May Assignment Hodgepodge

[F, Calla & Luca]

Hodgepodge What a great word with such interesting synonyms : )

agglomerate, agglomeration, alphabet soup, assortment,botch, clutter, collage, crazy quilt, farrago, gallimaufry,grab bag, gumbo, hash, miscellany, hotchpotch,jambalaya, jumble, jungle, litter, macédoine, medley,mélange, menagerie, miscellanea, mishmash, mixed bag,montage, motley, muddle, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork, patchwork quilt, potpourri,ragbag, ragout, rummage, salad, salmagundi, scramble,shuffle, smorgasbord, stew, tumble, variety, welter

This month we can have a potpourri of images, well, don't we always in the end? Really let's see anything you want, things that inspire you, dogs, flowers and in honor of DJ, junk: ) It's spring, time to be free and frolic.

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

Thank you Laurie.

[Camilla and Darwin]

That peony is so pretty!

Anne, are you posting your images in SRGB mode? It looks like they are even more drained of color when posted here than usual (I can tell by comparing when I click). If your images are set to Adobe RGB or really anything that is not SRGB, it is going to be washed out even more than is typical.

Edit: I just looked at your exif data and it looks like it's ProPhoto RGB. I would suggest converting to SRGB, it will display much better.

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

Thanks Camilla.  I just saw this and will check.  I added a new program and perhaps it changed my settings. 

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

I found it. It was in Lightroom and I think I have it fixed. Thank you.

[Camilla and Darwin]

Yep! I do wish Ning didn't strip information. Sigh. :-)

[F, Calla & Luca]

But I thought for the net in general sRGB was the better way to go, no?

[Anne & Mr. Haley]

I'll try this again. It posted out of context the first time.

Ken Rockwell says sRGB is best for everything.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCQ...
It got changed in Lightroom someway on my computer to ProRGB.

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Whoa...I am really confused now!!!  All of my classes always say to set everything (camera, PS, Lightroom, Printers, etc to Adobe RGB 1998.  I just read the Rockwell thing so I guess I have to believe I have been misled???  But some of these people who teach my classes do this kind of a stuff for a living.  There in is my confusion???  Should I change all my cameras to sRGB as well?

[Sue]

I have used sRGB for years now.

[Camilla and Darwin]

Nancie - do the people who have taught you post online often? Because if they do I would be surprised if they don't use sRGB. It's well known as the best profile for online posting.

here is a comparison to illustrate keep in mind that ning strips color out of all profiles, so even the sRGB will be duller than it is when you click, but you get the idea - it's the superior profile for online posting. You can click on the sRGB image for the true to life base comparison

Adobe RGB

ProPhotoRGB

 

finally (and obviously superior) sRGB

[Nancie & Gracie Doodle]

Thanks Camilla...I do get what you are saying and the picture says it all.  But, I was just searching my question and this is what I got.  So, if I understand this article correctly, I am committed to sRGB if I have my camera, PS and Lighroom all set in that setting.  There are times I want to print a photo and that is where I am no confused.  It says there is no going back once you have made your decision to shoot in sRGB or process in sRGB.  If that is the case, would I be better sticking with the Adobe RGB 1998 so I will have the ability to print?  I could then make a "duplicate" of my photo and convert it to sRGB to work on for WEB.

This is what I just read:

 "If you shoot in AdobeRGB, and let web convert your photos, you’ll be left with dull, muted tones. So why not shoot in sRGB full time? You absolutely can. However, if you’re printing your work, you’re losing potential colors in your images by shooting sRGB.

Printers, have began adapting the AdobeRGB color space. This allows for more vibrant colors in your prints, with better color consistency that your own monitor cannot even replicate. But do you want your prints to look differently than they do on your monitor? I say yes, as it provides richer colors that bring out details that would otherwise go unseen.

When shooting in AdobeRGB, you’re able to convert it to sRGB at any time, without any loss of color in your images. However, this is a one way street, as sRGB is unable to accurately convert back to AdobeRGB.

If you’re not printing your work often, sRGB is the choice of color space for you. It’ll be the surefire way to guarantee that your photos look great on the web, and still look accurate in print. However, if you’re often printing your work, and looking for vibrant colors, AdobeRGB may be the choice for you, it just adds a few steps to your workflow process, as you’ll need to save them as sRGB to correctly display them on the web.

 

How to Accurately Convert Your Photos from AdobeRGB to sRGB

 

In Adobe Lightroom

If you use a tandem of Lightroom and Photoshop, Adobe makes this conversion process painless for you. My workflow, and many others consists of loading images into Lightroom, making basic corrections, then importing the image directly into Photoshop. Upon importing to Photoshop, you can have your images converted for web with just a few simple setting adjustments. Simply go into Edit>>Preferences>>External Editing and adjust your color space to sRGB when being imported to Photoshop. This technique is the most preferred, as it’ll automatically convert all images you export to Photoshop to sRGB, without any color loss in the web format. This will also allow you to keep both an AdobeRGB copy of the image for print, and an sRGB version to use for web and everything else.

 

In Adobe Photoshop

If you work without Lightroom and still want the benefits of AdobeRGB color space, you can also convert your images for web in Photoshop. Simply navigate through your menus to Edit>>Convert To Profile and change your destination space to sRGB after editing your image. To insure that you do this everytime, I recommend you incorporate it an action used for saving your images. Remember, failure to convert your images prior to saving them for web will result in dull and unflattering color tones.

 

[Camilla and Darwin]

Nancie - I think accounts differ on this. I have heard both sides. I do print my work - often, and I ONLY use sRGB. My prints match exactly to what I see on my computer, as I have my monitor calibrated. I think it possibly depends on what printer you use. I know that with the printers I use, they recommend sRGB and adobe RGB equally. 

I think that if you are willing to take the step to change the color profile for web posting that could be a great win-win for you.