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I've been reading up on color spaces, calibration/profiles, and trying to implement an optimal workflow (using retina macbook pro and Mac mini w 27" QHD monitor). I've learned a great deal from many a forum and site. But there's one question that nobody seems to answer, and I feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone trying to figure it out. It's also preventing me from moving forward with confidence.
I understand the purported benefits of ARGB. But aren't those benefits contingent on being able to see them? On a similar note, if you don’t need a wide gamut monitor to work with AdobeRGB, what are those monitors for?
The monitor I purchased is standard gamut, and claims to reach greater than 99% sRGB. So if I'm working in sRGB (capturing photos, Lightroom, Photoshop workspaces, etc), all's good. What you see is more or less what you get, right? I’m not sure what my monitor's claim is for ARGB. But I think usually for even the good sRGB monitors, it’s somewhere in the 70s (%) or 80s. So let's say my monitor achieves 75% AdobeRGB. If my monitor can’t display 25% of that color space, how can I see those colors? If I can’t see those colors, what business do I have making edits to a photo which uses them? That seems crazy to me!
So, what's the point in using the AdobeRGB color space - for image capture, editing, or output - if my monitor can't resolve those colors? Would I be working blind? And would that be better than working more or less 1:1 with an sRGB color space?
My other question is this: Should I set my resolution in my image setup to match that of my display’s pixel pitch? If not, why isn’t this ideal?
My monitor is 27" diagonal; 2560 x 1440. That breaks down to about 108ppi. So when setting up workflow options in photoshop, what's going on if I set "resolution" to, say, 300ppi? How can the display show more "pixels" of image when there physically aren't that many pixels in a given parameter (one inch) to display them? Or rather, how is it possible to have an image resolution greater than your monitor’s? I imagine I'm confusing the meaning of pixels here, and maybe resolution too. Because, to use an example from TV which I think I do understand, we can't display a 4K image on a 1080p screen. Because there just aren't enough horizontal or vertical lines (of pixels). So, back to computers and picture making: how can I set my canvas to 300ppi or 150ppi, when my display only has 108ppi?
Thank you to anyone taking the time to help. I've been stumped!
Michael
I understand the purported benefits of ARGB. But aren't those benefits contingent on being able to see them? On a similar note, if you don’t need a wide gamut monitor to work with AdobeRGB, what are those monitors for?
The monitor I purchased is standard gamut, and claims to reach greater than 99% sRGB. So if I'm working in sRGB (capturing photos, Lightroom, Photoshop workspaces, etc), all's good. What you see is more or less what you get, right? I’m not sure what my monitor's claim is for ARGB. But I think usually for even the good sRGB monitors, it’s somewhere in the 70s (%) or 80s. So let's say my monitor achieves 75% AdobeRGB. If my monitor can’t display 25% of that color space, how can I see those colors? If I can’t see those colors, what business do I have making edits to a photo which uses them? That seems crazy to me!
So, what's the point in using the AdobeRGB color space - for image capture, editing, or output - if my monitor can't resolve those colors? Would I be working blind? And would that be better than working more or less 1:1 with an sRGB color space?
My other question is this: Should I set my resolution in my image setup to match that of my display’s pixel pitch? If not, why isn’t this ideal?
My monitor is 27" diagonal; 2560 x 1440. That breaks down to about 108ppi. So when setting up workflow options in photoshop, what's going on if I set "resolution" to, say, 300ppi? How can the display show more "pixels" of image when there physically aren't that many pixels in a given parameter (one inch) to display them? Or rather, how is it possible to have an image resolution greater than your monitor’s? I imagine I'm confusing the meaning of pixels here, and maybe resolution too. Because, to use an example from TV which I think I do understand, we can't display a 4K image on a 1080p screen. Because there just aren't enough horizontal or vertical lines (of pixels). So, back to computers and picture making: how can I set my canvas to 300ppi or 150ppi, when my display only has 108ppi?
Thank you to anyone taking the time to help. I've been stumped!
Michael