Setting up Color Space for your camera

[Sherry]

I am wondering if Linda or any one you have set up your cameras to the CS4 PS Color Space. As I have moved from CS up to CS4 I do not know if this was available in previous versions.

Thanks,
Sherry

[dmrdm]

I have a Nikon D90 and "my camera" only allows me to select SRGB or Adobe RGB. So to answer your question, I have my camera set to SRGB. I shoot RAW and I from what I have read about my camera, when I view a pic in my LCD it is the view of the imbeded JPEG, not the RAW and my histogram shows the view of Adobe RGB (because I guess because professionals use Adobe). Shooting RAW, it doesn't matter what my camera is set it because if I want to convert it to Adobe when I bring it into ACR or NX at that time I can. Actually in Episode #3 of DTOWN TV, Scott and Matt just went into that on their video.

I have CS3 and my working space is set up to use RBG - SRGB. My RBG color space pull down has SRGB and Adobe RBG, Apple RGB, Color Match RGB, Prophoto RGB, but my program is set to SRGB.

I have played with RBG and Adobe since when I owned my D80, but have settled in to use RGB instead of Adobe RGB ONLY because of I just use a Walgreens to print my photos and I get blue casts and weird stuff when I print Adobe. Walgreens is cheap and it is close so I use them. The staff of course doesn't even know what RGB and Adobe is, so in attempting to discuss color space, ICC color profiles of their printer, their paper and that type of thing, they have no idea of what you are talking about. I also only have a cheap Canon i960 Photo Printer, inkjet at home. Someday when I to print a big nice wall print, I would seek out a professional lab and talk to them before I set anything up. I guess in the video mentioned above, Matt even says ask your professional LAB what they do.

I would prefer to use Adobe RGB, but for my situation I'm saddled wtih SRGB. I'm only a hobbiest dinking around, not a professional.

[Sherry]

Thanks so much for replying!

I have been using PE for some time neglecting my PS. I just upgraded to CS4 from CS and it is amazing how far its come. There is so much to learn I started with a Bridge problem but, as usual, it's intermitent ... I think ... but I switched from Bridge to concentrate on PS. He has some super tips but is looking at things from a pro angle so it is more than I'd ever use. I am also just "dinking" as you call it. I like point and shoot, come home, download and go to it.

I have only printed from my HP C7280 printer and so far have been happy. I see now, after reading Scott Kelby's book, there are more printers to choose from if you care to spend more and spend mucho denero on the inks. I think I am happy with my printer though it would be nice to have a pass through like my old one. This printer is not the best with printing greeting cards.

I would like to calibrate things so the colors match a bit better to what I am seeing and I was thinking that moving to the Adobe Space might do the trick?

Boy, we have certainly come a long, long way baby

Sherry

[Sherry]

Forgot to ask ... since you shoot in RAW do you then convert to dng when uploading to Bridge?

[dmrdm]

I've not invested in any type of color calibrator myself, so my colors can be different. I've read up on a different options, but while stuff can be a little off, it doesn't impact me that much. I have 2 montiors and heck, the colors look different on each of them (and I have a laptop and my husbands computer). When I print on my computer vs Walgreens, the color can be different. Actually, it even depends on WHICH Walgreens I print at because they have different printers. I do a lot of cards for my sister who lives on the other side of the state so I upload to Walgreens and she prints at hers. We ALWAYS do a test print before we order a large order of cards. Last week, her Walgreens got a new printer, so the test print which came from the orginal print was different than the new printer. The lady that runs that machine is very helpful and works with my sister. Apparently they can TURN OFF some sort of color enhancer, so usually if that lady is working and she sees my sisters stuff, she turns it off. (think it must be something like Shutterfly uses for their books and you can shut if off). My sister will view the test print, tell me if the color needs tweaking some, I tweak and upload again for another test print.

No, I do NOT convert my RAW to DNG. Neither does my husband (he has the D300). I know Scott Kelby has said he does that, but I leave mine as NEF's. Since Scott and Matt are now doing DTOWN TV though and mentioning Nikon NX2, I'd like to ask them if they still do that. When I convert to DNG, then I can not view my DNG's in Nikon View. When I got traded my D80 for my D90, I just started to use NIKON TRANSFER and Nikon View to look at my pics, vs importing them and viewing them in Bridge. In Nikon View, I can see ALL of my metadata and my focus points, so as I'm learning the new camera, those items are important to me. We convert NEF's to JPG when we print at Walgreens.

I still have 2 point and shoots also and neither of those shoot RAW, but I keep them around for different situations.

There are various threads on this site about color calibration if you do a search. You might find some helpful information.

Have fun playing with CS4.

[Sherry]

Good morning!

Just sitting here looking at my camera ... Olympus e300 by the by ... probably much more camera than I'd ever need but after looking online and seeing there are now 12 mega pixels ... oh my ... oh hubby, where are you? Woodworking class dear, I can't hear you My camera actually does more than I even know it does!

Anyhoo, most of this is so new to me. I used PS first, then got PE when it came out. It was so cool to do things quickly I stopped using PS and got behind the times. I haven't even been able to do much scrapping only collecting all the SG's and DSP's for a LONG time ... we are currently 500+ miles from "home" having moved down to care for my husband's parents. Mom passed away in January and Dad has been in failing health for some time. Things are always popping up and away from my computer I go!

I probably just ought to jump into the lessons as they will most likely teach me more than the books. My husband was kind enough to pick me up CS4 at the college and also Lightroom. I tried an online Lightroom class and part way through realized it wasn't a class that was for the current veriso. Now I have Scott's book so will delve into that. I really only want something to Keyword my photos and Lightroom is way more than I need but ... might as well use it

I think I will start shooting RAW as it does take up less space than tif. The book was saying you could to convert to DNG when bringing in your photos and one thing that threw me was having two files, a DNG AND a jpg when completed?

Ohhh, so much to learn ... again thank you!
Sherry