Question for Photoshop user

[*PORTHOS*]

I have Photoshop 7.0 in french and have a question for you english guys.
Here's a pic. If you go to IMAGE/MODE I know that NIVEAU DE GRIS is greyscale, RVB is RGB, CMJN is CMYK but what is Lab? Is it PMS (Pantone)

[Andyman]

Lab color

[Andyman]

Not sure what it means though. The channels go to Lab, lightness, a & b.

Anyone else?

[RipperBendix]

yes, but what IS Lab colour? hahaha
been wondering that myself

[Andyman]

Originally posted by RipperBendix:
yes, but what IS Lab colour? hahaha
been wondering that myself

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Oh, I thought I was translating French for him. [img]wink.gif[/img]

[*PORTHOS*]

And what about Multi couche? Do you guys have Multi Layers in your choices?

[Andyman]

Multi Channel breaks the channels down to Cyan, Magenta & Yellow.

I really don't do much outside of RGB or CMYK.

[Andyman]

From top to bottom, my list includes:

Bitmap
Grayscale
Duotone
Indexed color
RGB color
CMYK color
Lab color
Multichannel

[*PORTHOS*]

thanks Andy
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[Spore]

LAB is a colour Spectrum that encompasses both RGB and CMYK.

Technically it is the best colour space to work in but unless your are doing pre-press colour work and are really picky I wouldn't worry about it.