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Photo Mechanic Color Management
Mat Gdowski, Photographer
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Las Vegas | NV | USA | Posted: 11:11 PM on 04.11.10 |
->> Howdy all!
I was wondering if you all turn on or turn off the Color Management option in Photo Mechanic when you ingest/work with your RAW files?
If you do turn it on and use it, do you use it for your thumbnails? Previews? or both?
Also, if you do use it, what color space do you chose? Do you chose the color space that you are using throughout the rest of your work flow (say AdobeRGB for example) or some other color space?
I was just wondering. I currently have it turned off and when I ingest my RAW files they do look kind of bland when reviewing them for my picks. They look nicer if I turn it on (and am using AdobeRGB for the color space like my PS-CS4). However, I wasn't sure if that was good or not and/or if I was seeing my true RAW files if I had the color management turned on.
So, I thought I'd get the opinion of all you Photo Mechanic whizzes out here. :-)
Any info is greatly appreciated.
Have a great day!
Mat G. |
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Colin Hackley, Photographer
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Tallahassee | FL | USA | Posted: 11:46 PM on 04.11.10 |
| ->> I turn color management in photo mech to match my color space in Photoshop (Adobe RGB). Camera color space is also Adobe RGB so in theory I'm seeing the same thing throughout the process. |
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Mat Gdowski, Photographer
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Las Vegas | NV | USA | Posted: 1:23 AM on 04.12.10 |
->> Colin - thanks...that's what I was thinking of doing. I also have the color space in camera & PS-CS4 set to AdobeRGB. I just was afraid that by me setting using it in Photo Mechanic on my RAW files that somehow I would be messing them up when I send them over to Lightroom 2 when I go to do my corrections/crops/etc prior to exporting them from LR2.
I appreciate your input. Because I just took a bunch of shots out at Mojave National Preserve today and my gosh do they look drab looking at the RAW files in PM without the color management on. :-( Then again, it was a pretty overcast day, so the lighting was pretty flat.
Anyway, I appreciate your insight and would like to hear what others do as well. :-)
Regards,
Mat |
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Delane B. Rouse, Photographer, Photo Editor
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Washington | DC | US | Posted: 2:46 PM on 04.12.10 |
| ->> This is gonna sound crazy...but which one is on and which one if off? |
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Colin Hackley, Photographer
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Tallahassee | FL | USA | Posted: 10:20 PM on 04.12.10 |
->> Mat,
I don't profess to be a color space expert so you best wait for others to weigh in on the "real" way to do this. That said, I don't THINK photo mechanic is changing the color space, it is simply applying the color space you choose (adobe RGB in this case) to the images while you view them.
The way I understand it color space is one of those things you should apply depending on the final output. Generally speaking, if the final destination of the image is the printed page then most likely Adobe RGB is the color space you want to work and deliver the image in.
If it is going on the web then sRGB.
Check with your lab if you are having them make prints. |
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Chuck Steenburgh, Photographer
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Lexington | VA | USA | Posted: 6:25 AM on 04.13.10 |
->> Colin has the right idea. Think of color management as a kind of universal translator, Trekkies. Turn it off, you basically see everything in sRGB, regardless of what color space you assigned the images. If you shot your images in sRGB, you won't see much of a difference.
Turn it on (Delane - the button 'lights up'), you kick in the universal translator. Even though your monitor is still basically showing sRGB colors, PM adjusts the output to approximate the actual color space your image is recorded in (Adobe RGB or Profoto RGB for the real men out there).
You definitely want it "on" if you are using a color-managed workflow. |
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