Re: Looking for Colorspace Answers
Re: Looking for Colorspace Answers
- Subject: Re: Looking for Colorspace Answers
- From: email@hidden
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:42:23 EDT
In a message dated 5/30/01 12:28:45 AM, email@hidden writes:
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Should this even be an issue? If we have well calibrated monitors and a
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good profile for our printer shouldn't we keep working in a wide space
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let the profile do its job?
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Yes, if everything is properly controlled, then reducing saturation via sRGB
would not be necessary. You have a wildcard factor somewhere...
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Using sRGB we have noticed a color shift in the blues- Blue jeans and blue
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dresses (blue on the screen) come out purple. Where as when we were
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working in Adobe 98 we did not have this shift (just the over-saturation).
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Is this a known inconsistency with sRGB?
Its a rcurring issue with varous ICC based workflows, you might as easily
have it with AdobeRGB and not sRGB. It has assorted possible causes, and
assorted hacks to correct it, but seldom anything I would call a cure.
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Is there a color working space that is similar to sRGB or would it be
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better to test several spaces out?
If sRGB works for you, use it. If you wish to figure out what your AdobeRGB
problem is, then poke around and find out, or hire a consultant to iron it
out with you.
C. David Tobie
Design Cooperative
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