Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: >- 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.
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