Preferred color space??

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Ronald_Hirsch
Oct 2, 2003
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Which is the preferred color space to use as the default in PS7 – Adobe (1998), or Adobe sRGB? I seem to recall both of them recommended in different material I’ve read.

When I’ve changed an image from one to the other, I couldn’t see any real differences on my calibrated monitor. My activities are virtually all related to photo images, in the areas of retouching, restoring, et al.

I do no WEB work, and no professional activities related to Photoshop.

Ron Hirsch
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zippy2000
Oct 2, 2003
Hey Ron,

The best piece of advice. Go to Ian Lyons website and follow the tutorial. It will show you how to properly calibrate your monitor and PS profiles. The best 20 minutes you’ll ever spend.

I did this tutorial and have had great success with color matching my designs onscreen to print, as well as web.

<http://www.computer-darkroom.com>

Which is the preferred color space to use as the default in PS7 – Adobe (1998), or Adobe sRGB?

It has been awhile since I calibrated my monitor, but I checked my profile and it’s set to Adobe RGB (1998).
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YrbkMgr
Oct 2, 2003
The best color space depends on intended output since each output device carries its own gamut, or range of colors it can represent.

sRGB is a widely used color space that should be suitable for most "generic" displays and most generic printers.

Adobe RGB (1998) is a color space similar to sRGB but it has a wider gamut. Most people who place print as a priority over screen output use this color space.

Follow Zips advice and check out Ian’s site for some accurate, easy to read information on color management.

Peace,
Tony
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Ronald_Hirsch
Oct 2, 2003
Hi Tony,

Thanks for your reply, and thanks to Zippy also.

As I noted, my monitor is carefully calibrated – I use the ColorVision Spyder regularly. I also have profiling software for all my printers, and they are carefully calibrated for the various papers that I use.

The reason I asked about the color space is that I thought that Adobe RGB (1998) was recommended in various places in the past, but I see that my new Olympus camera has Adobe sRGB as the color space in it.

I am familiar with Ian’s great site. I’ve been there many times, and learned lots from him. He suggests Adobe RGB (1998). But the reason he notes for using that setting is quoted below

"Clicking the RGB pop-up menu with the mouse will produce a list of options similar to that shown below. I chose "Adobe RGB (1998)" because it’s the working space I settled on when using Photoshop 5."

This would seem to say that’s it a tossup between sRGB and Adobe RGB (1998). I’ve used the Adobe RGB (1998) for quite a while now, so I guess I’ll stick with it.

Ron
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YrbkMgr
Oct 2, 2003
Ron,

This would seem to say that’s it a tossup between sRGB and Adobe RGB (1998).

I would agree with that. All of my work is destined for screen, except a very, very, small portion. I use sRGB. Almost all the professional photographers that I’ve heard pipe up in this forum use Adobe RGB (1998).

In your case, if it ain’t broke…
GH
Gernot_Hoffmann
Oct 2, 2003
The photographers can scan or import by cameras data in Adobe RGB(98) – Nicon D100.. They don´t SEE the large gamut. But the colors beyond sRGB may be in the data. They cannot be shown on the monitor. Moderate image processing preserves these data – good for printing. But there are MANY colors in sRGB or Adobe RGB(98) which are not printable.

The set of colors which is In-Gamut-sRGB but Out-Of-Gamut-Offset is larger than the set of colors which is Out-Of-Gamut-sRGB but In-Gamut-Offset.

The Gamut warning shows clearly that many "reasonable" sRGB colors are NOT printable by Offset.

sRGB is better than mostly assumed.

Obviously accurate comparisons are not available.

Best regards –Gernot Hoffmann

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