Colour Issues: ProRGB and JPEGs

Mr Jones

Mr Jones

Mr Jones

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I remember having this problem back when I was shooting RAW with my Canon 20D. Since moving to using the Olympus, shooting in their RAW format (ORF), I'm having the same problem and I can't for the life of me, remember how I once solved it...

Basically:
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The left is what I see in Lightroom/Photoshop, the right is what I get when saving/uploading it as JPEG/PNG (and I can assuem, the same dull colours when printed)

All my RAW images in Lightroom are in 16bit, imported with RGB colour mode. When I edit in lightroom/photoshop, I'd export it as JPEG by adjusting the colour mode to 8bit (otherwise no JPEG option under Save As).

I encounter it as a major problem such as above when I use presets I've found on Lightroom sites; it seems to require Pro RGB, otherwise you'll get a dull coloured image. Any way to get around it so I can upload what I see on my screen, correctly onto sites like dART/Flickr e.t.c.?

Cheers.
 
Use sRGB? That's what web browsers and most printers use, and causes Adobe and Pro (I guess)RGB to be dull when seen in a web browser and printed.
 
I can't remember how to change it on Photoshop... all I have available is RGB and during save as, embedding the ProRGB. Only way to get around it is to save as web/device, which removes the EXIF...
 
Mr Jones said:
I can't remember how to change it on Photoshop... all I have available is RGB and during save as, embedding the ProRGB. Only way to get around it is to save as web/device, which removes the EXIF...
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Have you not got 'Colour Settings' available on the Edit menu?

EDIT: Then I believe you change the dropdown to the right of RGB to sRGB.
 
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You can export it from Lightroom as sRGB, or in Photoshop go to Edit>Convert to Profile and choose sRGB. If you use any other colour space (such as ProPhoto or AdobeRGB) on an output device (such as a monitor or printer) with a small colour gamut you will get gamut clipping which is what results in dull looking colours. :)
 
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