Too all: Okaaaa! I think I get it. There is a problem with the interface with regards to color space matching if one has LR4.4 and PS6 (not the cloud version). Even if the LR4 edit in setting is X, and the PS color pace is X, the image may open in X, or may give a mismatch error message, depending on what color space the ACR workflow is set at. So, while I haven’t tried this yet, if I manually set ACR workflow to X, every image should open correctly. Adobe should fix this, but, for someone like me who is just trying to determine the single right color space to work in for my purposes, and will not, hopefully, need to change it, I can work with that. I am very grateful to you guys for figuring this out, so I can now move to the next step and not be worrying about corrupted programs or image files. I will likely leave the alert on mismatch policy to on. If I am wrong about any of this, please let me know. If I am right, could you advise me on the second issue? I assume I can now calibrate my monitor . If yes the question arises as to which color space to use. Based on you guys, as well as Schewe. Evening and Kelby, I should work in 16 bit prophoto mode while in RAW, PSD or Tiff format in order to retain all the captured colors as long as possible( I recognize that TRShaner recommends using TIFF, but I am not yet convinced that PSD format would not serve just as well). In order to take advantage of the greater range of colors, I would think I would want to set my monitor to AdobeRGB (to at least see the 98% of them that my monitor can display). So, Just to review my workflow, I: 1. 1. Edit using Lightroom 4.4, including detail sharpening. 2. 2. Open image in PS6 (stand alone version), using the LR “edit in” command, as psd, 16 bit. 3. 3. In PS6, I edit further, resize to HI Def (1920 X 1080) and sharpen a bit more, if necessary. I guess to me, this is the output sharpen stage. 4. 4. Save the photo as 16 bit PSD, which shows up at the top of a stack in LR. 5. 5. Export a group of photos from Lightroom to Proshow Producer using the Lightroom Proshow plug-in. The plug-in converts the images to sRGB, JPEG, thereby flattening the PSDs and changing them to 8 bit mode But here lies the second issue. If I keep the monitor in AdobeRGB mode, will selection of the softproof option in LR, after completing my editing in LR and before I send the pictures to Proshow, properly show me what the photo will look like in sRGB format, ( assuming, as discussed previously, my TV is sRGB and I use the settings on the TV that show my pictures best), even though the monitor is still set for AdobeRGB?.
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