WHAT am i doing wrong here??? - DPChallenge Forums

07/15/2007 01:37:23 PM · #1

Ok, our girls had a sleepover last night and, as usual, young girls love to play in the studio.

I've uploaded the exact same image here & on my smugmug page - on DPC it looks HORRIBLE (flat, lifeless, almost no saturation), but it looks exactly like the original on smugmug... I've included links below for reference:

DPC version

SmugMug version

If you open them in separate windows / tabs, the difference is astounding! (Again, the EXACT same file was uploaded to each site) Someone PLEASE help??? Thx!

Billy

Message edited by author 2007-07-15 13:38:13.

07/15/2007 01:42:13 PM · #2

Just opened the DPC version in PS. It's in ProPhoto RGB. Smugmug must be converting it to sRGB for you.

BTW, looks just like it does on smugmug in Photoshop. :-) Convert your color space dude :-P

Message edited by author 2007-07-15 13:43:23.

Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO M.Zuiko

07/15/2007 01:45:30 PM · #3

Tada sRGB version ;-)

Brad

Olympus OM-D E-M1

07/15/2007 01:46:52 PM · #4

The file sizes are different though.
DPC = 53.3 Kb
Smugmug = 80.2 Kb

WOnder if Smugmug does convert it.

SDW

Canon EOS-60D

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

07/15/2007 01:47:18 PM · #5

Are you sure u uploaded the same edit version. The reason I ask is smugmug shows your pic with the following info:
900x602 @ 210.20 kb

Your DPC image is uploaded at:
800x535 @ 54.64 kb

A large difference.

07/15/2007 01:50:23 PM · #6

Originally posted by Brad:

The file sizes are different though.
DPC = 53.3 Kb
Smugmug = 80.2 Kb

WOnder if Smugmug does convert it.

The different color space accounts for the size difference. Look at my converted file. It's close to the smugmug size.

07/15/2007 01:50:46 PM · #7

AHHHHHH!!!

Thanks everyone, and Leroy - that was FAST!!!

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

07/15/2007 01:52:47 PM · #8

Originally posted by rossbilly:

Leroy - that was FAST!!!

Really, I had to wait for PS to load, seemed like forever... LOL

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

07/15/2007 01:53:15 PM · #9

Originally posted by rossbilly:

AHHHHHH!!!

Thanks everyone, and Leroy - that was FAST!!!

Because it's the same answer every time, and this happens an amazing number of times. It's always a colorspace issue.

R.

I didn't mean that like it sounds. Great work Leroy. But as he said, he KNEW: the most time it took was waiting for photoshop to load :-)

Message edited by author 2007-07-15 13:54:06.

agrimace

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

07/15/2007 01:53:49 PM · #10

So hey,

Which color space is best for DPC?

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

07/15/2007 01:54:30 PM · #11

Originally posted by agrimace:

So hey,

Which color space is best for DPC?

sRGB; the web standard colorspace.

R.

07/15/2007 02:04:05 PM · #12

sRGB is the only color space that will work on the web. Smugmug is likely using imageMagik or some other graphics library to convert the large ProPhoto RGB profile to sRGB.

07/15/2007 02:06:31 PM · #13

ok, I changed the color space and (of course), it now looks just like the crap I posted already LOL

HOW do i convert this while keeping the colors as they should be? (Leroy, care to tell me exactly what steps you took, please?)

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

07/15/2007 02:08:21 PM · #14

Edit -===> Convert to Profile

Destination Space : sRGB.

Elmakias

Canon EOS-5D

07/15/2007 02:09:10 PM · #15

so whats best for smugmug? sRGB?

07/15/2007 02:15:10 PM · #16

Again, thank you Leroy - I was trying to do it using 'View> Proof Colors'.

(Adam, yes - I'd stick with the sRGB.... for the obvious reasons LOL)