M8 and Landscapes - workflow and conversion - some thoughts

[jrgeoffrion]

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I just returned from a printing workshop in Arizona where Joe was the guest lecturer. He spent a number of hours discussing color spaces (these are not profiles!) which I will reduce to a bottom line. You should use a color space which is the smallest that will hold all the colors contained in the camera file...

 

Hope this helps

Woody

 

Finally someone who gets it!

 

Almost everyone advocates "get the largest possible color space available" for best results. WRONG!

 

Doing so only "spreads" the data over a larger scale. If you imagine the color space as buckets holding data, using too wide of a space means that some buckets are left unused -- it has the same effect as reducing bit depth (and tonalities).

[rvaubel]

Proof is in the pudding. DMR 19mm

 

Guy

I'm viewing your 19mm picture on my neice's HP Pavilon notebook and it looks like hell. I've seen that picture before on my broken Acer Ferrari where it looks wonderful. Drives home the point, which I often forget, that the last link to our eyeballs is maybe the most important. Does anyone color profile a laptop anyway?

 

Rex

[Guest guy_mancuso]

Actually you sure can. I use Eye One Display and calibrate the laptop also.

[ChrisC]

Woody,

 

Joe Holmes describes his Chroma Variant Sets as 'specialised profiles'.

Sincerely ....Chris.

 

 

I just returned from a printing workshop in Arizona where Joe was the guest lecturer. He spent a number of hours discussing color spaces (these are not profiles!) which I will reduce to a bottom line.