Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] digital Canon question
From: Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:30:22 -0700

Adobe 1998 RGB is for pre-press. I like to joke about my printer at 
work is a $1.5 million press. Adobe 1998 RGB has a much wider color 
gamet (color space). Which is why they look flat. You have to calibrate 
everything differently if you switch color spaces. sRGB is a Windows 
color space originally that is aimed at ink-jet printers and computer 
peripherals. It's good for consumer equipment.  A wider color space is 
better because it gives you more colors to work with.

Either way you go, you need to calibrate your system. Do some searches 
on the Internet for working with sRBG or RGB or whatever color space 
you want. But stick with one and with practice and calibration you'll 
get the results you want.
On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 02:55  PM, lea wrote:

> I did a shoot this weekend in RGB (Adobe 1998) and am disappointed with
> the results...they are rather flat looking images with a noticable blue
> cast. Again, these were printed with no manipulation in Photoshop.

Eric Welch
Carlsbad, CA
http://www.jphotog.com

Never miss a good chance to shut up.  - Will Rogers.

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