Color Prints

[Jack]

Hi
I have a problem with color management on photoshopCS.
I have the color setting on the Canon 20D set to sRGB as I do mostly people
photography that I send to regular color labs.
My Lab does a great job when printing direct from the camera.

However pictures that I adjust in ps (photoshop) come out flat.
It's really frustrating after spending hours getting a picture just "right"
The color space setting I have on my computer/ps is sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Should it be Adobe RGB 1998?
I have tried it but when I use it I get "color space change warnings".

Do I use a general purpose color setting or is a "prepress" setting better
for color prints from modern labs?

Can you please help?

Best wishes

[Dieter]

Jack, did you calibrate (at least with a tool like AdobeGamma, better
with
a hardware solution) your monitor ?
Workingcolorspace sRGB is ok when you have set your camera to sRGB, too
I dont know what u mean with "prepress setting", but i think your
problem
is your monitor setting.
You can make a simple test : open a image in PS,
and save it without adjustments.
Then give the original and the saved version to your lab,
both should be the same.