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Color export issue

Erik McKay
Hello! I'm having some color issues when exporting. When I'm editing in C1 this is the color I'm seeing and when I export with the settings you see selected there I get this to my knowledge my A7Rii is set to adobe 1998 color space for capture (double checked the settings to make sure of this) and can't figure out what's causing the massive color discrepancy. Any help would be appreciated!
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  • SFA
    The internal working colour space of the camera matters not when working with RAW files other than how it might display the embedded jpg thumbnail of the file until the point at which you open the RAW file in a RAW converter editor - something like Capture One.

    Your export recipe is set to use the same colour Adobe colour space when producing your jpg.

    If you are using a viewer that understands AdobeRGB in jpgs and present colours accordingly you should get similar results - but bear in mind that you are viewing a reduced size image (so likely some colour compression in play) on your monitor. Try it full size where all pixels are in use to see how much it may change.

    "Normal" web viewing - a common intent for jpg files and so for image viewers - tends to be geared to sRGB colour space rather than Adobe RGB. That alone can produce some interesting results but in this case you have a screen grabs (or is it 2 screen grabs) and it's not clear what viewer is displaying the jpg .... but I do know that I am seeing things through a browser that will be using sRGB.

    So I'm not entirely sure that attempting any real comparative analysis will be meaningful or helpful.

    Grant
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  • Erik McKay
    Should I then be converting to sRGB colorspace beforehand when converting to jpg? or will that have no effect. Also are you explaining that you don't see the color difference on your side? I've been using capture one for about a year now and never ran into this issue, its quite confusing what's causing it.
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  • SFA
    [quote="NN635942793756458981UL" wrote:
    Should I then be converting to sRGB colorspace beforehand when converting to jpg? or will that have no effect. Also are you explaining that you don't see the color difference on your side? I've been using capture one for about a year now and never ran into this issue, its quite confusing what's causing it.


    Many would suggest that everything depends on the ultimate purpose of the image - which is probably true but does not really help to answer your question.

    If you are posting the image in the internet the most common approach is to create the jpg with sRGB as the colour space.

    On the other hand if it's for the web a 100% jpg might not be a great idea due to file size!

    If you intended to further edit the file as a jpg then Adobe RGB may offer a little more flexibility for further colour work if required.

    You can try changing the values and see what the proofing gives you. Try a few different output to see how they compare in the viewer of choice. That sort of thing.

    Yes I can see differences especially (and typically) in the red/yellow colours but then you really need to be viewing at 100% size in both places to compare properly. However I am pretty sure that my view, through a browser on a notebook screen, may well be compromised compared to yours. But then if the purpose of the image is for public internet sharing that is likely to be the case for the majority of people who look at it!

    A very nice image, by the way. Either rendition. Both have their charms.

    Also you have Proofing on but what do you have set for the Proof Profile.

    What changes if you turn proofing off/on? If you have been using C1 for a year but not seen this problem before don't forget that V9 was not using this proofing feature as it is today. Might that be significant?

    Which image is the more correct rendition in your opinion?


    Grant
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  • Erik McKay
    Thanks for all the helpful information grant! When I do enable recipe proofing into sRGB (from adobe 1998) the color profile (better yet the color itself) doesn't change at all. I only see the massive color change after export making my color editing quite misleading.
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