Einst_Stein Posted November 12, 2023 Share #1 Posted November 12, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) I set my camera to ECI RGB v2, can I change it to adobergb or sRGB when import to Lightroom? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Anbaric Posted November 12, 2023 Share #2 Posted November 12, 2023 If you are shooting raw, the colour space is just a tag in the metadata. LR will I think use its own colour space based on ProPhoto RGB, though you can export as other things. PS gives you a choice of working spaces. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 12, 2023 Share #3 Posted November 12, 2023 The colourspace is set during raw conversion, not in the camera. Whatever you set it to in-camera applies to JPG only, assuming you are referring to stills. You can certainly change it to sRGB in LR, as it is always possible to convert to a smaller colourspace but you cannot expand to a larger one as the out of gamut colours will be lost irrevocably in conversion. The normal colourspace in stills photography is Adobe RGB nowadays, or Prophoto if you prefer to work in a large one, as I do in Photoshop. During editing LR uses Profoto and only dumbs down to your specified colour space during export. It is advisable to use sRGB for Web publishing as you have no control over the device that the image will be displayed on nor over the browser. The only exception is L*A*B* as you can switch in and out without loss as it is not an RGB colourspace. In fact ECI RGB vII is basically meant to be used in the printing industry. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitz Posted November 12, 2023 Share #4 Posted November 12, 2023 19 minutes ago, jaapv said: The normal colourspace in stills photography is Adobe RGB nowadays, or Prophoto If you are copying your processed image files into another application, such as PowerPoint, the application is unlikely to use ProPhoto. Your carefully executed adjustments will not look right. I have had more success using Adobe RGB for this type of use. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 12, 2023 Share #5 Posted November 12, 2023 I dumb down at the end of the edit before before saving, of course. The final colour space is determined by the use. The editing is done in a wide colour space to preserve the full gamut. As evidenced by my remark about web use, to save it there would be pointless. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marchyman Posted November 12, 2023 Share #6 Posted November 12, 2023 2 hours ago, jaapv said: It is advisable to use sRGB for Web publishing as you have no control over the device that the image will be displayed on nor over the browser. A year or two ago I switched to exporting in Display P3 colorspace for web and social media. I've not yet heard any complaints. I suspect no-one has noticed. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted November 12, 2023 Share #7 Posted November 12, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) It is very close to AdobeRGB. Many browsers are Adobe-RGB enabled. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einst_Stein Posted November 13, 2023 Author Share #8 Posted November 13, 2023 Thanks all for the great advise. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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