Thanks for the replies. We haven't implemented our DAMS yet and yes, I hope that we'll be able to track color space. Since we don't know how many files are afflicted, I need to work back from the files to the days they were created and/or the machine(s) involved, rather than the other way around.
There are a couple of reasons we're concerned that things are getting converted, other than the mere fact that something is happening that we didn't intend (bad enough). Even though it's minimal, sRGB is a smaller color space than Adobe RGB, so you're losing information in the master file -- never a good thing. The other problem is that opening them in PhotoShop sometimes generates an error message "missing data," which, frankly, looks unprofessional when you send images out, and we've also had problems saving until we go through editing the color settings and assinging the correct profile. Gremlins in the system! Deb ----Original Message Follows---- From: Jeff Evans <[email protected]> Reply-To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] DM-SiG: searching by color profile Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2007 09:59:34 -0400 Deb - some higher end DAMs will track that, if you tell them too early on. But I have found mis-profiled images sometimes by date of edit, or by determining which machine may have had the incorrect setting. May I ask why you need to worry? Due to monitor differences, it would be hard to tell the difference between sRGB and 1998. Or, are these files halting a process due to their embedded profile? (that may just be a color-setting change in Photoshop.) JEFF Jeffrey Evans Digital Imaging Specialist Princeton University Art Museum 609.258.8579 On Apr 4, 2007, at 9:39 AM, Deborah Wythe wrote: > Hi all -- > > Does anyone know if there's a way to search file lists by color > profile without opening every file? > > We have an occasional problem withTIF files created in Adobe RGB > (1998) getting converted into sRGB somewhere in the pipeline. Part > of diagnosing where the problem is happening means finding the TIF > files that are in sRGB. > > Suggestions welcomed! > Thanks, > Deb Wythe > > > Deborah Wythe > Head, Digital Collections and Services > Brooklyn Museum > 200 Eastern Parkway > Brooklyn, NY 11238 > tel: 718 501 6311 > fax: 718 501 6145 > deborahwythe at hotmail.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Download Messenger. Join the i?m Initiative. Help make a difference > today. http://im.live.com/messenger/im/home/?source=TAGHM_APR07 > > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l _________________________________________________________________ Need a break? Find your escape route with Live Search Maps. http://maps.live.com/?icid=hmtag3
