Excert from your discussion on RAW.
{Lastly, the default workspace for digital cameras is sRGB which is a
gamut best suited for web/monitor usage.}
Actually, Jeff, in this sentence you forgot to mention photo labs that
would like to see your files in sRGB also.
Rick
studio52 at insightbb.com wrote:
> Hi group! Last night I was asked about Camera RAW and thought I would
> share my reply.
>
> ?The joke going around is that in the new Photoshop CS2, Photoshop is
> now a plug-in for Adobe Camera RAW. Truthfully, Camera RAW has been
> vastly improved in CS2 over previous versions. In film photography all
> you have to do is set the exposure, aperture, and the film iso, take
> the picture, and worry about the processing latter. You drop your film
> off at Walgreen's and have no idea of the amount of post processing
> their computerized equipment has done to make you print look
> acceptable?you're not really that good :) With digital cameras there
> are far more settings to make because the ?camera does all the
> processing? as you take each individual shot?the reason for the slow
> performance of digital cameras. In RAW mode, the digital camera does
> not completely process the image, do JPEG compression, sharpening
> etc.; so you can just set the exposure, aperture, and iso, take the
> picture, and worry about the processing latter. Sound familiar? If
> your camera is capable of RAW mode?and if you have a high end consumer
> or professional camera it most likely has a RAW setting?you too can
> make processing decisions later. RAW is not an acronym. it is
> essentially a protocol for an unprocessed, uncompressed image, that
> varies with each manufacturer. On high end consumer cameras you may
> need to update the firmware to add RAW capability and select your
> camera plug-in from within Photoshop RAW. RAW support appeared in
> Photoshop 7 and has progressively improved through CS2. For everyday
> shooting and 4x5 inkjet printing I suggest that Program mode on your
> camera with JPEG High and Adobe RGB settings will handle most of your
> needs. If you have the time, Photoshop 7 or later?and want real
> control, RAW mode is sweet! Lastly, the default workspace for digital
> cameras is sRGB which is a gamut best suited for web/monitor usage. A
> better camera settings choice for print work would be Adobe RGB 1998
> which provides a much larger gamut. On the latest and greatest digital
> SLR?s?like that new Canon you're eyeballing?Pro Photo workspace is
> available, which provides an even larger camera specific
> workspace."....jf
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