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1ndivisible
Inspiring
November 23, 2016
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Colour Difference Between Photoshop and Lightroom

  • November 23, 2016
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I'm having issues with colour difference between Photoshop and LIghtroom.

The file originated as a panorama in lightroom which I then opened as a Smart Object in Photoshop. The file was too large to save as a TIF, so I saved as a PSD. This was saved back to Lightroom. However there is an obvious difference between how the image renders (and exports) in Lightroom, and how it renders (and exports) from Photoshop.

My Lightroom settings are:

Preferences > External Editing

File Format: TIFF

Color Space: Pro Photo RGB

Bit Depth: 16 bits/component

Compression: None

My Photoshop Colour Settings are:

Edit > Color Settings

RGB: Pro Photo RGB

Image > Mode > RGB Color : 16 Bits / Channel

Note: The image is toned, so it isn't greyscale.

Here is a screen cap of the images side-by side (Photoshop on the left, Lightroom on the right):

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MAbifarin
Participant
January 24, 2019

I'm not sure if your problem is the same as mine but after days of searching, I found a solution that fixed my problem. I will copy and paste it below.

After running across an article (http://blogs.adobe.com/jkost/2018/04/lightroom-cc.html) I have come to the conclusion that the default profile for raw is now “adobe color” which for me adds a terrible looking orange tone to my photos. So… to fix this I now have to take some extra steps. I open raw files from Lightroom by right clicking the photo > Edit in > Open As smart object in Photoshop. Then, the photo will opened in Photoshop with the terrible orange tint. Now, double click on the background image to open the raw file. Change the profile to “Adobe Standard” and press “OK”. I was so frustrated with. If anyone knows how to make the profile always “adobe standard” I would be a happy camper!

Per Berntsen
Community Expert
Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 23, 2016

I'm not familiar with smart objects, may be that somehow has caused the problem.

The file was too large to save as a TIF, so I saved as a PSD

As far as I know, TIF has a maximum file size of 4 GB, which is quite a lot.

What are the pixel dimensions of the image?

Did you edit the image in PS and add layers before importing it to LR, or did you import to LR straight from the camera (or scanner)?

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1ndivisibleAuthor
Inspiring
November 23, 2016

The image is big (11000 x 4000), but is made bigger by the fact it contains an additional image for focus stacking. There aren't actually any smart-objects in there now as I had to Eastertide them so I could merge them. There are also a lot of luminosity masks and adjustment layers.

I didn't import it into Lightroom. I created a panorama from several images in Lightroom and chose 'Open in Photoshop as a smart object'. This opens a PSD containing the image which is automatically added to Lightroom when the file is saved.

Per Berntsen
Community Expert
Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 23, 2016

In that case I suggest posting in the Photoshop forum, where you might get better help.

Hopefully a moderator will see this, and move the whole thread to the Photoshop forum.

Per Berntsen
Community Expert
Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 23, 2016

Your screenshot shows that you are proofing CMYK colors in Photoshop, which could explain the different color.

Press Cmd+Y to turn the proof off (or View > Proof colors).

Does that make any difference?

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1ndivisibleAuthor
Inspiring
November 23, 2016

Thanks and well spotted, but unfortunately that hasn't made any difference.

Per Berntsen
Community Expert
Per BerntsenCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 23, 2016

Well, when LR and PS don't display identical colors, it's usually caused by a defective monitor profile, but it's not so common with Macs, more so on Windows.

As a diagnostic tool, and as a possible temporary fix, try setting the monitor profile to sRGB, or Adobe RGB if you have a wide gamut monitor. I'm a Windows user myself, so I can't give you any instructions, but take a look at this article:

http://www.lightroomqueen.com/articles-page/how-do-i-change-my-monitor-profile-to-check-whether-its-corrupted/

If this fixes the problem, you should calibrate the monitor with a hardware calibrator.

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