John Crozier
February 22 2007, 05:56 PM
QUOTE(Melody @ February 22 2007, 01:31 PM) [snapback]84140[/snapback]
I think the images are great overall but they all have a green cast to them.
I was wondering the same thing myself. i was thinking, those look a little green. I think I know your problem, let me share with you a little something everyone should know. Maybe everyone already know it but oh well. Whenever you post something on the web, or send it into a lab it should be in the sRGB color space. The shots you have taken are in AdobeRGB. Adobe RGB has a bigger color spectrum that gets clipped whenever you post it onto the web or try to print them off at your lab. good labs will switch the color profile to sRGB before printing, some wont though. If you do not switch them out your pictures or online images will come look green and your skin tones will look like death. There are three easy ways to fix this problem. On your camera set it to sRGB color. If working with RAW and you forget there is a little drop down menu in the adobe raw interface that says space, change it from Adobe RGB to sRGB. If they are already jpgs then you must go into photoshop with your image. Once you open it it should be in Adobe sRGB since that is what you left it in. While in Photoshop it will look great, Don't be fooled. You need to go to Edit>Convert to Profile> and under destination space choose space: sRGB. When you do this it will look like nothing has happened. However if you check out the picture i am posting below you will see that already it is warmer and the skin tones are better. I have done absolutely nothing else to it.
If you have already delievered the proofs CD to this couple i would suggest quickly switching out the color profiles on all of these and giving them a new one quickly. If they were to print these off at Walmart or Costco they would turn out aweful because these labs don't take the time to check. A really good quick way to do this is to open up your image folder in Bridge. Select all of the images (ctrl+A). Now select Tools>Photoshop>image processor. This will take you to a dialogue box within PS. save as a a jpg with quality 10. Make sure you check the convert to sRGB box, and deselect the resize box. This will do all of them at once. Good luck. I hope this helps.