Right colour space for professional photography

hensil

hensil

Guru
Hi Abhishek,
I think some things mention in the article are incorrect or misunderstood. One statement says
"On the other hand, printers widely used for printing wedding albums, coffee table books etc. want the wider colour gamut so the Adobe RGB 1998 and ProPhoto RGB colour spaces are preferred by this group to achieve the finest quality images. "
According to my knowledge no printer can handle ProPhoto RGB color.
Most of the printers ask for sRGB.

Henry
 
illuminati

illuminati

IamAbhishek
hensil said:
Hi Abhishek,
I think some things mention in the article are incorrect or misunderstood. One statement says
"On the other hand, printers widely used for printing wedding albums, coffee table books etc. want the wider colour gamut so the Adobe RGB 1998 and ProPhoto RGB colour spaces are preferred by this group to achieve the finest quality images. "
According to my knowledge no printer can handle ProPhoto RGB color.
Most of the printers ask for sRGB.

Henry
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And from my understanding on printers, a lot of them especially printers dedicatedly designed for photo printing are adapting the AdobeRGB color space, because of the richer tones gained from it. And yes you are kind of right, the an average printer might not have this support, but more printers used in print labs will. Printing in sRGB is the safest way, if your workflow involves more web usage but if the workflow involves more of print work then I strongly suggest Adobe RGB at least. The blog is based on my personal experience and knowledge about the print.
 
hensil

hensil

Guru
illuminati said:
And from my understanding on printers, a lot of them especially printers dedicatedly designed for photo printing are adapting the AdobeRGB color space, because of the richer tones gained from it. And yes you are kind of right, the an average printer might not have this support, but more printers used in print labs will. Printing in sRGB is the safest way, if your workflow involves more web usage but if the workflow involves more of print work then I strongly suggest Adobe RGB at least. The blog is based on my personal experience and knowledge about the print.
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Abhishek,
Even the points I mention in my comments are with my personal experience. There are very few commercial printers, very few that can really handle Adobe RGB and no printer that can handle ProPhoto RGB. Both these color space are working color space.
Most of the guys working with commercial printer may claim that they can print in Adobes sRGB, in reality they convert them to sRGB before they send it to the printer. The client doesn't even know this. I went through this experience when I found the print colors were different than what I saw on the monitor. By the way, I work with a pro monitor which is color calibrated every month.
The normal computer monitors that we use at homes cannot even display 100% sRGB, therefore printing in Adobe sRGB is very rare and that too on a printing paper which can print truly Adobe sRGB space.
My workflow in Lightroom and Photoshop is to proof the file to sRGB before converting then to TIFF or best JPEG for printing. I try to get the printer profiles and install them in my computer. I have also realized the printer does not even handle 16 bit TIFF.
These are my views from my experience. The last 24 x 30 inches prints I printed were one year ago. I am not sure if the printer technology has changed. I am referring to best printing labs in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Henry
 
iamsomnath

iamsomnath

Where is the remote?
I also convert to sRGB before printing. When it comes to printing my experience tells me that it is extremely impossible to be satisfied unless you have printer's color profile "exactly" replicated at your own Rig. In last few years I have printed quite a few large archival quality canvasses , upto 6 by 4 feet and for that I have worked closely with a master printer in the city, he is printing for last five decades, and have learned a lot from him, though he costs a bomb. But printing is really a very fascinating process and loving the learning curve.
 
hensil

hensil

Guru
iamsomnath said:
I also convert to sRGB before printing. When it comes to printing my experience tells me that it is extremely impossible to be satisfied unless you have printer's color profile "exactly" replicated at your own Rig. In last few years I have printed quite a few large archival quality canvasses , upto 6 by 4 feet and for that I have worked closely with a master printer in the city, he is printing for last five decades, and have learned a lot from him, though he costs a bomb. But printing is really a very fascinating process and loving the learning curve.
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Hi Somanth da,
Same here, never satisfied with the prints and always in a learning mode to improve prints.
Does your printer lab prints in Adobe sRGB?
Henry
 
hensil

hensil

Guru
I have downloaded the printer profiles with relevant papers and use them to proof in Lightroom before exporting them to TIFF 8 bits.
Even then not satisfied.
Henry
 
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