You can also select color space for the file that Lightroom outputs (sRGB, Adobe RGB, etc). If you process the NEF file with Lightroom, it will not read the in camera settings and will generate an RGB file (JPG, TIFF, etc) using Adobe Standard camera profile unless you selected one of the camera matching profiles. If you process the RAW file using Nikon Capture NX-D software it will read the in camera settings and generate a JPG that matches the one from the camera. The RAW file will contain all the in camera settings like Picture Control Profile, color space, etc. RAW files do not have a color space, so sRGB is only used by the in camera processing software to generate a JPG image with sRGB color space. You mention that you shoot RAW files, sRGB.
Last but not least, check your Export Recipe, and check which colour profile is selected there (if any) if these JPEGs are for web use, just select sRGB as profile. I'd check if it's set to something specific, and if yes, just reset it to default values. Frankly, for all I've seen, this is best left at its default, unless you really know you need something very specific. There is also an option in View -> Proof Profile, where you can set a default colour space. More info: Control your Output in Capture One Pro 10 - The Image Quality Professor's Blog. Just click the tool (by default, it's available all the way to the right on the top toolbar) and it should show your image as it will look using its current selected output profile (so the one found in the selected export recipe). There should be no need to set the monitor profile, and you cannot actually switch the colour profile used in the editor (only the input profile, via the camera selection, and the export profile in the export recipe).Ĭ1 v10 has a new tool (looks like a pair of glasses/goggles) to do output proofing, which should help identify issues like this. Internally, C1 uses a profile similar to ProPhotoRBG (see: Colors in Capture One - even though this is for C1 v8, it should still apply to v10 as well.). You will get poor color accuracy if the editing program applies the monitor profile incorrectly (e.g., a second time).Īll of these factors are covered by the broad topic of Color Management.
The monitor profile (default or by calibration) is usually applied at the system level. A wide-gamut color space like Profoto RGB will appear unsaturated, whereas sRGB will be much brighter, closer to its color-managed appearance. That said, the color space makes a significant difference when displayed in a non-color managed program like most internet browsers. You may notice a change in gamut between sRGB and other settings, but the colors will be unchanged. This is different from color space, and is generally a permanent change once saved.Ĭapture One is a color-managed program, which will read the embedded color space and display it correctly, regardless of the setting. This would be my first line of inquiry into the problem. You can defeat these settings, change them to suit your needs, or accept the results and work from that point. Most conversion programs have default adjustment settings which will change the appearance of the image. You can set a default in Photoshop, but it will work in whatever color space it detects in the image, or convert it per your instructions. My educated guess is that Capture One applies the default color space (Profit RGB) to original output, not to the imported image. I doubt that Capture One is guilty of this, but check the settings nonetheless. Make sure the default setting is the same as the original. You can test this in Photoshop under the EDIT command, CONVERT or ASSIGN, and see the effect immediately.
If the editor ASSIGNS a new color space, each word in the image file is mapped to new colors, which will be incorrect. If your editor CONVERTS that to a new color space, e.g., Profoto RGB, there is no problem since the file contents are adjusted appropriately. Most of the cameras I've used (Nikon, Sony, Leica) give you color space options of sRGB or Adobe RGB.