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Adam W. Henderson
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August 15, 2023
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Adobe RGB files being converted to RGB After transferring to Laptop

  • August 15, 2023
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I have found this problem where, after transferring Adobe RGB files from my camera into my hard drive that, the images are being converted into RGB and a colour profile of Display P3. I have no idea why this is happening because I am DEFINITELY shooting in Adobe RGB, yet I still have files convert themselves into RGB after transfer. Why is this? And. How can I fix it?

 

Kind Regards,
Adam

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      Per Berntsen
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      Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
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      August 16, 2023

      The setting in the camera for sRGB or Adobe RGB only affects jpg files, and the jpg preview embedded in the raw file. (which is what you see on the camera monitor)

      Raw files  are not affected by this setting, they are greyscale files, and don't have a color profile.

       

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      the images are being converted into RGB and a colour profile of Display P3. 

       

      RGB is a color mode. Greyscale and CMYK are also color modes.

      Adobe RGB s a color profile B (or color space) for RGB files.

      So an image that is in the Adobe RGB color space is by definition an RGB file.

       

      Are you shooting raw or jpg?

      Are you on Mac or Windows?

      How did you come to the conclusion that the color profile changed from Adobe RGB to Display P3?

      And please describe your workflow. What do you do with the images after transferring them to your hard drive?

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        Adam W. HendersonAuthor
        Participant
        August 16, 2023
        I am shooting in RAW. I use Mac and my workflow is as follows: I take the photos from my SD card and copy them over to a select folder within my hard drive. That is it. I can then use the hard drive as a central storage device alongside a copy and use those files in whatever software I like.

        Colour spaces in camera should affect RAW files! I’ve learnt that from trained professionals that they do so can you explain further what you mean?

        I also came to the conclusion of the colour profile changing to Display P3 because I looked at the ‘more info’ when right clicking on the file and looked through the file’s data. (This is where I also found that the colour space has been changed to RGB)

        I also simply made the observation that the colour space was different through changing my Mac’s colour space. When changing to Adobe RGB as the display setting the files looked less saturated and vibrant, rather than the theoretically noticeable saturated and vibrant colours compared to sRGB.

        Kind regards
        Adam

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        Per Berntsen
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        Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        August 16, 2023
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        Colour spaces in camera should affect RAW files! I’ve learnt that from trained professionals that they do so can you explain further what you mean?
        By @Adam W. Henderson

         

        You've been misinformed. Raw files are one channel greyscale files, and they are in no particular color space.

        Raw files (if you could see them) are very dark and flat monochrome files that need to be rendered by a raw converter to produce a useful image. This rendering produces a  new file, the raw file itself remains untouched.

        The image you see on the camera monitor, and the Mac finder is not the raw file, but the embedded jpg preview (created by the camera).

         

        I'm not a Mac user, and don't know why the files are reported as Display P3.

        But it doesn't matter, because this is the profile for the embedded jpg preview, which has no effect on the raw file.

        Leave your Mac's color settings alone, changing them won't do any good.

        To edit the raw files, you have use a raw converter, like lightroom Classic, or the Camera Raw plugin for Photoshop.

         

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          Adam W. HendersonAuthor
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          August 15, 2023

          I have transferred one of those 'RGB' files from my laptop back into my camera and it is being picked up and read as an Adobe RGB file in my camera????

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