ICC Profiles and Process Recipes

Kenneth Dillard

• May 30, 2020 15:31

I hope someone can point me in the correct direction. I've just calibrated my monitor again. And as always, the ICC Profile created now shows up in the ICC Profile drop-down under "Process Recipe" under output. What I also see there are the previous profiles that were created each time I calibrated my monitor.

Ideally, I would just like to keep the "latest and greatest" profiles I create for export. Does anyone have experience with removing profiles from the "Process Recipe" section? Or, does anyone have any suggestions for the ICC Profiles (for export)  like sticking with C1 defaults?

I'm trying to keep what I export as close as possible to what I see when I edit.

Thanks in advance for anyone's time in helping me with this.

All the best,

Ken Dillard

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  BeO

  • May 30, 2020 18:03

  

  Hi Kenneth,

  A color managed workflow is probably one of the most complex things in photography. I am no expert in this so take everything I say with a grain of salt.

  There are other users in this forum which actually have much more expertise on color management.

  But anyhow, such a complex matter is better described (and read) in articles or books well thought through and revised, instead of forum posts.

  However, some thoughts:

  I think choosing a monitor profile for export is not a good idea. Not even for softproofing. I've never seen anythink like that. One usually exports an image in a standard color space profile such as sRGB or Adobe RGB (1998), depending on the target system for this image.

  e.g.

  • for internet and web browser, export with sRGB
  • for editing in a pixel editor like PS, export tiff 16 bit Adobe RGB (1998), some use even wider gamut color spaces e.g. Prophoto
  • for print, export sRGB or Adobe RGB (1998), depending on the upstream requirements or capabilities e.g. the printer service providers' advice

  You can and maybe should choose a printer profile for softproofing (but don't export the image with such a profile).

  Just ignore the monitor profiles in C1.

  I recommend further readings, e.g.

  • https://support.captureone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002479197-Colors-in-Capture-One and following pages
  • https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/color-management-printing.htm

   

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  Kenneth Dillard

  • May 30, 2020 20:32

  BeO,
  
  Thank you for the insight. It helped explain a lot--I'd say even a part of the puzzle I was missing. My confusion stemmed from seeing that whenever I would do a calibration, that calibration would appear as part of the output options in the "Process Recipe" section. And my brain was constantly leaning towards the attitude of "Latest and Greatest" calibration being the gold standard for digital output.
  
  I'm going to use the de-facto AdobeRGb and sRGB (depending on the intent of use) moving forward, and use the links you were kind enough to share, and re-think my color management process.
  
  Have a wonderful day, and thank you again for the information you've shared.
  
  All the best,
  
  Ken

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