message on screen when opening a file

Its because your camera is set to Adobe RGB whilst photoshop is set to sRGB.... best idea is to go into your cameras menu and change that to sRGB too for future pictures, especially if you mainly view on screens and show in browsers, it gives the best match.

For existing pictures, personally I would covert to working space, but one of the more techy types might advice differently.
 
If you are using sRGB as your working space within your workflow then I would convert to that. It will save any confusion down the line. You may also want to change your cameras default working space to sRGB to stop this message popping up every time you open and image.

There are advantages to Adobe RGB , such as a larger colour space, but as most monitors and printers work somewhere near sRGB I can't see any real advantage for you to use it.
 
thank you for the answers, i have been having a problem with printing, basically they dont match what i see on the monitor, i am using profiles supplied by the company i bought the ink and paper fromand i have just purchased a spyder 4 express to calibrate the monitor, although the colours look better overall the prints are still dark compared to the monitor. i wondered if that message could be related in some way, i have been accepting the default option in the message "use the embedded profile" would it matter which one i chose?
 
thanks for the reply Peter, no i haven't what does that do? i have a real problem with lr and printing for some reason i cant print at the correct size, i.e. if i have A4 paper in the printer for some reason i print A5 size, im sure its me jut not knowing how to use it, i haveonly just signed up for both progs on the subscription basis so still learning
 
Bill if your prints are dark, then it's probably that your monitor is to bright. You need to set the brightness value in the Spyder software to between 129-140 Cd.M2 for a start. I'm not a Spyder user ( X-Rite) but I suspect you will need to go to the advanced user menu to set this. Yoy simply need to get the brightness to a value that corresponds to the room brightness. You may need to experiment a little.

Lightroom has, in it's print module a Brightness slider, to help overcome this problem.

With regards the printing in Lightroom, you need to ensure the Template you are using matches the final print size. I suspect it's a learning curve problem.

You can soft proof in Photoshop, it's not quite as simple as Lightroom. The idea behind soft proofing is to simulate on the screen how the print will look. The reason for this is that it the printer/paper/ink combination has characteristics of it's own. These may not ( and probably don't) match what the screen displays. a soft proof emulates this combination to show you visually how the print will look for colour balance. It's not rocket science. However if you are just starting out it's a lot to learn. If you want to learn more about Soft proofing in Lightroom, havea look at the Adobe TV video's on using Lightroom with Julianne Kost. Condenses a lot of information into a well presented set of videos.
 
Well the Spyder4Express hasn't got an ambient light sensor. Spyder4PRO or Spyder4ELITE have.
So with your Spyder, you can't really calibrate the monitor's brightness to your ambient light.

Try to get a monitor brightness that matches your prints. Either manually or selling your sensor and getting a Pro or Elite. Express is only thought for beginners and graphic work for monitors. As soon as you print, you need to compensate your ambient light.
 
i aasumed that the spyder would change the brightness of my monitor to match what would be printed in the same way it adjusts the colours to reflect what will be printed. am i wrong?
 
Some devices will read the ambient light for you. ( The X-Rite will) and it seems the more expensive Spyders will as well. Although this can be useful I've never found this to be satisfactory, and prefer to set the levels manually.

Possibly the easiest option for you is to make use of the "Print Adjustment" option at the bottom of the print module to compensate for the darkness of the print.
 
The Spyder can't access the brightness settings of your monitor. But it will show you the measured brightness value and the target value and will show you how to adjust it correctly to meet the value that is best for your ambient light...
 
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