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I have a question about the image standards, quality wise (or maybe it's more of a viewing issue). I look every day at the best and worst images and a couple of images that made "the best" had some things in them that I wonder about. First question is whether the actual post of the image in today's best (like resizing down) is having an effect on them. Today (Thursday Feb 2) while the image could be stunning, it is dark to me and some of the clouds are blown (I use a calibrated monitor and calibrate weekly); it also should have bolder brighter colours and they look a little muddy to me. Honest, I'm not knocking the pic, because I like the action and the way it was caught. Second question is what colour is being used here - RGB or sRGB? Because I wonder if that will have an affect on how our images look too - in the past while I've been working in sRGB.
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Hi Gracey,
I have checked the 'best image' you mentioned from 2nd Feb, and I can confirm that the original looks exactly like the on-screen preview as regards brightness and saturation, so we can only assume that this is how the photographer wanted it to look. The automated resizing and watermarking of the images should in itself not have any effect on how images appear.
Regarding colour spaces, a general rule is that any image to be displayed on the web should be in sRGB colour mode. You are absolutely right that images will look different on the internet depending on what colour space they use. Images with an Adobe RGB, or other large-gammut icc profile, will often appear fairly desaturated and 'flat' when displayed in a web browser. Different web browsers often display images slightly differently, so it is difficult to retain complete control of how viewers see your images, but if the image is in sRGB mode the differences will be very minor.
You say that you usually work in sRGB, so in that case it should be fine to upload your images exactly as they are.
For photographers using colour spaces other than sRGB we would recommend converting the final images to sRGB prior to upload. This will ensure that the images look the way they were intended to when viewed on crestock.com
I hope this answers your enquiry.
The Crestock Team
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yes, thanks very much for giving the colour space info. helpful.
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