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What's the difference between Adobe RGB and sRGB and which should I set in my camera?
In my Canon 60D, there's a setting between Adobe RGB and sRGB. What's the difference and what should I prefer when shooting to RAW ?
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Why isn't the xvYCC color space seeing uptake for still photography?
For the last fifteen years, sRGB has been the primary standard for computer monitors (and for consumer-level printing). That's changing now, as wider-gamut LED-backlit monitors become common. Usually, ...
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How do color spaces like sRGB and Adobe RGB overlap?
Is sRGB included in Adobe RGB, and Adobe RGB included in ProPhoto RGB? Meaning that a photo in a "lower space" will look like exactly the same in a "higher space", e.g. a sRGB photo will look like ...
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How much of a difference do different color spaces make?
How much of a difference does it make to use one of the extended colorspaces vs. the normal sRGB? And what difference does it make?
Are there situations where it is not important, and conversely are ...
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Is there a lossless sRGB to CMYK conversion?
In my quest to print large images, I discovered that most such places, as opposed to photo labs, only accept CMYK images.
While I consider myself an image processing expert, I realize there is a ...
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Why do JPEGs only look right when exported from Lightroom in sRGB color space?
When I export RAW photos (Nikon D5000 NEF photos converted in DNG format by lightroom) as JPEG, the only way to get the same color as the original photo is by setting the sRGB color profile in the ...
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What are the statistics on users posting photos to the web with a color profile embedded?
I am coming from StackOverflow, from this question specifically:
How to stop GD2 from washing away the colors upon resizing images?
Summary: I have a photo gallery website on which the image resizing ...
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Should I use “sRGB mode” on my computer screen?
I recently acquired the ASUS PA248Q screen for photo processing (and everyday use and gaming: I have just that one display). This display offers a "sRGB" mode.
Right now the screen is configured to ...
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How is color represented in RAW formats?
I was browsing the forum and found this thread:
Does the selection of sRGB or Adobe RGB in camera when shooting RAW ever matter?
It makes sense that the selection of either sRGB or Adobe RGB as the ...
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Adobe RGB to sRGB conversion, why does the color change?
When I convert my photos from Adobe RGB colorspace to sRGB for browsers, the color slightly changes and I’m bothered by it. I know that sRGB covers a smaller space of colors so I won’t get an exact ...
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Losslessly batch convert many JPEGs to sRGB?
Recently I came across a bunch of weird JPEGs; here's one of them.
In Firefox 16.0.2 and ACDSee it looks much more vibrant:
However in Internet Explorer 9/MS Paint/Paint.NET 3.5.10 (on Windows 7 ...
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What is the color reproduction accuracy on mid-2012 non-Retina Macbook Pro-s and how applicable it is for photo editing?
What is the color reproduction accuracy (sRGB color space coverage) for Apple Macbook Pro non-Retina models from mid-2012 and how applicable it is for photo editing?
I read that MBP Retina display ...
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Why are colors more saturated on a wide gamut screen?
A wide gamut screen displays more than the sRGB color space.
So why, with softwares that do not deal with ICC profiles, with a given color that has it's own place / value in the global color space, is ...
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Is a wide gamut screen really worth?
My screen is about to die and I'm planing to buy a new one. I'm looking for a 27" one, and as I do many things on my computer, the choice is difficult :
I play recent FPS Games (sometimes, but I ...
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Imported photos have much better saturation before Lightroom completes “loading” [duplicate]
I have just imported photos from my Canon EOS 650D (Rebel T4i) into Lightroom 4.3 with Camera Raw 7.3. When I open any newly imported photo in Loupe View (Fit mode), Lightroom starts loading ...
