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In addition, the flag “Normalize for sRGB” needs to be turned off in Lab 50.
Quick reference
- If a customer has an sRGB, the image will stay sRGB.
- If a customer has an Adobe RGB image,
- Upload Express – it will be converted automatically by our system to sRGB
- Upload Fast – It will be converted automatically by our system to sRGB.
- Upload Large – The image profile and color space will be uploaded to our system, however, the thumbnail and viewable image will be sRGB.
- If a customer uploaded a Large image as Adobe RGB,
- Prints an aspect correct image without cropping, it will maintain its profile
- If the customer crops the image, it will be converted to sRGB
- If the customer adds text, or borders, or a creative product, it will be converted to sRGB.
- If a customer uploaded a large image as Adobe RBG, printed an aspect correct print,
- If a customer uploaded a Large image as Adobe RGB,
- If sent to a printer that only supports sRGB, then you need to have the “normalize for color space” option on in the print driver.
- If sent to a printer that supports Adobe RGB, then you need to have the “normalize for color space” option turned off in the print driver.
Best practices
All this being said, the best practice for a photographer who is displaying images online for printing is to:
- Shoot images in RAW
- Save to ADOBE RGB for work digitally.
- When uploading to your site or any site, convert via Photoshop or Lightroom to sRGB. (Those programs are better than us at the conversion.)
- Upload sRGB for viewing by consumers and printing. There are several reasons
- Phones / mobile devices only support sRGB for viewing
- Most consumer browsers only support sRGB for viewing
- Most of your printers only support sRGB for printing
- Most wholesalers only support sRGB.