Color Space ? Adobe RGB vs sRGB

May 18th, 2011
i have been listening a lot about color spaces, but its very confusing!
keeping it straight and simple which color space is better for what (like for printing, web) ?
May 18th, 2011
sRGB for the web absolutely. If most of your work is to be posted and viewed on the web, you should work in sRGB and save files in sRGB. This will ensure others see the image as you do. sRGB can also work for printing, but every printer will have different requirements and many do request images in AdobeRGB. So if you do a lot of printing and that's what they use, then it would make sense to work in that space as well.

For me, since 95% of my images just go on the web I work in sRGB and output sRGB. For the images I do send to print I simply convert them to AdobeRGB and tweak the colors a bit if I need to before sending them off to be printed.
May 18th, 2011
Thank you, @harsha , for this question

and Thank you, @marubozo , for this answer!
May 18th, 2011
Thank you @laceyjogautreau for just being here.
May 18th, 2011
@eyebrows *tears glistening in eyes* I'd like to thank God for this honor of being a part of such a wonderful group. And, lastly, I'd like to thank my fans, because without YOU, I would be nothing. I love you all!
May 19th, 2011
@marubozo thank you for the information. most of my images are meant for web so i'll try and work in sRGB from now on!
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