Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Learning
Post Processing
Questions on Photoshop 2018
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 661948" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>Be warned... It's a swampy swamp of technical details that may leave you with a heckuva headache and no real, solid answer. </p><p></p><p>Here's my (Unsolicited) Executive Summary:</p><p></p><p><strong>Option 1:</strong> Use sRGB across the board. sRGB wins for simplicity since the web and every lab on the planet is set up to work with it seamlessly right from the get-go. No fuss, no muss, no bother. sRGB loses, however, for having the smallest color gamut (but is it a noticeable, <em>practical</em> difference???!! Only you can decide that. (Insert headache: HERE)). You could always save your archive image in ProPhoto and then create post-able/print-able JPG's in sRGB on an as-needed basis if that works for you.</p><p></p><p><strong>Option 2:</strong> Use either Adobe RGB and ProPhoto. Both are bigger than sRGB but require conversion to sRGB for printing or posting to the web. Adobe RGB scores a point here since your Nikon camera natively supports shooting in Adobe RGB but that's for .jpg only and most likely you're shooting raw. So why not just jump in with both feet and use ProPhoto? Because of the possibility of color channel clipping. I'm sure you're doing your own, independent research on all of this so most likely you've bumped into this issue and what it means so I won't delve into it. GAH! Is there no perfect solution?? I don't know that there is, but I've settled on a happy medium of Adobe RGB. As I see it, this gives me the benefit of a wider color gamut and pretty much zero improved chances for color-channel clipping but... I do have the downside of needing to convert to sRGB for printing and posting. I've just integrated that step into my workflow and I don't really notice it any more.</p><p></p><p>Good luck to you, hark! *snappy salute* I wish you fair winds and following seas as you hash this out to your own satisfaction! I suggest you keep the ibuprofen handy, though...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 661948, member: 13090"] Be warned... It's a swampy swamp of technical details that may leave you with a heckuva headache and no real, solid answer. Here's my (Unsolicited) Executive Summary: [B]Option 1:[/B] Use sRGB across the board. sRGB wins for simplicity since the web and every lab on the planet is set up to work with it seamlessly right from the get-go. No fuss, no muss, no bother. sRGB loses, however, for having the smallest color gamut (but is it a noticeable, [I]practical[/I] difference???!! Only you can decide that. (Insert headache: HERE)). You could always save your archive image in ProPhoto and then create post-able/print-able JPG's in sRGB on an as-needed basis if that works for you. [B]Option 2:[/B] Use either Adobe RGB and ProPhoto. Both are bigger than sRGB but require conversion to sRGB for printing or posting to the web. Adobe RGB scores a point here since your Nikon camera natively supports shooting in Adobe RGB but that's for .jpg only and most likely you're shooting raw. So why not just jump in with both feet and use ProPhoto? Because of the possibility of color channel clipping. I'm sure you're doing your own, independent research on all of this so most likely you've bumped into this issue and what it means so I won't delve into it. GAH! Is there no perfect solution?? I don't know that there is, but I've settled on a happy medium of Adobe RGB. As I see it, this gives me the benefit of a wider color gamut and pretty much zero improved chances for color-channel clipping but... I do have the downside of needing to convert to sRGB for printing and posting. I've just integrated that step into my workflow and I don't really notice it any more. Good luck to you, hark! *snappy salute* I wish you fair winds and following seas as you hash this out to your own satisfaction! I suggest you keep the ibuprofen handy, though... [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Learning
Post Processing
Questions on Photoshop 2018
Top
