Philip
not much clipping, or I'd be rtewriting anyway (apologies to listmum)
14/11/03 1:02 pm Philip Wolmuth <philipwolmuth[at]blueyonder.co.uk> wrote
>On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 00:37:26, Neil Barstow wrote:
>
>>However for digi cam data which often starts as sRGB why bother, unless
>>you want to boost saturation to beyond that achievable in sRGB. (which
>>would usuallly be unprintable anyway).
>>
>>Unless you really need Adobe RGB (maybe the agency expects it,
>>simplistic, but a valid reason) then stay in sRGB, to do otherwise is
>>more than somewhat ill advised.
>
>This makes sense for sRGB files from a digicam, which now make up a
>significant part of my input. I've recently started using a Fuji S2
>Pro, which outputs JPEGS in sRGB, but allows for RAW files in both
>sRGB and Adobe 1998. Does it now make sense to make sRGB the
>Photoshop working space and forego the attractions of Adobe 1998 RAW
>conversions to keep things simple? Or am I throwing away potential
>for improved image quality?
you are not thowing naway QUALITY which wasn't there in the first
place. DO you get more / better (usable) colour whan going RAW > ARGB
than RAW > sRGB or Jpeg sRGB? Welll RAW will always be better than Jpeg
but the other 2? To really find out you'll have to do some testing with
a profiled printer.
>
>And what to do with my extensive archive of scanned trannies saved in
>(blush blush) my monitor colour space?
god question.
>I'm in the middle an upgrade from OS9 and Photoshop 5.5 to OSX and
>Photoshop CS and determined finally to implement a sensible colour
>management policy, but my earlier poor decisions are coming back to
>haunt me....
yes.
but all can be done well if it's done properly.
going up in SW is enough to wory about for now -
don't lose any sleep. [BUT make sure you have a copy of that old monitor profile]
Regards, NeilB. Apple Solutions Expert
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