Colour Space options....sRGB or Adobe RGB.

[F_M-R2]

After getting my 450d and not really having time to get to know it over the last week, I've been going through the menus and reading the manual today.

Here's my latest question. What colour space should I set it to? sRGB or Adobe RGB.

My one or two test images look a little more vibrant. Well not even vibrant but more "true" if you know what I mean!? This is using Adobe RGB over sRGB.

Am I missing something very obvious here? Is there some sort of re-procussions in quality for using one over the other?

Cheers.

Edited by F_M-R2 on Thursday 21st August 11:02

[Steve Evil]

From reading my new book the other night sRGB is designed for monitors and web-hosted shots, and won't show up as vivid as Adobe RGB which has a greater range of colour and is more suitable for prints and larger images.

[kybo]

Steve Evil said:

From reading my new book the other night sRGB is designed for monitors and web-hosted shots, and won't show up as vivid as Adobe RGB which has a greater range of colour and is more suitable for prints and larger images.

Ditto.

I've only just changed my settings over to Adobe, after all this time - shame on me

[Steve Evil]

kybo said:

Steve Evil said:

From reading my new book the other night sRGB is designed for monitors and web-hosted shots, and won't show up as vivid as Adobe RGB which has a greater range of colour and is more suitable for prints and larger images.

Ditto.

I've only just changed my settings over to Adobe, after all this time - shame on me

Same here, will see how much of a difference it makes I guess. One day I'll have a grasp on all this stuff...

[outnumbered]

If you change it to Adobe RGB, you also need to make sure that whatever post-processing you do is also set up for Adobe RGB, otherwise the colours will be wrong. On other forums, the usual advice seems to be leave it on sRGB unless you're a Pro or really know what you're doing...

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php...

BTW This is a great resource for Canon questions:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/index.php

[_dobbo_]

outnumbered said:

If you change it to Adobe RGB, you also need to make sure that whatever post-processing you do is also set up for Adobe RGB, otherwise the colours will be wrong.

It's actually worse than that - even if you shoot and process in AdobeRGB, you can't expect your image to display in a browser as you saw it unless that browser supports colour profiles.

Most will simply revert to sRGB, and so your images will look different on the web than when you edited it.

I personally work in Adobe RGB for everything, and accept that my images might look a bit different in a browser.

[m12_nathan]

Am I right in thinking that the camera setting makes no difference if you are shooting raw?

[paul911]

My Canon 350D manual says... “Adobe RGB, This is mainly used for commercial printing and other industrial uses. This setting is not recommended if you do not know about image processing” ….. “for normal images sRGB is recommended”

So who uses what setting?

[RobDickinson]

m12_nathan said:

Am I right in thinking that the camera setting makes no difference if you are shooting raw?

Yes, though it may set some conversion defaults?

I shoot raw, convert to aRGB and then when I want to web the image I convert to sRGB.

[kybo]

Are the differences subtle, or extreme?

If I take photos in aRGB and print one out at home then, without any conversion to sRGB, upload the very same to the web (maybe print it off the browser) and look at it will a novice/beginner notice the difference between the two?

Thanks,
Scott

PS how easy is it to convert from one colour space to the other and, if I want to upload to photobox (or similar) to have them printed should I upload them in aRGB?

[RobDickinson]

In photoshop conversion is ...

Edit-> convert to profile,... select sRGB job done

Same 350D RAW image...

aRGB JPG :


sRGB JPG:

[VxDuncan]

[quote=RobDickinson]In photoshop conversion is ...

Edit-> convert to profile,... select sRGB job done

[quote]
Convert to profile or assign profile? I always assign profile?

[RobDickinson]

Mah I convert but never save after anyhow.