converting color profile

[edt]

I have about 30 images in a folder that will become a Graphi album/book. Unlike many labs in the US that print only sRGB, graphi will
accept files that are either sRGB or Adobe RGB (1998).

I used Adobe RGB (1998) Tiffs of the individual images to make the page layouts. I THOUGHT I had the color settings in Photoshop set
so that the working color space was Adobe RGB but it was mistakenly set to sRGB--hence the final page layouts are PSD files that were are
sRGB. I accidentally noticed that the PSD's were sRGB...

My assumption is that the files were "Converted to profile" hence they are properly tagged and that the prints in the book will look fine. Is there any way
to know if that is not the case........it would be disastrous if the files were "tagged as sRGB" even though they are really Adobe RGB. Is there any way to KNOW
for sure?


Related to this, I've always wondered exactly what is the impact of choosing a color space in the Photoshop Color Settings. ie, if I go to Edit/Color Settings and I have
selected sRGB and I open an Adobe RGB file does that have any influence on the image on my monitor? Don't think so....I assume () that the net impact
of the Color Setting is that when I do a Save As to create a new file it will automatically save the new file in the color space that has been chosen in the preferences?

[shewhorn]

Is there any way to know? Yes, just look at some of the individual images and compare them to the images in the album files. Do they look the same or different?

As for the PS color settings, they are only destructive if you have them set to "convert to working RGB". I have all of my policies set to "preserve embedded RGB". In order to change the color space I have to deliberately change it myself.

As for labs and album binders that accept Adobe RGB, Finao is partnered with ProDPI and ProDPI is an absolutely phenomenal lab. Both of them are US companies so it stays in the states which is nice as well. Graphi from what I've been told won't even provide you with ICC soft proofing profiles. I have not verified this myself but when someone was recently having an issue with Graphi I asked them what differences they saw with the ICC soft proofing profile and several folks mentioned that they do not provide one. I'd want to double check that myself but if this is really the case you should steer way clear of them... any lab not willing to provide a soft proofing profile does not take color and quality very seriously.

Cheers, Joe

[digitaldog]

IF the images are in Adobe RGB but tagged as sRGB, they would look wrong.

IF the images are in sRGB, tagged as sRGB, the print work should be fine. You’re losing some potential color gamut (mostly in greens), nothing to worry about.

IF you can open the images in Photoshop, you should be able to see what they are tagged with. Its shown in the Info palette if so set or using the small triangle at the bottom of the document window when set to Document Profile. OR when using the Assign Profile command, the tag should be shown.

[edt]

Thanks for the feedback.

As a test, I just duplicated an sRGB image, then tagged it (wrongfully) as Adobe RGB. You're right, it did NOT look right...the reds were spiked off the chart.

Good to know it's easily observable.......somehow I had the idea that it wouldn't be very obvious. Glad I was wrong.