Worlflow options opening CR2 file

I am working on the best possible set up with the photos that I shoot. My first question is when I open my CR2 file I am presented with adjustment options with a workflow choice on the bottom of the screen similular to this as an example., sRBG IEC6 1966-2 1: 16 Bit: 2336 by 3504(8.2MP):240 ppi

If i click on that line I have workflow option boxes, my question is with the size box. My photo what shot on a 20D, 3504 x 2335 8mp, is there any benefit to adjusting the size up for better quality?

Thanks

kona77 wrote in post #9201594
I am working on the best possible set up with the photos that I shoot. My first question is when I open my CR2 file I am presented with adjustment options with a workflow choice on the bottom of the screen similular to this as an example., sRBG IEC6 1966-2 1: 16 Bit: 2336 by 3504(8.2MP):240 ppi

If i click on that line I have workflow option boxes, my question is with the size box. My photo what shot on a 20D, 3504 x 2335 8mp, is there any benefit to adjusting the size up for better quality?

Thanks

Not unless you require resizing your image as part of your direct conversion. Most people resize when needed as part of processing for output in Photoshop, but if you want to go directly from ACR to saving a file for a specific need, then you could at least give it a try. The range of file sizes is limited, though. For example, if I have a 4368x2912 (12 MP) file, I can't use that dialog to save to 1024 pixels at the widest, which it the maximum size for a POTN jpeg.

Thanks for the post Tony. I didn't know if it was best to start with a very large size if I knew I needed a large print or upscale in PS.

Tony, do you use Adobe RGB or sRGB?

kona, I do most of my work in Lightroom, which uses a color space called ProPhotoRGB internally, so I usually have Acobe Camera Raw set to that color space as well and keep things there if/when I edit in Photoshop, but I do have a "discipline" in place to convert to sRGB when I am outputting from Photoshop for the Web or other general use. Lightroom is set to do this conversion automaticall.

In general, it is good advice to work in sRGB unless and until you see a specific benefit to use a larger color space. If you do this, you will avoid the mistake that many of us have made of forgetting to convert to sRGB before saving a jpeg and posting it on the Web and wondering why our Web shots look "funny".

tonylong wrote in post #9202717
kona, I do most of my work in Lightroom, which uses a color space called ProPhotoRGB internally, so I usually have Acobe Camera Raw set to that color space as well and keep things there if/when I edit in Photoshop, but I do have a "discipline" in place to convert to sRGB when I am outputting from Photoshop for the Web or other general use. Lightroom is set to do this conversion automaticall.

In general, it is good advice to work in sRGB unless and until you see a specific benefit to use a larger color space. If you do this, you will avoid the mistake that many of us have made of forgetting to convert to sRGB before saving a jpeg and posting it on the Web and wondering why our Web shots look "funny".

Thanks a bunch.