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    I have never altered my default color settings in either my Canon or Photoshop. I guess it's one of those things that you figure if you don't understand it, then it doesn't need changing. I stumbled on this quite by accident, and it just got me wondering if I should pay more attention to this topic....

    http://studioplus.corbis.com/Downloa...orSettings.pdf

    Any recommendations for either camera or PS settings ( and why ) ?

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    Hi Paul, those are the settings I use in PS. As far as camera I shoot in camera faithful (canon) but I am thinking of going to Camera Neutral as it assumes you will adjust the colours in PP. Tough question about the camera, just a matter of personal taste. If you have CS3 or 4 you can update your camera profiles in RAW from Adobe. Used to be 4.2., 4.4, and Adobe Standard. Now they have all the camera styles from the 30D, 40D onwards.Neutral, Portrait, Landscape, Faithful etc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul McAdams View Post
    I have never altered my default color settings in either my Canon or Photoshop. I guess it's one of those things that you figure if you don't understand it, then it doesn't need changing. I stumbled on this quite by accident, and it just got me wondering if I should pay more attention to this topic....

    http://studioplus.corbis.com/Downloa...orSettings.pdf

    Any recommendations for either camera or PS settings ( and why ) ?

    :)
    I'm not sure how experienced you are, so let me know if this is info you are already familiar with. There is a good chance that I'm being too basic here. It really depends on your workflow & priorities. Canon cameras can shoot in either sRGB or Adobe RGB - these "color spaces" are like boxes of crayons. sRGB is a smaller box of crayons, and Adobe RGB is a much larger box of crayons with the same colors that sRGB has, but with a whole bunch of shades in between. I always choose to shoot in Adobe RGB (in camera) because I'm guaranteeing that I'm capturing the most data with the current technology. But it's important to know that the color space is NOT assigned until imported into a processing program - Like ACR or Lightroom. A RAW file is just that, no adjustments or assignments have been made - other than ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed.
    I also only shoot in RAW only and never shoot RAW+jpeg. It's a personal choice, I choose to make my jpegs from within LR2.
    Once I import the RAW files into LR2, I assign the ProPhoto RGB color space because it holds even more crayons than Adobe RGB. I don't want the chance to clip anything, unless I have to. Everytime an image goes to Photoshop CS3/4 I keep it in ProPhoto RGB, until I export it for a purpose - CMYK printing, web use, etc.
    So, I'd recommend shooting RAW, if you aren't already. Don't worry about the color space or "faithful, camera neutral, saturation, sharpness" settings in your camera - because in RAW, none of those matter anyways. Why leave it up to the camera, when you can do a much better job yourself.
    Hope this helps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Taylor View Post
    I'm not sure how experienced you are, so let me know if this is info you are already familiar with. There is a good chance that I'm being too basic here. It really depends on your workflow & priorities. Canon cameras can shoot in either sRGB or Adobe RGB - these "color spaces" are like boxes of crayons. sRGB is a smaller box of crayons, and Adobe RGB is a much larger box of crayons with the same colors that sRGB has, but with a whole bunch of shades in between. I always choose to shoot in Adobe RGB (in camera) because I'm guaranteeing that I'm capturing the most data with the current technology. But it's important to know that the color space is NOT assigned until imported into a processing program - Like ACR or Lightroom. A RAW file is just that, no adjustments or assignments have been made - other than ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed.
    I also only shoot in RAW only and never shoot RAW+jpeg. It's a personal choice, I choose to make my jpegs from within LR2.
    Once I import the RAW files into LR2, I assign the ProPhoto RGB color space because it holds even more crayons than Adobe RGB. I don't want the chance to clip anything, unless I have to. Everytime an image goes to Photoshop CS3/4 I keep it in ProPhoto RGB, until I export it for a purpose - CMYK printing, web use, etc.
    So, I'd recommend shooting RAW, if you aren't already. Don't worry about the color space or "faithful, camera neutral, saturation, sharpness" settings in your camera - because in RAW, none of those matter anyways. Why leave it up to the camera, when you can do a much better job yourself.
    Hope this helps.

    Thanks for a simplified explanation of very important distinctions. Cheers, Jay

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    I forgot to add one more factor to my method. I also keep it in 16 bit mode as long as I can. This creates a larger file than an 8 bit file. 8 bit means 256 color options per channel (R, G, B) so that's 256x256x256 = 16.7 million colors. Sounds like a lot until you switch to 16 bit. Theoretically (and with out all the crazy numbers and zeros) 16 bit = around 281 trillion colors. So any editing you do in 8 bit mode is more destructive than the same editing would be in 16 bit. It's like a balding person standing next to a guy with a full head of hair. You pull a couple of hairs from the balding guy and he looks even worse off (sorry bald photogs reading this...), but if you pull a few hairs from a guy with a full head of hair, you'd be hard pressed to see any difference. The good thing about LR is that it is completely NON-destructive editing, unlike most operations in PS CS3/4 or earlier versions.
    Again, hope this helps. If you have any questions, ask away - I like this stuff:) I probably need to get out more though:)

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    Thanks very much for the explanations !

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    Sure thing, my pleasure!

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