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Ian Hylands DEITY
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July 13, 2026
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P: Images opened in Photoshop appear far brighter than they are.

Photoshop Beta 27.9 on Apple MBP M1 Max running OSX Tahoe 26.5.2

When I look at an image in Lightroom it looks as it should, however when I open it in Photoshop it appears very bright, as if a curves or gamma has been applied to it. If I open the “covert to profile” menu the preview looks normal. If I turn proof colors on it appears as it should. However with proofing off it returns to it’s very bright state. Same as with anything that shows a preview, preview looks normal. I tried Sony ARW raw files and tif’s, no difference.

It was ok on Friday, problem started with open today, July 13th.

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Any advice on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

    29 replies

    CShubert
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    July 24, 2026

    Hi all, we hope to have a fix in an upcoming build next week.  Please make sure to check your version and update whenever there is a new one.

    Thank you for your patience.

    Thanks,

    Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

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    Participant
    July 29, 2026

    This is present in the full release 27.9 that just auto updated on my computer. I have to turn off use graphics processor. not ideal at all. 

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    Known Participant
    July 19, 2026

    At least with me, it appears to be a temporary issue because toggling **off** what CShubert suggested **did** fix the issue upon restarting Photoshop Beta. But on a whim, I toggled everything back **on** (Performance > Use Graphics Processor **and** Technology Previews > Precise Color Management)…restarted the app…low and behold everything was back to normal; the colors are perfect again.

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    Participant
    July 18, 2026

    Still exists in the latest 27.10 on Tahoe Version 26.5.2

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    Inspiring
    July 14, 2026

    I reported the same problem yesterday. I had to downgrade to 27.8. cheers!

     

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    CShubert
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    July 14, 2026

    Hi all, the team is aware of this and working on a fix.  The workaround for now is to go to Preference/and either checking or unchecking Precise Color Management for HDR display, turning off Use graphic processor or turning off Preference/Technology Previews/ Precise Color Management.

    Here is another thread talking about the same issue: 

     

    Thanks,

    Cory - Photoshop Product Manager

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    Participant
    July 14, 2026

    Im having the exact same issue with version 27.9.0! Im on Sequoia.

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    Participant
    July 14, 2026

    Yes, I’m having the same issue with Photoshop Beta 27.9, and yes, if I open the image in Photoshop 27.8, it appears fine. 

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    Ian Hylands DEITY
    Participant
    July 13, 2026

    I have opened the same files in Photoshop 27.8.0 and the previous version of Photoshop Beta 27.8.0 and the image is fine. So I think we can conclude that this issue is specific to PS Beta 27.9 on OSX Tahoe 26.5.2 

    Has anyone else seen this on a different OS?

     

     

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    robertw44482386
    Inspiring
    July 15, 2026

    Yes, occuring with me on Sequoia 15.7.4. Exact same symptoms and workaround.

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