Correct colors I hope
07-04-2007, 03:49 PM
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I don't understand what it is you're doing. Are you running these pictures thru Photoshop or some other program? I've seen cameras in cellphones that do a better job of reproducing the true color. The colors are still off....that is not an exact reproduction of Guard's red. The picture shown in thread #5 is the closest to the right shade. It shouldn't be this difficult to get the right color in a photograph.
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07-04-2007, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Chuck Jones
I don't understand what it is you're doing. ....that is not an exact reproduction of Guard's red. It shouldn't be this difficult to get the right color in a photograph.
07-04-2007, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Chuck Jones
I don't understand what it is you're doing. Are you running these pictures thru Photoshop or some other program? I've seen cameras in cellphones that do a better job of reproducing the true color. The colors are still off....that is not an exact reproduction of Guard's red. The picture shown in thread #5 is the closest to the right shade. It shouldn't be this difficult to get the right color in a photograph.
RAW mode is working with the "unprocessed" pixel information as it comes off the camera sensor. Digital camera purists swear by it because it does the least amount of processing "in camera" and therefore gives you the most information, and greatest flexibility, to post process later. But unless you really need it, it's a waste.
I'd shoot in JPEG fine, makeing sure everything in my processing chain was set to use the "sRGB" color space. Then save for web as the final step in Photoshop as the final step.. That should give a reasonable expectation that the colors will be similiar for everyone, although without getting into a true colormatched workspace there's no way to guarantee that -- your monitor could be set up completely different than mine.
- Nick
