Coloro Space

[EagleGirl]

OK, my camera is set on SRGB color space. When I open a file in PS however, it appears that ARGB is the default. I don't want this to be my color space. I'm not sure why this is the default. When I go to the color settings the working space shows to be SRGB. I found this out accidentally (not a p.s. expert by any means) when I viewed my images in a browser and saw how horrible they looked since the browsers can't see ARGB. So as it stands now, I have been converting the color profile on each file to SRGB. Is there something I'm missing? doing wrong?

[AndrewCCM]

You should change your default colorspace in PS to sRGB.

Are you shooting RAW? If so, colorspace is only relevant when you convert from your RAW processor.

[EagleGirl]

Yes I'm shooting Raw. The only place I see to change the default color space is under edit and color settings and it says SRGB there.

[luis_relampago]

Go to edit>color settings>sRGB IEC61966-2.1 click OK and you are done!

[EagleGirl]

That's what I stated in the post. That is what they are already set at. That's why I can't figure out when I open a file from ACR the file shows to have the ARGB as the profile. The camera is not set that way and seems that ps is not set that way either. I'll recheck it though. I think it just says SRGB. Maybe if I re-select it, that will change the default.

[luis_relampago]

Do it again on the camera and on PS do a refresh on photoshop.

[jasonhuang]

in ACR, i think on the bottom where it shows file info (dimensions, ppi, etc.) you can click on it and change the setting....

I THINK.

[EagleGirl]

I just looked online and it looks like there is a workflow option to set it. I'll have to check that when I get home

[AndrewCCM]

What Jason said.

You need to set your RAW converter to the colorspace you want.

[EagleGirl]

yeah, I think that's where the problem is

[tjones0214]

FYI...you can also tell PS to promt you everytime you bring in a photo that does not match your colorspace of choice (sRGB in this case). Not sure if this is the case in coming in from ACR or LightRoom as you need to--as indicated above--set your working space there as well. If you're using Bridge, make sure to change your colorspace settings in both the PS and Bridge ACRs--they are identical but seperate apps.