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MarkJan77
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May 17, 2013
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"Monitor RGB"

  • May 17, 2013
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Hi! I apologize in advance if my qestion is too simple for this forum however I cannot find the basic answer:

What means exactly the option "Monitor RGB" in proofing list of profiles (Adobe CS6 ext) ???

Thanks for help!

Marek

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    TheDigitalDog
    TheDigitalDog
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    May 17, 2013

    Soft proof using your actual display profile. Turn Display Using Monitor Compensation off if you will.

    Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
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    MarkJan77Author
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    May 17, 2013

    Thanks Andrew for quick responce!

    Andrew Rodney wrote:

    Soft proof using your actual display profile. Turn Display Using Monitor Compensation off if you will.

    To be honest I am not finding "Display Using Monitor Compensation" option in the newest CS6...

    And how to activate gamut wornings when "Monitor RGB" is chosen for softproofing? I am testing one poor screen and would like to do a simple test.

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    MarkJan77Author
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    May 20, 2013

    When you do, keep in mind that it's all actually quite simple. A lot of people tend to overcomplicate it (none of those present here, I hasten to add), and in forums you often get answers such as "it's too complicated to explain here". That doesn't help any, it's just the signal to noise ratio rapidly deteriorating and adding to the general confusion. The mechanics may be complex, but in use it's very simple.

    The profile connection space is a key concept. That's where all the numeric values in different profiles are defined as actual, specific colors. Lab 59/62/70 is a particular orangy red, the same everywhere. It translates to 217/85/20 in Adobe RGB, but 247/90/36 in the particular monitor profile I'm using here. That's how an Adobe RGB document displays on this particular monitor. The numbers would be different with another monitor.

    And for proofing to sRGB on this monitor, it would go an extra round into sRGB to limit the gamut, and then into the monitor profile.


    Dear 21! It helped me a lot what you wrote:

    Document profile > Lab/XYZ > Proof profile > Lab/XYZ > Monitor profile.

    I think now I got it. I agree that the concept is quite simple. The problem is (according to what I noticed) that there is so many people on the web confusing different terms . For example when prople write  "RGB space" they use it often incorrectly. In fact they eather mean by that "RGB model" or more often "one of the color spaces derived from RGB model like sRGB or adobeRGB"

    THANKS A LOT FOR HELP!

    Mark

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