for the target space (usually the totally out of date and out of touch with true colour reality sRGB).