Embed Adobe RGB Profile?

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Embed Adobe RGB Profile?

Hi. I've been working with iMovie 6.0 and have been importing stills and applying the Ken Burn's effect. I noticed that when I import a jpeg with no embedded Adobe RGB 1998 profile, the images are lighter and more washed out. But if I embed the Adobe 1998 RGB profile, the images look much richer and colorful. Has anyone else noticed this? Is it necessary to re-save every JPEG from my camera with the Adobe RGB 1998 profile to get good color in iMovie? My camera can't set photos to the Adobe RGB 1998 profile automatically. It only allows for sRGB.

Thanks for the help.

Mac Beige g3, Mac OS X (10.2.x)

Posted on Jul 23, 2006 8:20 AM

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Jul 26, 2006 10:59 AM in response to kpdesigns

Yes. I have noticed a difference when importing JPGs with different color profiles (I use sRGB, but have run some quick tests with Adobe RGB 1998).

I guess you could do a test which you like the best and assign the desired profile to every image you import to iMovie. Yes, that requires some work, but can also be automated with some 3rd party apps.

This topic isn't much discussed here, so I'd welcome any insight from those who have run tests and evaluated the results on a TV with NTSC/PAL gear.

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Jul 27, 2006 6:07 AM in response to Matti Haveri

I tried out a few different settings, and it seems like the most vibrant color occurs with the Adobe RGB 1998 profile. The second best is embedding sRGB and my least favorite is when I use the image straight from the camera. I'm confused about this because shouldn't the image straight from the camera be the same as if I saved it in photoshop with an sRGB profile embedded? My camera shoots in sRGB, so why would it look different if I used photoshop and clicked the embed sRGB profile? Is the sRGB profile photoshop uses different from the sRGB my camera uses?

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