I was wondering if someone could help me with this?? I have a new
10D, but I'm not sure what color space I should be using. I've had
it set to the default setting, sRGB. I take lots of pictures, many
of which I enlarge to 11x14 and above. Should I be using Adobe RGB
instead? I was reading in a book where it says: "...The camera
normally uses a color space with fewer colors called sRGB. sRGB is
suitable for images that will be displayed on a monitor, but if you
plan on editing your images and making high-quality prints, Adobe
RGB is a better choice. When you use Adobe RGB, the camera does
not attach the necessary ICC profile to the image. You can do so
in a program such as Adobe Photoshop but have to remember to do
so...."
So, my questions are: Should I use Adobe RGB? And if I use Adobe
RGB, how do you attach the profile in PS and is this necessary?
Thanks!!!!!
Adobe rgb is a wider gamut of colors than sRGB. What this means, is
that you'll be able to get a greater range of reds, blues, greens
etc.
On the monitor you won't be able to see that wide spectrum of
colors that Adobe rgb contains. Monitors aren't capable of
displaying such a range.
A printer can. Especially the better printers that you can tell to
look at the application that you've used to create or edit your
image or photo with and to use that information and not the generic
info that the print driver provides.
In Adobe Photoshop you can assign a profile to an image or convert
an existing profile to another profile. You do this in the drop
down menu that reads mode. If you've setup Photoshop to make your
working space Adobe 98 rgb, Photoshop will display a dialog box
that gives you the option to assign the profile Adobe 98 if it's
your designated working space.
From my understanding of the 10D, it will not assign the Adobe 98
profile. I run a D60. It will store the information in the image so
you'll need to assign the Adobe profle when opening the image the
first time.
If you're running RAW files, you may assign adobe 98 there also.
Then, you won't need to do it in Photoshop.
I feel that in order to effectively use Adobe 98, you'll need an
accurately calibrated monitor and a printer with custom profiles
for each paper. It's worth the effort to set up your system this
way.
Some images may appear somewhat flat on your monitor or other
peoples monitors if assigned the Adobe 98 profile. I don't have
this problem with my personal monitor due to it's calibration.
Never asked others if my images seem flat. No one's ever pointed it
out. If you do get flat appearing images that others complain
about, then save a copy of the file in Photoshop and assign the
sRGB profile to it for online display purposes.
