First of all, thank you to those who responded to my color management
question a couple weeks ago, especially karl shah-jenner, as your
info was most helpful. If you don't mind bearing with me, I have at
least a couple more questions before I get going as I should.
Let me come clean. I don't really 'get' color management. I'm not
clear on how all the different 'spaces' and 'profiles' work together
(is a space the same thing as a profile? See, I really don't get it.)
and when to apply one.
Let me tell you what I am doing then if you see a weak link in my set-
up I'd appreciate some direction on how to change it.
I shoot raw + jpg on a Canon 20D set to Adobe RGB color space.
I use an imac with a gorgeous 20" screen. This system is calibrated
using Pantone's spyder. I have set the resulting profile as my
monitor profile from within system preferences.
In Photoshop I also use that same color space...the one created by my
spyder (for clarity it's called Lea-spyder).
So far so good.
Then it all falls apart.
I am using both PSCS2 and Digital Photo Professional to do my raw
conversions and I am getting them to look absolutely wonderful on my
monitor. Then I send them to my lab and they look like hell.
I know my lab's Noritsu is set to print in sRGB (as are almost all
lab printers if I'm not mistaken). In PS should I be converting to sRGB?
Also, I have downloaded my lab's printer profile and can set that as
my color space in PS. Should I be doing that?
I am so confused.
Any suggestions?
Thanks for the help.
Lea
lea murphy
www.whinydogpress.com
