Colorspace

[Mike6158]

Which colorspace are you (pro's) using? Apparently Adobe RGB 1998 is fairly common (because it's web friendly?). I have been playing with ProPhoto RGB. I like it better than Adobe RGB 1998 until I click the "Save for the Web" button. Understandably, the web JPG doesn't look right when I do that. In fact, the image pretty much sucks.

Is anyone using ProPhoto RGB?

[dzdale]

Im not an absolute GURU on what webspace to use but ill give my two cents worth anyway. Adobe RGB is actually better for printed matter, sRGB is what one should be using on the web as most monitors are automatically calibrated to sRGB colorspace. I have never heard of the ProPhoto colorspace.

[SWPhotoImaging]

You have discovered two things. ProRGB has a wider color gamut, and "Save for Web" converts to sRGB, which can't duplicate the tonality of your chosen color space. For more argument in favor of ProRGB, seek out posts by UncleDoug on the topic.

[Mike6158]

You have discovered two things. ProRGB has a wider color gamut, and "Save for Web" converts to sRGB, which can't duplicate the tonality of your chosen color space. For more argument in favor of ProRGB, seek out posts by UncleDoug on the topic.

I'll do that.

I'm sold on ProPhoto. I've solved my web image problem (not so hard) by not using Save for Web for one thing. It takes a couple of extra steps but that's fine with me.

[tim]

Unless you understand color profiles I recommend working in sRgb all the time. Web images have to be in sRgb, printed photos can be in another profile only if your print service supports the profile - some do, some don't. There are hundreds of threads about this in the RAW, Post Processing and Printing forum.

[InskiP]

I've also heard that you should shoot and edit in Adobe RGB and then convert to sRGB before sending to the lab for printing. Most labs like Mpix, and maybe whcc, unless they've changed, require the sRGB profile. This is what I currently do, not sure if the extra step is making much of a difference in my prints??

[NeoDude]

The thing with Adobe RGB is that it still uses the same amount of colours as sRGB. So while you actually have a wider range, you are sacrificing intermediate colours.

I used to use Adobe RGB but have now changed my camera to use sRGB.

This link (http://www.smugsmug.com/help/srgb-versus-adobe-rgb-1998) gives a pretty good explanation of what I'm getting at.