What Colour Space in Lightroom should I use for posting to this Forum

Faldrax said:
Generally when posting to the web you would use sRGB
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do you know why that is when Adobe RGB has a wider range of colours ......... OK they won't all, (colours), be seen on certain monitors etc, but if you have a good monitor will Adobe RGB or Display P3 colours be seen ......if the image posted has an embedded Adobe RGB or Display P3 profile

OR

is it that the Forum software and software used by the web will convert what is posted to sRGB anyway
 
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If you look at the images on here the colour space used seems to be RGB .............. but a few have a colour profile of sRGB

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"A color space defines a potential range or gamut of colors (like sRGB or Adobe RGB), acting as a general framework. A color profile is a specific data file (like an ICC profile) that describes the colors a particular device can capture or display, acting as a translator to map colors between different devices and their color spaces. In essence, the color space is the blueprint for a range of colors, and the color profile is the instruction manual that tells a device how to use that blueprint. "
 
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BillN_33 said:
do you know why that is when Adobe RGB has a wider range of colours ......... OK they won't all, (colours), be seen on certain monitors etc, but if you have a good monitor will Adobe RGB or Display P3 colours be seen ......if the image posted has an embedded Adobe RGB or Display P3 profile

OR

is it that the Forum software and software used by the web will convert what is posted to sRGB anyway
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Web bowsers work by default wok with the sRGB colour space, as that is a safe colour space that all (most) devices will be able to display. Only high quality displays show 100% of the ADOBE RGB workspace.

Some web browsers can display other Colour spaces, and use monitor profiles but you need to set them up to do this. At the moment, sRGB is simply considered a "safe" colour space to distribute files to be viewed in a web browser.

I think P3 is slowly replacing sRGB, but you will need an browser and device capable of displaying it.
 
myotis said:
Web bowsers work by default wok with the sRGB colour space, as that is a safe colour space that all (most) devices will be able to display. Only high quality displays show 100% of the ADOBE RGB workspace.

Some web browsers can display other Colour spaces, and use monitor profiles but you need to set them up to do this. At the moment, sRGB is simply considered a "safe" colour space to distribute files to be viewed in a web browser.

I think P3 is slowly replacing sRGB, but you will need an browser and device capable of displaying it.
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Don't all Mac screens have the ability to display Adobe RGB and Display P3?

Edit: apparently Display P3 but not all have ability to use full Adobe RGB
 
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BillN_33 said:
Don't all Mac screens have the ability to display Adobe RGB and Display P3?

Edit: apparently Display P3 but not all have ability to use full Adobe RGB
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I think most "modern" monitors are probably P3 capable, but the idea of sRGB is to be a universal colour space standard. In practice of course people are going to have their colour set up all over the place, so while having a standard is important, it still doesn't mean people are viewing your photograph the way you processed them.
 
myotis said:
I think most "modern" monitors are probably P3 capable, but the idea of sRGB is to be a universal colour space standard. In practice of course people are going to have their colour set up all over the place, so while having a standard is important, it still doesn't mean people are viewing your photograph the way you processed them.
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I have an M4 MacMini with a BENQ 27" 4K Photo monitor plus an 27" imac 5K Retina and a couple of M1 MacAir/MBP ....... I can get the displays to look almost all the same, the BENQ has a "puck" that you can switch between sRGB, Adobe RGB and Display P3........ and you can switch the Macs in the software .........I can view the same images in LR. on all three ........ but when I post from LR to the internet in sRGB or whatever the images look "weaker" when viewed on any of my displays versus looking at them in LR......... I find some of them disappointing when posted compared with LR

Next step is to get a Monitor Calibration tool and set up each display with a profile

All I am trying to do as a start point is to get the images that I post on this forum to look nearer to those I see on any of my displays in LR
 
This whole topic is a minefield.

Perhaps it might be worth thinking about -
How many users view the pics on here on their mobile ?

How many on their ancient laptop/PC/Mac?

How many have the latest and greatest monitor.

What you see on your system is very different to what others might be looking at. Once that is accepted then the conversation changes.

just saying
 
wornish said:
This whole topic is a minefield.

Perhaps it might be worth thinking about -
How many users view the pics on here on their mobile ?

How many on their ancient laptop/PC/Mac?

How many have the latest and greatest monitor.

What you see on your system is very different to what others might be looking at. Once that is accepted then the conversation changes.

just saying
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so what you maybe are saying is for web posting process the image to the lowest common denominator, e.g. sRGB ........take a copy in LR switch my BENQ to sRGB and process the image to look as good as possible with that sRGB colour space/profile and post that ........... but when using the display change back to what is the optimum Calibration for your screen, (not sRGB).and process to get the best image in LR..................if that makes sense
 
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BillN_33 said:
I have an M4 MacMini with a BENQ 27" 4K Photo monitor plus an 27" imac 5K Retina and a couple of M1 MacAir/MBP ....... I can get the displays to look almost all the same, the BENQ has a "puck" that you can switch between sRGB, Adobe RGB and Display P3........ and you can switch the Macs in the software .........I can view the same images in LR. on all three ........ but when I post from LR to the internet in sRGB or whatever the images look "weaker" when viewed on any of my displays versus looking at them in LR......... I find some of them disappointing when posted compared with LR

Next step is to get a Monitor Calibration tool and set up each display with a profile

All I am trying to do as a start point is to get the images that I post on this forum to look nearer to those I see on any of my displays in LR
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You are looking at some very good quality displays here, of a quality which many people won't have,

Are you doing your final edit in LR in the sRGB colour space?

I "soft proof" in the sRGB colour space for images destined for the web,and make minor adjustments to correct for any differences that occur when changing colour space,

However, I have found that regardless of my efforts, the pictures when uploaded, are different on every platform I upload them to (e.g. Flickr, Wordpress, online forums) even when viewed on the same calibrated monitor all look different: in terms of brightness, colours, sharpness and contrast.

I'm not sure how to do it in LR, but with Capture one, I have a layer set up called "export sRGB" and make my final adjustments on this layer.
 
BillN_33 said:
so what you maybe are saying is for web posting process the image to the lowest common denominator, e.g. sRGB ........take a copy in LR switch my BENQ to sRGB and process the image to look as good as possible with that sRGB colour space/profile and post that ........... but when using the display change back to what is the optimum Calibration for your screen, (not sRGB).and process to get the best image in LR..................if that makes sense
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I read this after my last post, but you should be able to change the colour space in LR to do a "soft proof" without needing to change colour space of the monitor
 
myotis said:
You are looking at some very good quality displays here, of a quality which many people won't have,

Are you doing your final edit in LR in the sRGB colour space?

I "soft proof" in the sRGB colour space for images destined for the web,and make minor adjustments to correct for any differences that occur when changing colour space,

However, I have found that regardless of my efforts, the pictures when uploaded, are different on every platform I upload them to (e.g. Flickr, Wordpress, online forums) even when viewed on the same calibrated monitor all look different: in terms of brightness, colours, sharpness and contrast.

I'm not sure how to do it in LR, but with Capture one, I have a layer set up called "export sRGB" and make my final adjustments on this layer.
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I just process in LR and export ....... I'll try what you suggest and process the final edit in sRGB

Thanks again Graham
 
myotis said:
I think P3 is slowly replacing sRGB, but you will need an browser and device capable of displaying it.
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The sooner the better. I am long sick of super limited srgb
 
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