RAW to Prints with CS

[kdent]

Alright. My goal is to read a RAW image, enlarge, then print. Using CS, what is the best process to do so. All that I have been doing is opening the RAW in CS, convert to sRGB (I think that's what it is) edit the color/saturation/shadows/etc., crop,then enlarge by 10% steps. With my 300D Rebel. How large can I go and am I doing it right? Need help, thanks.

[CFC]

Alright. My goal is to read a RAW image, enlarge, then print. Using CS, what is the best process to do so. All that I have been doing is opening the RAW in CS, convert to sRGB (I think that's what it is) edit the color/saturation/shadows/etc., crop,then enlarge by 10% steps. With my 300D Rebel. How large can I go and am I doing it right? Need help, thanks.
That sounds good to me, though I'm an extreme rookie.
Out of curiousity:
Why is it necessary to convert to sRGB?

[kdent]

CS makes me convert it to sRGB, when I open it up.

[EricKonieczny]

You need to add in sharpening to your list of things to do.

There is an Action set on here for Sharpening. It will make your photos pop much more.

RAW tweak, convert to TIFF, then I would say after you crop, Clone, edit levels, saturation, sharpen some, then upsize, then sharpen more.

I think ;)

[tim]

CS doesn't make you convert it to sRgb. Maybe it asks you about color spaces, and if you don't understand them sRgb will be fine. I've had a lab print photos from my old 300D at 30*20 inches, they use much better quality software than Photoshop - a RIP does the job better than most PC software.

[kdent]

So if you 'RIP' it can you still edit the picture and its size? For example, I got a picture of a black rhino that is quite small in the picture since it was so far away and I want to use the software to "zoom-in"

[Budley007]

I think you have your current color setting set to sRGB. That's why CS ask you if you want to convert it.

In Photoshop, click "Edit", then "Color Settings". Under Working Space for RGB make sure it says "Adobe RGB (1998)". If it's set to "sRGB IEC61966-2.1" then that's way CS ask you to convert.

If you're shooting in Adobe RGB, then there's really no reason to convert to sRGB for editing or printing. Most folks who use sRGB for web display convert after editing.