select the third option, ‘assign profile’ and assign
your scanner ICC profile here to translate the numbers to the profiled values, and also check the bottom box to convert the file to your working space.
From: WharfRat
So then … basically … you automatically throw away your "RAW" scan data by knocking it down to Adobe RGB.?
You can "save" the raw scan file by duplicating it before you open it in Photoshop. I guess if you’re unsure of your profile’s accuracy or if you want the option of opening it in different working spaces this makes sense.
I certainly would skip the second step – so I had a copy of the original file.
If you don’t apply the scanner profile there’s no point in having a scanner profile. And you shouldn’t leave it in a device-specific input profile space so you need to convert to a working space before making edits.
I always save the "RAW" scan – so I have a copy of that.
Since I have a scanner on my desk I don’t save the original, figuring I can re-scan if necessary.
Then once in Photoshop – "Assign Profile" to my scanner and save that.
I don’t see the point in saving at this step if you saved the original file too since you can always repeat the profile assignment from the raw scan file.
Then "Convert to Profile" to my working space and save that. Then – I start work on the file.
Again, if you have the raw scan I don’t see why you need to save these intermediate files since they are so simple to regenerate if you haven’t made any edits.
Storage is nothing – when it comes to archiving your files.
Two 200 GB hard drives and five external hard drives down the trail I would strongly disagree that "storage is nothing" … try working with 550 MB medium format scans sometime and see if you really want to save so many versions 🙂
Bill