Good stuff, pretty much what I do, which is no surprise since Godfrey taught me color management and workflow many years ago. My only difference is that I save almost all files as 16-bit Prophoto. Storage is cheap.
Paul via phone > On Apr 28, 2016, at 3:14 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > > Thanks for this Godfrey. > >> On 4/28/2016 2:40 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi 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. >> >> G > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
