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rbanks88
rbanks88
Inspiring
July 20, 2023
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Getting very different results printing from Lightroom versus Photoshop

  • July 20, 2023
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Lightroom is printing images much differently than Photoshop, and I believe they should look exactly the same.

I printed the image on the left in Lightroom, and the one on the right in Photoshop. Quite a difference in blues and greens, and the pink/magenta patches really diverge. The differences you see here are pretty much what I'm seeing in my viewing booth. With the chart side-by-side on my display, they look the same.

 

 

Both prints were photographed in the same shot.

The file's profile is Adobe RGB.

My Eizo display is using an Adobe RBG profile. (although I don't think that would make any difference in this test)

Photoshop's working space is set to Adobe RBG.

Lightroom's develop settings are all zeroed, and no adjustments were made in Photoshop.

Both LR and PS printed using the Epson-provided profile for their Premium Luster paper I used.

The driver's print settings are the same:

 

Photoshop's Print Settings menu:

 

Lightroom's Print Job Panel:

 

The different profile names is because Lightroom seems to display the profile's Mac Script Name, while Photoshop displays the ASCII Name. They are the same ColorSync file.

 

Any idea why I’m getting such different results printing with LR vs PS? As you can see, the Photoshop version is more accurate. The Lightroom version is way off, so I'm posting this on the Lightroom forum.

 

Thanks,
Russell

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Correct answer JohanElzenga

Your screenshots show that Photoshop is using Relative Colorimetric intent while Lightroom is using Perceptual intent, so they are not the same settings.

 

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GoldingD
GoldingD
Legend
July 20, 2023

Also, this could be just a PS vs LrC handling of info from the icc profile, but are those the same profile? Words are different. Both for the same paper? Same ink?

 

JohanElzenga
Community Expert
JohanElzengaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
July 20, 2023

Your screenshots show that Photoshop is using Relative Colorimetric intent while Lightroom is using Perceptual intent, so they are not the same settings.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
    rbanks88
    rbanks88Author
    Inspiring
    July 21, 2023

    That was it, Johan! It's great to have another pair of eyes that can see things I’m missing. When I turned on soft proofing in Lightroom, I could easily see the difference between relative and perceptual rendering. 

     

    However, I was surprised the difference was as great as it was. As I understand it, rendering intent controls how out-of-gamut colors are dealt with. I didn't think the Macbeth color chart what have colors so far out of the Adobe RGB gamut. 

     

    Thanks again for your help!

    JohanElzenga
    Community Expert
    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 21, 2023

    These colors are not out of AdobeRGB, but out of the gamut of your printer profile.

     

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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