Re: Cold, hard reality sets in...
MikeA
wrote:
Steve Dean
wrote:
Photoshop can convert from one colorspace to another. It is like
translating Spanish to English. The problem comes in that Minolta
has invented a new language. They haven't explained the new
language to anyone else yet, including Adobe. Therefore, no one
else knows how to interpret it into a known colorspace such as
Adobe RGB 1998, sRGB, NTSC 1953, etc. Given a bit of time, someone
will be able to decipher the color gamut and accurately do the
conversion.
For accuracy's sake I should have mentioned that the fellow who
brought this up -- about using Photoshop instead of Minolta's
software -- mentioned that he never assigns color profiles while
he's working on the images within Photoshop; he assigns profiles
only at print-time. In my ignorant (yet strangely non-blissful)
state, I failed to ask him how it is he doesn't then perceive
colors incorrectly
on_the_screen
while he's working with the
images and before he's ready to print them. (For all I know, that's
also an ignorant question...)
Actually its a very smart question. The correct approach is to assign the appropriate colorspace when opening the file, convert to working space for editing then either convert to the printer's colorspace before printing or have PS do it at print time.
The color situation with the D7 is both good and bad, good that you can profile, bad you have to use Minolta's software. They should have provided ICC profiles that could be used with PS or QImage or any other software. It would also be nice if the JPEGs came out of the camera already profiled, but right now only the D1x does that.