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Posted by Pam Colander on July 7, 2011 at 5:44 PM
If you work up your RAW files in ACR, do you work them in Adobe RGB (98) or ProPhoto RGB?
Thanks!
Posted by Guy Tal on July 7, 2011 at 6:35 PM
Since both are very large color spaces, it will make no practical difference. You'll be hard pressed to exceed the gamut of Adobe RGB. Still, ProPhoto RGB is much larger so, in theory, will give you more breathing room.

One thing that WILL make a difference is the bit depth. Since both are very large color spaces, you will want to have enough tonal gradation in your image to avoid posterization when processing. In short: use 16-bit when mapping your files to either of them.

Guy
Posted by Pam Colander on July 7, 2011 at 7:00 PM
Thanks Guy, that's what I thought.