> > Maybe so, I don't know if the limit is relative to the paper or the
> > way that the machine images to the paper. But in any case other labs
> > printing to photo paper do on occasion provide colour profiles (which
> > could potentially describe a colour gamut more limited than sRGB) and
> > as you know printing to traditional photo paper isn't the only way to
> > produce prints.
>
> The limitation is with photographic paper, and my end of the
> conversation was limited to providing information for a poster who
> hinted that he was getting photographic prints made.
>
> William Robb
>
I would like to point out that even if the end result is
something that will fit within the sRGB gamut, there are circumstances
under which a wider gamut throughout the processing would be beneficial.
Consider adjusting saturation or levels somewhere early on in
post-processing. Even if it's eventually reduced back to fit withing
sRGB, the clipping damage was already done.
It's the same argument for why an 8-bit, gamma-corrected image is
not sufficient through the processing, even though the final image can be
reduced to 8-bit, gamma-corrected.
-Cory
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* Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA *
* Electrical Engineering *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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