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06/12/2009 04:59:16 PM · #1 |
So my gallery guy wants me to take advantage of the Adobe 1998 space which I'm happy to do, but I wondered what is the best proof setup to view the shot on while I'm working on it? I know for DPC I use monitor RGB, but when the image is going to go to print, would working CMYK be best even though the printer is going to use the Adobe RGB rather than a CMYK space? Windows and Monitor RGB can really deaden the color on the monitor and I don't want to reactively oversaturate anything.
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06/12/2009 08:00:45 PM · #2 |
| Definitely not CMYK, unless you are printing on a device that actually requires and uses CMYK, for example an offset press. You should convert from RAW to the Adobe 1998 space, and make sure your monitor is calibrated properly. Photoshop will display the image correctly (well, as correctly as the monitor can show it, given that no monitor I'm aware of can display the entire Adobe 1998 color space). In other words, Ps will render the image to the selected monitor profile. No need to turn proofing on. |
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06/12/2009 08:12:05 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Definitely not CMYK, unless you are printing on a device that actually requires and uses CMYK, for example an offset press. You should convert from RAW to the Adobe 1998 space, and make sure your monitor is calibrated properly. Photoshop will display the image correctly (well, as correctly as the monitor can show it, given that no monitor I'm aware of can display the entire Adobe 1998 color space). In other words, Ps will render the image to the selected monitor profile. No need to turn proofing on. |
Aha! No proofing. Well, ok, that makes some sense to me. :) |
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06/13/2009 10:08:12 AM · #4 |
What were the images shot in? Since A98 is a larger space if you shot them in sRGB then there's little point in converting to a larger space since the colors aren't there and have to be interpolated - giving you a color shift.
How will you be outputting it? Again, most everyone expects (or will convert to) sRGB so if all your editing was in A98 you will get color shifts upon printing.
What kind of proofing are you talking about? Prints or web or just your monitor? Most monitors sill can't properly display all of sRGB let alone A98, so unless you've got one of the few, rare, expensive monitors that can, why bother? What you see won't be accurate so it serves little purpose to try.
About the only way to be sure you're getting what you want is to do test prints and evaluate the print itself.
Message edited by author 2009-06-13 10:09:26.
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