Re: Tagged file gets darker
Re: Tagged file gets darker
- Subject: Re: Tagged file gets darker
- From: Jim Rich <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 15:22:25 -0500
On 12/27/01 4:26 PM, "SKID Photography" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Jim Rich wrote:
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> On 12/27/01 1:46 PM, "SKID Photography" <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> When I tag a file in Photoshop (6) as Adobe RGB (1998) it gets darker, even
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>> though I am using the same space
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>> as my 'working space'.
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>> Am I doing something wrong?
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>> This happened last night when I took a grayscale file and then converted it
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>> the RGB and then 'tagged' it with
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>> the space Adobe RGB.
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>> Harvey Ferdschneider
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> Harvey,
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> Just out of curiosity, where did the file come from that you tagged?
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> It sounds like it was an RGB file but, was it a raw scan or digital camera
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> image?
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> Was it previously tagged?
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> Do you know what profile was Assigned before you tagged it?
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> Jim Rich
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It was a raw scan, from my Microtek scanmaker X12 USL, untagged.
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Harvey Ferdschneider
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partner, SKID Photography, NYC
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Harvey,
It sounds like you need to Assign your scanner profile to the raw scanned
image and then Convert it to Adobe RGB to help solve this problem.
Try this address for some tips with profiles and scanning.
http://www.photoshopfocus.com/cool_tips/ps6_scan_icc.htm
Jim Rich