> Thanks for the responses. I see the problem now with working in the > scanner color space. I actually have access to a nice drum scanner which > is self-calibrating and whose color space is actually a well defined wide > gamut RGB, but my home flatbed is far from that. I was just reading > a lot about various wider gamut spaces and Bruce Lindblooms BetaRGB looks > like a good candidate in that its primaries are closer to those of both of my > scanners than AdobeRGB is. > > Cheers, Richard
Personally, I want to find some time to start in the habit of using Bruce Lindbloom's excellent BetaRGB color space. I think it's a better idea than AdobeRGB but AdobeRGB has the advantage of being widespread -- it's on all Photoshop's recent installations -- as opposed to BetaRGB. I know BetaRGB is only a download away but, to make things easy for the average, non-ColorSync saavy user, AdobeRGB is more than enough. I've always wonder whether it made any sense to keep a scan in the original scanner color space since the intent is always to move it forward. For editing, I could consider leaving the image in the scanner space but soft proofing in either AdobeRGB or US WebCoated SWOP v2, if I am going to go to press with my images. Mind you, in practice, I never bother to kick soft proofing in and go straight for editing in RGB. Especially with my recent acquisition: a Nikon D100. I shoot in sRGB and when I open up my images in Photoshop, I make my color corrections right from sRGB. And leave my images in sRGB into my InDesign layout right through the printer! Just picked up a calendar I designed for a client today, at a local offset print shop, and, men, am I satisfied with the colors! I am a little lazy and wreckless these days... Regards, Roger Breton | Laval, Canada | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pages.infinit.net/graxx ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Lcms-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user
