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danielecolombo
danielecolombo
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September 3, 2017
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Dramatic change in images between Library and Develop

  • September 3, 2017
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I just installed LR CC and am shocked by the way images in Library and Develop look different. This never happened in LR 5! I understand this huge difference depends on the use of two different color spaces by the two modules. As I mostly don't like at all what it shows in Develop and have to waste time to get back to what I already had in Library, is there a way I can prevent LR to play with my pictures?

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D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 3, 2017

danielecolombo  wrote

I understand this huge difference depends on the use of two different color spaces by the two modules.

That's not correct. True, Library uses Adobe RGB and Develop uses 1.0 (linear) ProPhoto, but this difference is not visible on any currently made monitor. Even the widest gamut display currently available barely extends beyond Adobe RGB. So they should always display identically.

If there is a difference, it's because your monitor profile is defective in some way. If you're not using a calibrator to make your profiles, you may have gotten a bad manufacturer profile through Windows Update. This happens a lot.

If you do use a calibrator, make sure it's set to produce version 2 and matrix-based profiles. Version 4 and/or table-based should work well, but not all calibrators write these profiles according to spec, and so they may cause problems.

To test this, replace your current profile with a known good one, like sRGB (or Adobe RGB for a wide gamut model):

Relaunch Lightroom when done, it needs to load the new profile at startup.

danielecolombo
danielecolomboAuthor
Participant
September 6, 2017

Thanks a lot for this feedback. The idea that different color spaces matter is not mine - as I did not even know thjey existed! - but Adobe's: check https://helpx.adobe.com/lightroom/kb/color-faq.html

Since I installed Windows 10 I have these issue anyway: e.g. when I upload pictures in Flickr they look over exposed and I have to under expose them 0.5 to 1 stop to get a decent result (in Flickr, but a very dark image in LR!)

I'll try your sugegstions and see what happens, although it does not seem logical to me that a badly calibrated monitor is not consistent in its bias... but I'm not expert!

Thanks again and best regards

Daniele

dj_paige
dj_paige
Legend
September 3, 2017

It would help if you show us screen captures. It would also help if you described the differences ... are they color differences, or detail differences, or vignetting, or what?


Nevertheless, one possible solution is to make sure your monitor is properly calibrated.

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