When we use a program like photoshop we have to match the colour settings or profile to the profile of the files we are using -
Often digital cameras default to SRGB rather than Adobe RGB. This is a measure of the gamut or range of colours the camera will record – like a small box of coloured pencils over a lager box of coloured pencils -
SRGB was an old system made for TV and has a smaller gamut or number of discernable colours while RGB 1998 has the greatest. SRGB will work well for traditional portraits – weddings etc. It means the photographer will have to do less work in photoshop - but it can make our landscapes look a bit desaturated and bland – So you might want to shoot these in RGB1998. I shoot everything in RGB 1998 – which give me the most information but the adjustments that the camera would normally make I have to complete in photoshop which take a lot of time.
So if we want to carry the colour profile through our post-production adjustments we ned to set photoshop to the right setting
we do this by clicking on edit > then colour settings |
