W.Y.Photo
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There was an argument recently on a thread here about getting more clients, for fear of the thread being locked due to an off topic discussion I have created this thread
The argument goes as such: Some of us believe that processing images in sRGB exclusivly will help photographers provide more precise color and all around better looking images to a wider audience, while others, myself included, believe that working in larger color spaces like Prophoto and Adobe RGB then converting images is best as it provides a wider range of color that can produce much more of a color range when used in formats other than the web.
For those of you unfamiliar with color spaces, a DSLR is much more capable of recording color than most of our output devices are capable of reproducing, for this reason smaller color spaces have been adopted in order to fit these colors within the range of these output devices (like monitors and printers) The standard color space for images on the web is sRGB but there are larger color spaces like Adobe RGB and Profoto RGB that some photographers prefer as it gives them a wider range of color to work with.
Most digital output devices can only handle sRGB color spaces, however there are higher range printers that can handle Adobe RGB as a color space and the data points for color in Adobe Photoshop are capable of giving the photographer an idea of where color falls in an image that resides in an Adobe RGB or Profoto color space.
I'd appreciate if some of you could re-post your arguments so we don't lose anyone unfamiliar with the original discussion.
Lets keep this civil guys. Does anyone else have any thoughts on the matter?
The argument goes as such: Some of us believe that processing images in sRGB exclusivly will help photographers provide more precise color and all around better looking images to a wider audience, while others, myself included, believe that working in larger color spaces like Prophoto and Adobe RGB then converting images is best as it provides a wider range of color that can produce much more of a color range when used in formats other than the web.
For those of you unfamiliar with color spaces, a DSLR is much more capable of recording color than most of our output devices are capable of reproducing, for this reason smaller color spaces have been adopted in order to fit these colors within the range of these output devices (like monitors and printers) The standard color space for images on the web is sRGB but there are larger color spaces like Adobe RGB and Profoto RGB that some photographers prefer as it gives them a wider range of color to work with.
Most digital output devices can only handle sRGB color spaces, however there are higher range printers that can handle Adobe RGB as a color space and the data points for color in Adobe Photoshop are capable of giving the photographer an idea of where color falls in an image that resides in an Adobe RGB or Profoto color space.
I'd appreciate if some of you could re-post your arguments so we don't lose anyone unfamiliar with the original discussion.
Lets keep this civil guys. Does anyone else have any thoughts on the matter?