Color Management on my laptop with CS6

**Kerrowdown** · 04-22-2013, 12:19 PM

Originally posted by Sig0431

I thought there was a menu item on my K5 where I could switch from Adobe Pro and other color settigns

You may well be right here I'm not a K-5 owner, that being the case, yes, change colour to Adobe Pro Photo or higher to ProPhoto RGB if available.

**dms** · 04-22-2013, 04:10 PM

Here is how I work--but besides handing off jpg's for display--I also provide prints of the best shots.
I do following--I make the raw file into best for RGB Pro, and I then rework it and save as sRGB--and cancel the changes so my raw file is still set for RGB Pro. If most of the shots were for sRGB and I knew which (few) I was printing--I would do slightly different.

If your end product is internet then yes you can work in sRGB--but keep the raw files for potential future use.
If you have shots that have clipping in sRGB--they may not clip RGB Pro. Actually the ideal settings for RGB Pro and sRGB are not the same. If later you decide prints from photoshop (or display using bridge/photoshop) are what you want then optimum is to revisit the raw file.

**dms** · 04-22-2013, 04:16 PM

Yes I believe the gamma is different for windows/PC and Mac's--and I just do for my Mac and don't care about others--but in reality that likely means most users will not see the optimum. How best to address this I leave to others--as my main interest are the prints that I provide.

tuco · 04-22-2013, 04:46 PM

Originally posted by dms

Yes I believe the gamma is different for windows/PC and Mac's

Only if you have an older OSX operating system (default gamma 1.8). But for a while now it ships with a default gamma of 2.2. You can always change the default if you want in the older OSX (10.5 and earlier, I think).

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04-22-2013, 12:19 PM	#16
Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 57,863	Originally posted by Sig0431 I thought there was a menu item on my K5 where I could switch from Adobe Pro and other color settigns You may well be right here I'm not a K-5 owner, that being the case, yes, change colour to Adobe Pro Photo or higher to ProPhoto RGB if available.

04-22-2013, 04:10 PM	#17
dms Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New York, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,192	Here is how I work--but besides handing off jpg's for display--I also provide prints of the best shots. I do following--I make the raw file into best for RGB Pro, and I then rework it and save as sRGB--and cancel the changes so my raw file is still set for RGB Pro. If most of the shots were for sRGB and I knew which (few) I was printing--I would do slightly different. If your end product is internet then yes you can work in sRGB--but keep the raw files for potential future use. If you have shots that have clipping in sRGB--they may not clip RGB Pro. Actually the ideal settings for RGB Pro and sRGB are not the same. If later you decide prints from photoshop (or display using bridge/photoshop) are what you want then optimum is to revisit the raw file.

04-22-2013, 04:16 PM	#18
dms Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: New York, NY Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,192	Yes I believe the gamma is different for windows/PC and Mac's--and I just do for my Mac and don't care about others--but in reality that likely means most users will not see the optimum. How best to address this I leave to others--as my main interest are the prints that I provide.

04-22-2013, 04:46 PM	#19
tuco Pentaxian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pugetopolis Posts: 11,032	Originally posted by dms Yes I believe the gamma is different for windows/PC and Mac's Only if you have an older OSX operating system (default gamma 1.8). But for a while now it ships with a default gamma of 2.2. You can always change the default if you want in the older OSX (10.5 and earlier, I think).