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Inspiring
September 29, 2016

P: Lightroom Mobile sync shifts colors in images

  • September 29, 2016
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I use Lightroom Mobile to sync files for uploading to Instagram, and I noticed that the colors in the synced files are different than the originals and photos exported directly from Lightroom. I just started experiencing this problem since the latest update to Lightroom last week. The photos below shows an example.

Original exported from Lightroom:



Synced copy exported from Lightroom Mobile:

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16 replies

Inspiring
June 20, 2018
This is working for me! I had to install the Lightroom CC desktop app on my daughter's computer since mine is Windows 7, but the process was completely automatic after I imported the profiles. I wish they would have added this functionality to Lightroom Classic, but it's a simple workaround that works well. I also tested using some film negative conversion profiles and those worked perfectly also.
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 19, 2018
Yes, I tested it in a virtual machine on a fresh Adobe ID and it worked well.

While I'd like to see it added to Classic, I suspect upload facilities are more likely to be added to Lightroom Web than Lightroom Classic, based on the statements made last October about no further sync functionality being added to Classic.
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Todd Shaner
Legend
June 19, 2018
Thanks Victoria. Has anyone actually tested loading LR CC desktop 1.4 along side LR Classic 7.4 solely for the purpose of uploading custom camera profiles?
I still think it makes good sense for Adobe to simply added this capability to LR Classic. There are a large number of people using LR Classic with LR CC Mobile due to limitations of LR CC desktop. These are also the people most likely to be using custom camera profiles.
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 19, 2018
There isn't a solution for Windows 7 users at the moment, you're right. Those who use LR Classic with LRCC mobile would be fine to install LRCC desktop for the purpose of uploading profiles. As long as they don't attempt to migrate their catalog, it would only pull down smart previews like the mobile apps, and wouldn't interfere with their Classic catalog. 
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Todd Shaner
Legend
June 19, 2018
Windows 7 users can't install LR CC desktop and anyone who uses LR Classic exclusively probably shouldn't. People in this group still have no solution or is there another to manually install custom camera profiles on the mobile device?
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
June 19, 2018
DCP format camera profiles can now be synced to your mobile devices via the cloud. The trick is to install the Lightroom CC desktop app and import the profiles (and any presets, which you're there, because they'll all sync now!)
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Inspiring
December 28, 2017


Hello, I use custom color profiles in LR CC Classic, but sync on LR CC mobile and web are impossible because the color profile does not follow! Suffice to say that the cloud part is useless to me!
If you could look into this problem it would be great!
Thanks in advance
Participant
October 13, 2017
Peter, any updates here?
Participant
October 13, 2017


Can we please get a way to change the camera profiles on imported RAWs in Lightroom Mobile? I'd really prefer to use my camera's standard profile, but LRM sets them all to "Adobe Standard" which really doesn't look as good for my Fuji photos.
Inspiring
October 5, 2016
Victoria is correct. Lightroom's built-in camera profiles (eg, Camera Deep) work fine, but any you created or installed will not sync at this time.