Re: ProPhoto RGB .icc for download.
Re: ProPhoto RGB .icc for download.
- Subject: Re: ProPhoto RGB .icc for download.
- From: Terry Wyse <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 15:17:19 -0400
On Aug 3, 2006, at 2:10 PM, Matt Beals wrote:
Dumb question... For my home purposes would there be any advantage
in me
converting my digital picture collection from sRGB (native to my
Sony DSC-1
and 7) to ProPhoto?
If it's already in sRGB, there's nothing to be gained by the
conversion alone. The images will not have a larger gamut as a
result. Only advantage would be further editing "headroom" should you
choose to increase saturation or whatever. But you should consider
moving the images to 16bit/channel should you choose to edit in that
space.
Assigning a new profile, ProPhoto?
Assigning will take the existing "sRGB" RGB values and re-map them to
the extents of the ProPhoto space. In my view that would probably
give you disasterous results especially in things like fleshtones
where they would likely come very red and over-saturated.
Or am I better off to
leave well enough alone?
I'd leave it alone. Since the images are in sRGB already, there's
virtually nothing to be gained. If you're coming from RAW to sRGB,
you could consider a switch to ProPhoto but if you're taking them
direct from the camera as JPEGs/TIFFs it would be of little value.
Terry
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