- sRGB was designed to model the better computer displays of the 1990s. - AdobeRGB (1998) was designed to model the color-offset printing equipment available in that same time period.
- ProPhoto RGB was designed in the early 2000s to model the maximum color space achievable with a 16-bit per component digital sensor. With that in mind: - Calibrate and profile your system's display to allow it to be used as a reference when adjusting your photographs, and to promote accurate translations to other displays and printer needs. - Use ProPhoto RGB to edit images in 16-bit depth In order to minimize round-off errors in editing. - Convert images to AdobeRGB or sRGB before converting to 8-bit since both of these color spaces can be fully represented in 8bit numbers. - Use AdobeRGB when a client or a print service requires it on your outputted image files. - Use sRGB for any other photo sharing on computers. - Allow your image processing software and a fully color-managed printing workflow to take your images directly from their final, edited, 16-bit ProPhoto RGB form to whatever your printer requires for best printing fidelity. The goal should be as perfect a match on paper to what you see on screen in the editing environment. This applies to standard and wide gamut displays alike. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
