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 05/10/2006 10:32:16 AM · #1
I have a problem recent with my home Monitor where it's color and brightness seem to to be off compared to my work monitor and laptop screen but I never changed the settings as far as I know.

My Night entry looks greener and a dash darker at work where the especially colors, when I edited last night were much cleaner.

Could it be because I may have switched color schemes RGB to AdobeRGB or something of that nature???
 05/10/2006 10:38:29 AM · #2
It sure could. Using a color space other than sRGB is guaranteed to make your pics look different on the web, where they are *always* displayed in the sRGB space.
If you're editing in the Adobe RGB space, you need to make sure you convert to the sRGB space prior to saving for web. My recommendation is that if you are not confident with the ins and outs of a color managed workflow (and it is a complex subject) then by all means stick with sRGB.
 05/10/2006 11:42:45 AM · #3
Yes, it is confusing. I cared not one whit, until two things happended, well, 3.
I calibrated my monitor for the first time.
I changed to a pro lab, and they said my pics are a tad red.
i got 2 new cameras and had to get everything on the same page.

Web is sRGB. My lab is sRGB. My new 30D was set to sRGB by canon (default). Calibrating my monitor kicked it over to Adobe RGB...so I am now totally sRGB - i don't print via inkjet which is apparently Adobe RBG color space.

Yes, I know Adobe is a larger space, but if ALL my output (web, lab) is in teh sRGB it's kind of pointless to switch back and forth.

the redness is apparently an attribute of canon cameras, skin tone wise. So i've been playing with ways to fix that in camera, and getting a 20D ot match a 30D...probably shoot in RAW, but then to match them you have to use DPP...and it may make the pics noisier than alternative conversion software.

And speaking of conversion software - have some fun with this - take the same image and convert RAW to JPG in DPP, Adobe Camer Raw, Bibble, RSE and look at the results - the colors WILL BE DIFFERENT. Intersting to find out - now to figure out what works best.
 05/10/2006 11:52:39 AM · #4
Just in case anyone is interested in dealing with that red or magenta tone in their potriat work, here is an informative article:

//www.smugmug.com/help/skin-tone

05/10/2006 11:53:35 AM · #5
Cool...that's what I thought.

Now could someone help me map out/path my solution, for example...

Photoshop> Preferences> Color Management> Choose sRGB Etc.
(or where should I be looking to make the proper changes)

That would be killer. Thanks in advance.

Message edited by author 2006-05-10 11:54:28.
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