ACR jpeg colour space

[tcmnc]

I would like to know the common practise from members on colour space selection when saving jpeg files in ACR. I noticed that non colour management aware applications such the the standard MS picture viewer will not render the colour of photographs properly when saved in the Adobe RGB(1998) colour space. Selecting sRGB will get that resolve. Technically it is a smaller colour space compared to Adobe RGB. My concern is that some labs/shops might not be able to print the photos properly using sRGB colour space.:? Kindly share your practise and experience here. Thanks.

[ShaolinTiger]

I would like to know the common practise from members on colour space selection when saving jpeg files in ACR. I noticed that non colour management aware applications such the the standard MS picture viewer will not render the colour of photographs properly when saved in the Adobe RGB(1998) colour space. Selecting sRGB will get that resolve. Technically it is a smaller colour space compared to Adobe RGB. My concern is that some labs/shops might not be able to print the photos properly using sRGB colour space.:? Kindly share your practise and experience here. Thanks.

I suggest you use sRGB unless you are going to do stock photography or are really serious about your pictures then you should process in 16-bit, save as TIFF, use AdobeRGB and skip jpeg all together.

Actually it's the other way round, most normal labs can't print AdobeRGB, they can only handle sRGB.

All PnS cameras output sRGB profile pictures, I use AdobeRGB in the camera and for RAW, but when I ouput the jpeg I always use sRGB, if not it'll look washed out and lacking colour.

I suggest for ease of use stick to sRGB for end to end.

Web browsers and most basic picture viewers can't understand colour profiles and only know how to display sRGB, that's why if you use AdobeRGB it'll look weird.

[tcmnc]

Thanks ST. That answers my question.:D