Comments on: [Workflow] Kevin Kubota Explains Color Management And Profiles

By: Clément Barthes

Clément Barthes — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:04:00 +0000

Thanks for the clarification.

By: Mattias Thuvander

Mattias Thuvander — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:19:00 +0000

It does not affect the photo if you shoot i RAW.

By: Isaac mg 

Isaac mg  — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 06:20:00 +0000

My camera and I imagine, most cameras (if not, all DSLR’s) have the option to shoot in Adobe 1998 and sRGB. Does that affect the photo if it’s taken in RAW format?. And is it better to shoot in Adobe 1998 mode?

By: Roman

Roman — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:57:00 +0000

It may happen when you use “Assign profile” instead of “Convert to profile”

By: Clément Barthes

Clément Barthes — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:01:00 +0000

I switched from Adobe RGB to sRGB because when I was uploading my pics to Flickr they were heavily desaturated. Anybody had that issue? Am I supposed to post sRGB files on Flickr and send Adobe RGB files to Bay Photo? That would be a pain….

By: Nathan Hamler

Nathan Hamler — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:10:00 +0000

Too funny he’s saying to work in adobe RGB, when most every lab out there asks for sRGB when you send them files…sure you can work in adobe color space, but you’re going to throw out everything when you have to convert to sRGB, which, like someone else mentioned, is how everyone is used to seeing images….Even Bay Photo prefers sRGB…..if you’re in to wide gamut ink jet printers, that’s great, but for people who deal in RA4 printers, sRGB is sufficient…

By: Nick Busato

Nick Busato — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:41:00 +0000

Bingo! So long as your screen is calibrated via a hardware device (ala spyder) you have a correct reference point to start with. While other clients screens may not be calibrated, it should at least be close to the desired look. The worst thing you could do is have a uncalibrated screen and edit all of your photos to fix the problems that reside in your screen. For example if your screen has low contrast you may end up cranking on way too much contrast in post to compensate. Later when those photos are viewed on another screen they look terrible. The good news these days is that a lot of mobile devices seem to have pretty decently calibrated screens. Work proofed on my PC looks nearly identical on the iPad, iPhone or Samsung Galaxy.

By: Daf

Daf — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:20:00 +0000

Good point.

I’ve JUST been looking at monitors recently and was fairly surprised to find than most consumer monitors (even good ones like my Samsung) will only cover sRGB anyway – so won’t see much of a difference with this stuff.
In the UK “wide gamut” monitors which can display AdobeRGB, or close to it’s entirety start ~ £400+

By: Jon Rune Trengereid

Jon Rune Trengereid — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 03:15:00 +0000

The reason we would urge you to work in a larger colorspace rather than a smaller one has nothing to do with how you show your work. It has to do with with the mathematics on how values are shifted when an image is retouched or developed. Today, even Adobe RGB is “too small” to play along with the wonderful cameras out there.
When I did my last webinar for X-rite, I got heaps of emails from people around the world asking the most asked color management related question of all; why should I work in ProPhoto RGB when my even my high-end monitor cant cover the full volume of an Adobe RGB profile?

Well, your monitor cant, but your cameras can. And by far, go past the Adobe RGB colorspace.
So we recommend working in ProPhoto RGB to make sure you have all the info your camera can capture, even though you only need Adobe RGB for print, or sRGB for the web.
Once you have developed your image the way you want it, convert it to fit your destination.

Jon R. Trengereid.
Photographer & Educator
X-Rite Evangelist.

By: joshuayetman

joshuayetman — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:34:00 +0000

I agree with Patrick. The typical consumer isn’t going to notice any shift in color from a small color space. Unless you’re shooting for Fortune 500 media campaigns (who will have a designer who proofs and color matches, etc) the most important thing here is what he almost skipped over – get a Spyder (or similar) and calibrate your monitor. sRGB is what 99% of the world will see your images in via their web browser. Adobe RGB vs sRGB is splitting hairs.