Adobe RGB or sRGB?

I prefer the wider space of Adobe RGB. I've always preferred keeping my data as lossless as possible from the start.

You appear to need to understand color spaces better. I recommend a book in this thread. aRgb has a wider color space, but because of that it has less blues, for example, so you get less graduation in skies. Also, if you really wanted lossless, shoot RAW and save to PSD or TIFF.

tim wrote in post #2769586
You appear to need to understand color spaces better. I recommend a book in this thread. aRgb has a wider color space, but because of that it has less blues, for example, so you get less graduation in skies. Also, if you really wanted lossless, shoot RAW and save to PSD or TIFF.

I do shoot RAW. I don't convert to PSD or TIFF - they stay RAW in Aperture.

I suppose I could have worded the question better... Even still, the RAW files are named with an "I" or an "_" to indicate the color space used, but that's just on the RAW file's embedded (small) JPEG, I suppose.

sRGB: its what is displayed on the web and mac sRGB is what the photo place I use for prints uses.
p&s not dslr so shooting in jpg.

strmrdr wrote in post #2769801
sRGB: its what is displayed on the web and mac sRGB is what the photo place I use for prints uses.
p&s not dslr so shooting in jpg.

That may be the case but output to an Inkjet Adobe RGB is better gamut than sRGB. sRGB is best for web browsers but Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB or Pro photo RGB is by far better for everything else.

iacas wrote in post #2769762
I do shoot RAW. I don't convert to PSD or TIFF - they stay RAW in Aperture.

I suppose I could have worded the question better... Even still, the RAW files are named with an "I" or an "_" to indicate the color space used, but that's just on the RAW file's embedded (small) JPEG, I suppose.

Yep. TIFF/PSD is what I use to save images I edit in photoshop proper, everything else stays in RAW.

hannaxt wrote in post #2770013
That may be the case but output to an Inkjet Adobe RGB is better gamut than sRGB. sRGB is best for web browsers but Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB or Pro photo RGB is by far better for everything else.

York Photo who I use for most of my prints calibrates to mac sRGB I get the best color match using that as my proof setting and sRGB for primary.
It works for me.
Printing to a friends epson 2200 sRGB was also the best of the ones I tried.

So the best answer really is use the one that works for you.

Neither as I shoot in RAW but often save TIFF's from LR as Adobe RGB but for web hosting and sending prints to Mpix I convert to sRGB.

Color Space Wars

i much prefer sRGB for web other than that i really cannot tell

CIDER wrote in post #2770194
i much prefer sRGB for web other than that i really cannot tell

You have to use sRgb for the web.

I use sRGB. When using AdobeRGB you are sacrificing intermediate tones to gain those extra colours.

tim wrote in post #2769586
aRgb has a wider color space, but because of that it has less blues, for example

It doesn't have 'less blues', but I suppose you mean that in 8 bit, you have less 'steps' since the color space is wider.
Have a look here.
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NeoDude wrote in post #2770238
I use sRGB. When using AdobeRGB you are sacrificing intermediate tones to gain those extra colours.

You could use 16 bit...


I shoot RAW, use AdobeRGB as working space, and convert to sRGB as needed.

None of the above...everything is shot in RAW, conversions are in 16bit ProPhotoRGB and saved as TIFF/PSD files with layers as master copies. From that point, I crop and resize, convert to an 8 bit sRGB file, sharpen, flatten and save in a different directory as jpg for any images going to web display, or I do a similar process for prints and save them separately, as well.