Should I Print in RGB or CMYK?

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Photo to Canvas

Photo to Canvas

3 ай бұрын

I print on Canon ImagePrograf photo/art inkjet printers. After reading a lot of information about what color space files should be in when submitting them to print shops, I wanted to clarify some things! I decided to do a test by printing the same test image in Pro Photo RGB, Adobe RGB 1998, sRGB, and CMYK.
The file I use from The Digital Dog can be found here-www.digitaldog.net/files/Gamut...
Make sure you check out his website and KZfaq channel for piles of useful info!
The website I use to compare color profiles can be found here-
www.iccview.de
The paper I used is Red River UltraPro Satin and can be found on their site here-
www.redrivercatalog.com/brows...
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www.phototocanvaspdx.com
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www.jarreddecker.com
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@jonathanlarson32
@jonathanlarson32 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info
@boristahmasian9604
@boristahmasian9604 3 ай бұрын
Excellent video. On my monitor, the Adobe RGB 1998 looks the best of the bunch. I know the Pro Photo RGB is supposed to have the widest gamut but I think the Adobe RGB looks better. Just my two cents.
@phototocanvaspdx
@phototocanvaspdx 3 ай бұрын
Appreciate the comment! Yeah man whatever looks best!
@shahinyt8615
@shahinyt8615 Ай бұрын
Hello thank you for the video and the complete explanation can you please answer my questions? My camera is Nikon D810 my printer is Epson L18050 and my monitor is iMac what are the best settings in your opinion for printing photos? Is the file TiFF or PSD or JPG? Is the color on RGB or CMYK? And what should the Mac settings be on to show the color better?thank you for your time and answer
@timothy790110
@timothy790110 2 ай бұрын
I guess you are also assuming everyone is shooting and processing RAW files on their Prophoto and not using the OOC jpegs? AFAIK you can only set them to sRGB or AdobeRGB.
@phototocanvaspdx
@phototocanvaspdx 2 ай бұрын
I’m not assuming anything. I thought it was pretty clear that in that case you would use Adobe rgb.
@phototocanvaspdx
@phototocanvaspdx Ай бұрын
This is in response to why I bought a p900 vs a Pro-1000-Simply put, the Pro-100 is the worst printer I have ever owned. Color management is a nightmare with that printer. Canons came with my biz, the large format, and I love them. When I wanted a new small format so I could throw the pro-100 in the trash I wanted to see what all the fuss was about with Epson. I have not been especially happy with it. It does the job though. Printing fine art paper with it is a huge hassle though. Im on my second, returned the first due to rear feed issues. But I don't know if I would ever buy an Epson large format. I hear nothing but horror stories about maintenance and I absolutely LOVE my Canons.
@timothy790110
@timothy790110 Ай бұрын
@@phototocanvaspdx Ok cool thank you. I deleted my comment because you answered it about 30 secs after i wrote it, hehe. I do have a question about this video, I'm trying to get my head around it. Would this be the correct workflow? Im a painter and I take pics of my paintings and make prints of them. Mostly watercolors. The gear i have is: Sony a7r iv, screen MSI Optix MAG274QRF-QD calibrated with spyder x elite (this is a gaming monitor, but it has good color when calibrated. 100% Adobergb and 96% DCI P3, I hope thats enough) and the Epson P900. I usually print on either epson radiant white watercolor paper or Epson matte poster board 1. Take pic in raw and edit in LR/C1/ Camera Raw. 2. Develop a 16 bit tiff from that, keep that ProPhoto color profile. 3. When it opens up in Photoshop, it will ask me to convert to Adobe RGB. I do that. 4. clean up in Photoshop. 5.Then when it comes time to print, in the Epson printer setup under Media Settings it askes me about mode. Should i put that to Adobe RGB too? The following is available: Epson Srgb, Adobe Rgb , ICM, photoenhance and off (no color adjustment) Is that about rght? (I also tried to find out if the papers I use are acid free, and even called them. They didnt know even after getting back to me 2 days later. All she said was "if it has "fine art" in the name, its usually acid free". I got one of those pens to test ph with, and its stil purple 2 weeks later, so im thinking they are acid free after all.
@phototocanvaspdx
@phototocanvaspdx Ай бұрын
@@timothy790110 I would leave it in Pro Photo. This printer can print a bit beyond adobe RGB. You should NOT be seeing it to Adobe RGB within the driver. Are you on a Mac or PC? You should be using ColorSync and selecting the profile there. Color Mode should be grayed out in the Epson settings.
@timothy790110
@timothy790110 Ай бұрын
@@phototocanvaspdx Im on a PC. Is there a way to send you a screen shot? Im not sure what Colorsync is.
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