Color Space for C1
What color space is assigned or used by C1?
- sRGB
- Adobe RGB
- ProPhoto RGB
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https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002861957-Capture-One-color-gamut
Not sure that asnseers your question, there are also other useful articles, online help and webinars if you want to go deeper into C1, which you certainly find.
regards
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I would suggest to create a "basic" recipe in which the colour space is as large as possible, such as ProPhoto RGB or ProStar RGB, in order not to lose data when editing, and changing to the relevant recipe when outputting (sRGB for the web, ProPhoto for further editing in Photoshop or so, etc...).
Robert
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Found this doing a google search:
https://help.phaseone.com/en/co6/output/learn-more-about-file-formats/colors-in-capture-one?p=1
Thanks for the links and info for setting the color space in C1.
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Hi Robert,
I think you simply cannot loose data when editing. Unless you output a file or print but at this point in time you know what the target format and color space is and would adjust accordingly, (and here I mean the gamut and blown hihjlights etc.) as you also mentioned, probably in a different variant of the original.
As you cannot choose the internal color space (and do not have to), as the rendering is always non destructive and starts always from the raw sensor capture, nobody needs to be afraid to make a wrong decision regarding color space, unlike in PS, nothing will get lost.
regards
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Hi ru2far2c,
You found a very old but good article.
what I usually do if I do not yet know the target of my edit, or want to enjoy my wide gamut monitor colors, I develop a variant with Adobe RGB selected as process recipe. Also for further processing in any other, pixel based software. Another variant with sRGB selected if I edit for JPG or web. I set my monitor to the respective profile accordingly.
regards
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BeO-
I was not worried about loosing information or data when editing. Was more curious about what color space C1 worked in when images are opened or imported.
Example: When images are brought into Light Room they are assigned I believe ProPhoto color space then exported as sRGB or Adobe98.Working in C1 it depends on your proof profile what color space the image is in. So giving that it is dependent on proof profile that could lead to some problems since one may be at a smaller color space.
Thank you for help! Just have be more attentive what my proof stating are when working.
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ru2far2c,
The Proof profile is intended to present the image as it would appear when using that profile, not for the internal editing of the image (which as I understand things is basically the same sort of something like ProPhoto colour space that everyone uses).
The idea of the Proof is to be able to get some reasonably good idea of what things will look like when output as sRGB or AdobeRGB or for some specific projector or printer/paper combination format.
Of coure if the file you are working with was created with a constrained colour space - say a web targetted jpg with an sRGB colour space used, then is will already be constrained to the sRGB gamut in terms of its source data.
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ru2far2c, as also stated in the first link provided by BeO-, you can disable the proof profile:
View -> Proof profile -> (enable "Show all" if it's not selected) No proof profile.
This way you will work in the largest color space, the internal working color space. What you will see will not be affected by the selected recipe profile, but obviously your monitor gamut will limit the colors you will see. I mean that you will work with colors that you're not able to see, but this would happen with any color space exceeding your monitor gamut anyway. And you can enable soft proofing when needed by choosing it or by enabling recipe proof through the spectacles icon.
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