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P: RGB Parade and Vectorscope in Lightroom?

Forum|Forum|14 years ago
January 31, 2012
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Hi
I do a lot of video editing and really like using the RGB Parade and Vectorscope.

Histogram for photos aren't as detailed. Is there any plugins or features that have similar functions like RGB Parade and Vectorscope for use inside Lightroom or maybe as an external editor?

Best regards Simon

omercesim

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I had the same problem, so I built ToneLoupe for macOS. It sits over Lightroom or any other app and shows a live vectorscope and RGB parade for the area underneath it and also gives you a simple visual indication when skin tones start drifting toward green or magenta.

I hope it’s okay to share it here, since it was created because of the exact issue being discussed:

https://toneloupe.com

I’d genuinely love to hear feedback from other photographers and colorists who have been waiting for this feature too.

omercesim

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A note I should have included above: I'm the developer of ToneLoupe, and it's a paid app, $19.99 one time on the Mac App Store, macOS 14 or later, Mac only. Adobe's own vectorscope is already in Camera Raw 18.4, right click the histogram to show it, and it's expected in Lightroom in a later release, so that's the built in option if it covers what you need.

Earth Oliver

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Wow, pigs are actually flying!

Maybe now we’ll also finally get HSL readouts in Lr, in addition to the mostly useless Lab ones.

Rikk Flohr_Photography

Updated idea statusOpen for Voting→In Development

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Ric G

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Yep. It’s there in Camera Raw and seems to be a pretty good implementation of the scope, but still has some workflow rough spots to iron out while we’re waiting for it to appear in Lightroom. It would help if Lightroom could add an Edit in… Camera Raw option or have Photoshop open the image in Camera Raw when you select Edit In… Photoshop. As it stands, I need to go back out to the Finder (I’m obviously a Mac user) and then open the Raw file in Photoshop to do the flesh tone tweaking.

Also, for those of you first trying it out, you need to tell Lightroom to import the metadata changes and not overwrite them. I have yet to test the new Photo page in DaVinci Resolve 21 and I’m looking forward to trying a shoot-out, though it doesn’t look like Resolve would be a practical workflow for 500-1,000 image shoots or compete with Lightroom’s cataloging features.

Rikk Flohr_Photography

Use Edit in…. Open as a Smart Object, and that will make a Camera Raw Smart Object on the layer that opens in Photoshop.

Double click the Smart Object Layer in PS to launch CR.

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Rikk Flohr_Photography

Greetings all,

Updates for Camera Raw are available. The June release (18.4) has an update regarding this feature request.

If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by pressing [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[R]. Access the VectorScope by right-clicking on your histogram.

Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

Thank you for being so patient.

Note: Camera Raw is the Edit/Develop Engine powering the Lightroom clients. New Edit features must be built in Camera Raw before the Lightroom clients can adopt them. Unburdened by the additional cataloging, syncing, and other workflow functionalities, Camera Raw can move more quickly to get these desired new features into your editing workflow. Our goal is to eventually port these features into the Lightroom clients.

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becomingcharly

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***update...just saw you said exactly where it is. thanks!***

where is it located in camera raw? i updated, and it is no where. and the What’s New has a link to a page that has no mention of the vectorscope. thanks!

Rikk Flohr_Photography

Reread my post: “Access the VectorScope by right-clicking on your histogram. “

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tf5_bassist

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… cool...

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Prime_Creationz7072

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So I found this 3rd party plugin that will take a selection of your screen, and show you the vector scope values. Not as good as Davinci, but it will allow you to modify your selection for the scope much easier for skintone isolation. It's like $15 for the bundle and I would say it's worth it.

https://vectorscope.co/

https://vectorscope.co/

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marios94

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Hi Adobe Team,

I'm coming from a video and color grading background, and I'm really missing proper scopes in Lightroom. In tools like Premiere Pro, Lumetri Scopes provide waveform, vectorscope, RGB parade, and more — these are essential for accurate color correction and exposure control.

In contrast, Lightroom only offers a basic histogram, which is frankly quite limited. It's surprising that such a powerful photo editing tool still lacks advanced scopes, especially considering how useful and standard they are in professional workflows.

Are there any plans to introduce real-time waveform or vectorscope views in Lightroom? This would be a massive improvement for anyone who takes color seriously and wants precise feedback beyond what a histogram can offer.

Thanks for considering this!

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marvinaustin

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>RPP is nice to know about, but the Mac version doesn’t appear to have been updated since 2014 and does not support currently availale cameras. (Raw formats are unique to each camera model’s sensor data.)

https://raw-rpp.livejournal.com/216443.html
Last update - year 2024. The program is being updated. In particular, profiles for different cameras.

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Julian38785165g6lj

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Hi,

I have also been wanting to use some vectorscopes and waveforms in my workflow. I created a interface which can display the most common scopes for a certain part of your screen (basically you define a region of interest which is being tracked). Its free and it is not super fancy, but for me it does the trick. You can download it on github

https://github.com/JulianOstertag/Vectorscopes-and-Waveforms

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marvinaustin

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Isn't it easier to develop photos in RPP (raw photo processor), where the quality of development is better (by an order of magnitude) and there is a vectorscope? And then refine the resulting tiff file in Lightroom/Photoshop.
You shouldn't pray to the big guys at Adobe. There are completely different tasks there.

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Ric G

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RPP is nice to know about, but the Mac version doesn’t appear to have been updated since 2014 and does not support currently availale cameras. (Raw formats are unique to each camera model’s sensor data.)

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