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Raw & Post Processing, Printing => Digital Image Processing => Topic started by: Persio on April 10, 2009, 05:02:36 pm

Title: Best format for slide show
Post by: Persio on April 10, 2009, 05:02:36 pm

Gentlemen,
I am interested in your guidance relative to the best possible preparation of images to feed ProShow Gold for a DVD (or Blue-Ray) quality slide show.
My workflow starts with a RAW Canon file processed with Capture One, and my question relates to the output format (JPG or TIF), and ICC profile.
Although my pictures look great on my monitor, they do not look nearly as good on a high quality DVD slide show presented on a high quality plasma TV.
What am I missing?
Thank you for comments and suggestions.
Persio.

Title: Best format for slide show
Post by: jjj on April 12, 2009, 10:24:05 pm

My first thought would be colour profiles. Are you converting the images to a profile that will look good on a TV? You get the same problem with web images as Adobe RGB files despite being 'better' qaulity usually look worse that sRGB files in most people's web browser.
So find out the native colour space and convert to that and proceed from there.

Title: Best format for slide show
Post by: ErikKaffehr on April 13, 2009, 04:37:40 am

Hi,

Regarding format probably JPEG and sRGB. To use anything but sRGB you need color managed applications, color profiles and a good display calibration and profile that is actually used by the slide show application.

Best regards
Erik

Quote from: jjj

My first thought would be colour profiles. Are you converting the images to a profile that will look good on a TV? You get the same problem with web images as Adobe RGB files despite being 'better' qaulity usually look worse that sRGB files in most people's web browser.
So find out the native colour space and convert to that and proceed from there.