What color space do you use?

I recently received a set of prints back from Ofoto. Some of them were disappointing in that they were a bit dark, as compared to what I viewed on my monitor (calibrated with Adobe gamma).

In Scott Kelby's "The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers," he says the default color space used in PS (sRGB IEC61966-2.1) is poor, and recommends switching it from sRGB IEC61966-2.1 to Adobe RGB (1998) for print work. Can anyone with personal experience doing this comment on the difference? Will pics using Adobe RGB (1998) be OK for web pages as well?
Thanks.

I use AdobeRGB for printing and always convert to sRGB when posting images on the web. AdobeRGB will give you a little more range in blues and greens. One thing to note though, is that a lot of people think they can convert from sRGB to AdobeRGB and gain the benefits of the larger color space. This is not correct. You gain nothing from converting from sRGB to AdobeRGB. If your camera does not produce AdobeRGB images, then do not convert to it. Just use sRGB.

As far as your prints being darker, printed material is not as bright as your monitor. Have you tried viewing your images in preview mode before sending them off for printing. It should give you a better approximation of what the printed images will look like. --

Jim

Barry K. said:

I recently received a set of prints back from Ofoto. Some of them
were disappointing in that they were a bit dark, as compared to
what I viewed on my monitor (calibrated with Adobe gamma).

In Scott Kelby's "The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers," he
says the default color space used in PS (sRGB IEC61966-2.1) is
poor, and recommends switching it from sRGB IEC61966-2.1 to Adobe
RGB (1998) for print work. Can anyone with personal experience
doing this comment on the difference? Will pics using Adobe RGB
(1998) be OK for web pages as well?
Thanks.

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Photography should be fun

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dont ask me to defend this
i shoot, process in PS, and print in sRGB, even though everyone told me not to
it works quite well

i tried out ofoto and club photo had very poor result, dark, washed out flat pics, quite noticeable

best printing is with fuji or norijitsu (spell?) printers such as those at costco, walmart, and sams club

feivel

Jim_Collins said:

I use AdobeRGB for printing and always convert to sRGB when posting
images on the web. AdobeRGB will give you a little more range in
blues and greens. One thing to note though, is that a lot of
people think they can convert from sRGB to AdobeRGB and gain the
benefits of the larger color space. This is not correct. You gain
nothing from converting from sRGB to AdobeRGB. If your camera does
not produce AdobeRGB images, then do not convert to it. Just use
sRGB.

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In fact there is an advantage to editing in Adobe RGB even if the source is sRGB. Quite simply, with the use of levels or curves one can modify tones that have moved out of gamut for sRGB . IMO Scott Kelby is correct when he suggests that Adobe RGB is almost always the best color space in which to work.

A great online reference with accurate information is:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps7-colour/ps7_1.htm

SVJIM said:

As far as your prints being darker, printed material is not as
bright as your monitor. Have you tried viewing your images in
preview mode before sending them off for printing. It should give
you a better approximation of what the printed images will look
like. --

Jim

Barry K. said:

I recently received a set of prints back from Ofoto. Some of them
were disappointing in that they were a bit dark, as compared to
what I viewed on my monitor (calibrated with Adobe gamma).

In Scott Kelby's "The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers," he
says the default color space used in PS (sRGB IEC61966-2.1) is
poor, and recommends switching it from sRGB IEC61966-2.1 to Adobe
RGB (1998) for print work. Can anyone with personal experience
doing this comment on the difference? Will pics using Adobe RGB
(1998) be OK for web pages as well?
Thanks.

Click to expand...

--
Photography should be fun

http://www.pbase.com/jcollins

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