Hopefully this isn't too complicated, but I'm not sure how to use and apply ICC profiles for printing. I also don't quite understand the difference between an ICC profile and a color space. Are they two completely different things? Does changing the ICC profile change the color space?
I mainly use Photoshop CS4 and Bridge. I don't have Lightroom. My workflow is often RAW -> psd -> jpeg/tiff (ie, Bridge for RAW adjustments, photoshop for extra stuff). Often it's just RAW -> jpeg/tiff (ie, Photoshop is just used to convert to jpeg/tiff).
In RAW, the color space I use is ProPhotoRGB. I typically maintain that through PSD, and then convert to sRGB with the jpeg if I'm just uploading the pictures online.
But, I don't know what to do about printing. I don't have a printer, but ICC profiles for Costco and other stores that do prints are available online. If I were to have my pictures printed (via uploading them). should I try to use these ICC profiles, or should I just send the pictures in sRGB?
Finally, I'm not quite sure where to go to embed Costco's printer's ICC profile automatically. Is there a way to do that from Bridge or Photoshop during the jpeg conversion? From Bridge, I normally just go to Tools -> Image Processor, to convert to jpeg.
Thanks.
I mainly use Photoshop CS4 and Bridge. I don't have Lightroom. My workflow is often RAW -> psd -> jpeg/tiff (ie, Bridge for RAW adjustments, photoshop for extra stuff). Often it's just RAW -> jpeg/tiff (ie, Photoshop is just used to convert to jpeg/tiff).
In RAW, the color space I use is ProPhotoRGB. I typically maintain that through PSD, and then convert to sRGB with the jpeg if I'm just uploading the pictures online.
But, I don't know what to do about printing. I don't have a printer, but ICC profiles for Costco and other stores that do prints are available online. If I were to have my pictures printed (via uploading them). should I try to use these ICC profiles, or should I just send the pictures in sRGB?
Finally, I'm not quite sure where to go to embed Costco's printer's ICC profile automatically. Is there a way to do that from Bridge or Photoshop during the jpeg conversion? From Bridge, I normally just go to Tools -> Image Processor, to convert to jpeg.
Thanks.