Advice please on Photoshop

ksebruce · 10-03-2008, 09:43 AM

Hi, I use photoshop CS3 and have decided to try to learn to use it properly. In the past i've used it to crop, resize, saturate and sometimes to tweak a bit i.e. in the shots below (Jay 1) being the original, i've warmed it slightly and increased saturation and added a highlight in the eye to try to bring it more to life.
I would welcome your opinions.
My main question is this, I have read two different opinions on how to set up the basics. One says to have the camera (Nikon D70s) set to adobe RGB and also the colour space in CS3 set this. Another recommends using srgb in both. I'm now confused.

Any help would be most welcome.

American Dream · 10-03-2008, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ksebruce

Hi, I use photoshop CS3 and have decided to try to learn to use it properly. In the past i've used it to crop, resize, saturate and sometimes to tweak a bit i.e. in the shots below (Jay 1) being the original, i've warmed it slightly and increased saturation and added a highlight in the eye to try to bring it more to life.
I would welcome your opinions.
My main question is this, I have read two different opinions on how to set up the basics. One says to have the camera (Nikon D70s) set to adobe RGB and also the colour space in CS3 set this. Another recommends using srgb in both. I'm now confused.

Any help would be most welcome.

Hi Ken,

It seems they are trying to develop a "standard" for Microsoft apps and web based internet regarding Colour Management.

I haven't had time to look at the whole document but here's one link.

A Standard Default Color Space for the Internet - sRGB

ksebruce · 10-03-2008, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by American Dream

Hi Ken,

It seems they are trying to develop a "standard" for Microsoft apps and web based internet regarding Colour Management.

I haven't had time to look at the whole document but here's one link.

A Standard Default Color Space for the Internet - sRGB

Thanks for that Steve. I've always been led to believe that Adobe RGB1988 has a wider colour range than SRGB but there again do I need that? And would SRGB produce better prints for me on my Epson R800?. I know my laptop monitor won't give the best results but it's all I have (space due to living in a static)

American Dream · 10-03-2008, 10:10 AM

Personally I guess I'd go for the Abobe one.

The main criteria for the Graphics studios I used to work in, was the correct calibration of the monitor to output device.That was what took so much time to achieve.

If they didn't get what was seen on the screen there were calls for recalibration

With any output device there are tolerences and the output can vary with ambient temp and humidity.

The best results were therefore obtained in climate controlled environment.
Sorry I'm going on a bit ...................

Jim · 10-03-2008, 10:26 AM

Hi Ken, you're certainly not the first and you wont be the last that confuses Colour Space with ICC profiles. Have a read here this site goes a good way to explaining them.

I have my setup working around my printer profiles, I am never surprised by output and pretty well know for sure what my prints will look like.

ksebruce · 10-03-2008, 10:47 AM

Thanks guys guess i'll go with Adobe RGB.

ksebruce · 10-03-2008, 07:17 PM

Hmm just found ICC profiles for my R800 printer. Now I can set CS3 to the printer in the "colour settings " "RGB" box. Sounds like an even better option.

Jim · 10-03-2008, 07:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ksebruce

Hmm just found ICC profiles for my R800 printer. Now I can set CS3 to the printer in the "colour settings " "RGB" box. Sounds like an even better option.

See my earlier post. Using my prnter profile works well for me

ksebruce · 10-03-2008, 07:53 PM

Hi Jim, so now I have CS3 set to the printer profile when I come to print in the printer settings dialogue box do I turn colour management off or leave it on? Sorry to be a pain but it's the first time i've gone into this.

ksebruce · 12-03-2008, 08:32 AM

Tried experimenting yesterday and now i've got CS3 set to the R800 colour space results seem a lot better to me. Best results seem to be with "photo enhance" and "digital camera correction" turned on in the printer dialogue box.
On to more photoshop experimenting now ...watch this space for more dumb questions

Thanks for the help so far.