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What Color Space do people use?
And Why,

I have been using AdobeRGB but I have read conflicting remarks about this not being the best.

I only print about 1 in 500 photos and I dont really post them on the web (Other than here)

I only use AdobeRGB for print (press) and for web

I shoot in Adobe and use it for editing. For web I convert for sRGB as well as usually for press, since I dont trust guys from printers

Regards,

K.Polak

I shoot in adobe for the wider gamut

but convert to srgb for web display

Steve

I shoot in RAW (at which point the selection of colour space in the camera only affects the JPEG preview image).

My normal workflow involves generating AdobeRGB images from RAW (for the reasonable gamut of this workspace) and then converting to the appropriate colour space for each output device (ie. the PSD file stays in AdobeRGB).

I use ARGB as i may want to print the image at some stage.

I shoot RAW, AdobeRGB in photoshop, but have recently been advised to change to sRGB for web display....with surprising results. No more muddyness. I'm still a relative newbie, so I'm willing to give anything a go and try it out. I haven't tried printing in sRGB yet on the R1800, but will try and see what happens.......so much to learn!

Shoot in RAW, work in AdobeRGB (aRGB) and store any non raw files files in aRGB for post processing.

For web publishing I then convert to sRGB.

Consistent with my philosophy of perfecting as much as possible pre-shutter release, I maintain a sRGB workflow for nearly all files. I usually don't make any changes in colour, levels or contrast in PS and hence don't need the wider gamut of aRGB; and I don't need the image degradation associated with unnecessary changes in colourspace.

Only those specifically prepared for home printing will I revert to an aRGB workflow to see them through. Those 'snapshots' destined for 6x4 bulk lab prints are done in sRGB too - as the labs usually aren't colour managed and assume sRGB files, and their output colourspace are much more restrictive than even sRGB.

A point many don't know or don't consider, many monitors including mine cannot display much beyond the gamut of sRGB. The extended gamut afforded by aRGB predominantly in the green region cannot be seen, so really you're making blind changes when you do so in image manipulation software. Unless you have a high end CRT or Eizo/Ilyama/Lacie LCD with 10/14 bit gamma LUT (Hitachi 25, 37 or 50ms S-IPS panels) your monitor cannot display colours much beyond the sRGB colourspace adequately - and this has nothing to do with calibration, it's simply beyond the scope of rendering for the display.