In message Fri, 24 Oct 2003, Christian Macey writes snip
Off the top of my head the main reason one would consider converting to LAB from either RGB or CMYK are for 'extreme' cases of banding, noise reduction, colour correction and to punch the saturation in an image. I'm sure there are other instances but with a screaming four week old baby daughter in one arm (who incidentally I'm trying to start early on PS) and a mouse in the other, that will have to do for now.
Dear Christian
For my money one of the most useful aspects of moving an image into Lab is to be able to alter contrast without upsetting colour. Dan's Book which is called "Professional Photoshop" should be on everyone's bookshelf IMO.
Cheers
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