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July 3, 2018
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LR Classic CC gross over saturation of images

  • July 3, 2018
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Yesterday when I opened LR or PS to edit photos from a recent trip I noticed that the colors displayed are grossly over saturated. They have a very noticeable reddish cast and very over saturated (specialy warm tones). When I compare two same images one outside LR and the other in it the difference is incredible.

I have restarted the computer, recalibrated the monitor with i1 from X-Rite and also tried to set sRGB as default color profile. Nothing works. Please what can I do??

Both LR and PS are updated and I'm running them on Windows 8.

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DdeGannes
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 4, 2018

It would help if you could share the original raw file from your camera. Also provide info about any special settings you have set in camera while capturing the image.

Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
Participating Frequently
July 4, 2018

It's not camera related. I think the problem's been solved, the profiles generated by my calibrator are corrupted. I will do some more tests and post here if I find out any new information.

Todd Shaner
Legend
July 4, 2018

What model monitor and i1 display calibrator are you using? The older Eye 1 Display 1 and 2 pucks were designed for CCFL backlight displays and don't work properly with the new LED backlight displays.

Monitor calibration problem with eye-one display 2: Printers and Printing Forum: Digital Photography Review

You may be able to find a calibration profile at TFT Central for your monitor model that you can download and test. If it corrects the issue your calibrator is probably defective or incompatible with the monitor's backlight.

ICC Profiles and Monitor Settings Database - TFTCentral

Per Berntsen
Community Expert
Community Expert
July 3, 2018

Please post a screenshot of the entire Lightroom window with an image in Develop, with the History panel, Histogram and the Basic panel visible and expanded, as well as a screenshot of the same image viewed outside Lightroom.

Participating Frequently
July 3, 2018

Here is the image as I see on LR, PS or any other color managed software. Very oversaturated colors. Below is the same image from my website, with correct colors (light orange, not glowing)

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July 3, 2018

What is strange is that I have never had this problem before, and I use this monitor and computer for a few years. I haven't changed any configurations and I don't think it's a hardware issue because I see the correct colors on the internet and such. The problem only happens in color managed editing softwares, such as LR.