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Thought I had but...
I have an EOS 500D set to sRGB, taking RAW, which I process in DPP on a PC that uses a custom ICC created and set by the monitor calibration software. In the preferences I therefore have the default work colour space set to sRGB too. So far so good, I think.
Also in DPP Preferences is a section for "Colour matching settings". The display sub-section can be set to sRGB, OS (currently set) or I can browse to set one of the many provided, including the custom ICC for the monitor. This makes a big difference to how the pictures look on screen - sRGB makes them look more saturated - but I'm working on the assumption that I should use the OS setting so that images look the same in DPP and Windows.
It's what happens to the resultant jpegs that is making me scratch my head. Some of these will be going into the world as digital images and will therefore be seen on monitors that run different profile to mine, probably sRGB.
Should I export using the OS settings for those I display on my monitor and sRGB for those I intend to distribute more widely? Or should I make sure the "Embed ICC profile in image" option is un-ticked in the Export dialog and so let each system decide, so people will see my images in a colour space they are seeing everything else in?
Some images will be going to high-street printers. Same again, i.e. don't attach a profile, let them do it at their end?
Hope you understand what I'm talking about.
Regards,
Swatcher
PS: There is a possible complication in that many images were edited on an entirely sRGB system, before I got my posh monitor.
I have an EOS 500D set to sRGB, taking RAW, which I process in DPP on a PC that uses a custom ICC created and set by the monitor calibration software. In the preferences I therefore have the default work colour space set to sRGB too. So far so good, I think.
Also in DPP Preferences is a section for "Colour matching settings". The display sub-section can be set to sRGB, OS (currently set) or I can browse to set one of the many provided, including the custom ICC for the monitor. This makes a big difference to how the pictures look on screen - sRGB makes them look more saturated - but I'm working on the assumption that I should use the OS setting so that images look the same in DPP and Windows.
It's what happens to the resultant jpegs that is making me scratch my head. Some of these will be going into the world as digital images and will therefore be seen on monitors that run different profile to mine, probably sRGB.
Should I export using the OS settings for those I display on my monitor and sRGB for those I intend to distribute more widely? Or should I make sure the "Embed ICC profile in image" option is un-ticked in the Export dialog and so let each system decide, so people will see my images in a colour space they are seeing everything else in?
Some images will be going to high-street printers. Same again, i.e. don't attach a profile, let them do it at their end?
Hope you understand what I'm talking about.
Regards,
Swatcher
PS: There is a possible complication in that many images were edited on an entirely sRGB system, before I got my posh monitor.