10D Color Space Setting Question Relative to Photoshop

[Steven M. Anthony]

Is there an advantage to shooting in sRGB over Adobe RGB--or vice versa--if you process in Photoshop?

[pcasciola]

aRGB is has a greater color depth than sRGB, which helps with post processing. I recently switched, and now I do all most post processing in aRGB and only use sRGB for images I post online, since web browsers display sRGB colors, and aRGB images tend to look a little flat in a browser window.

Here's a decent little article I found about aRGB vs sRGB:
http://www.photomigrations.com/articles/0409400.htm

[Jesper]

Here's an article with an introduction to colour management and instructions for how to setup colour management in Photoshop:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps8-colour/ps8_1.htm

[scottbergerphoto]

Shoot Raw and the color space you pick in the camera doesn't matter. When you open the Raw file up in your Raw converter, you can pick any color space available in that converter. I print at home on an Epson 2200, so I choose Adobe RGB.
Scott

[Steven M. Anthony]

DOes it make sense to set your working color space to the printer you have? I have an Epson 2200 and that is a colorspace option.

[Cordell]

Read this about color space.

http://www.shootsmarter.com/infocenter/wc007.html

As mentioned, if you shoot RAW the settings on the camera do not matter. However, if you shoot JPEG it could matter. It all depends on the type of work you are doing. There is no advantage to shooting AdobeRGB if you only print on your home printer. But we know this can turn into a major discussion with those who claim one way or the other without a side by side test. :roll:

[Jesper]

DOes it make sense to set your working color space to the printer you have? I have an Epson 2200 and that is a colorspace option.

You mean, set your working space in Photoshop to the colour space (ICC profile) of the printer / ink / paper combination?

No, don't do that. You should use a standard, device-independent colour space as your working space. You do not want to save all your images in a device-dependent colour space like the colour space of your printer / ink / paper or your monitor colour space.

Set your working space to sRGB or Adobe RGB, which are device-independent, standard colour spaces. Use soft proofing to see an approximate preview of what happens when you print. See the article on Computer Darkroom (I provided the link in my previous post, above) - it explains a lot about how to setup Photoshop, how to use soft proofing and how to use colour management when printing.

[Steven M. Anthony]

Thanks for the advice and the link--all were very informed and/or informative! I'm a color management guru now. Okay, well I can at least get my prints to match my monitor... :D

An interesting (at least to me) sidenote. I have 2 Epson printers--the 2200 and the C84. The C84 works best when you set the print space to C83/C84 in the Print/Preview box and the printer's Color Management to Color Controls (and then don't change any of the color controls).

As you all (and all the links) suggested, the 2200 works best with a Print space set to the type of paper being used and the Printer set to ICM Control--No Color Management.

What's interesting is that the 2200 produces and almost identical quality print if Print space is set to C83/C84 with Printer set to Color Controls (and then no adjustments made.

Okay, so maybe it wasn't so interesting... :oops:

[L Pagan]

Here's an article with an introduction to colour management and instructions for how to setup colour management in Photoshop:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps8-colour/ps8_1.htm
great find
thank you