LR v8.0 colours different in library and develop module

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October 15, 2018
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I just installed the version 8. On windows 10, Fuji RAF files look completely different in library module and in develop module, softproofing is unchecked. It seems the rendering is wrong in Develop, which makes it unusable. Too contrasty and saturated in develop module.

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Correct answer Ian Lyons

dblues wrote
No, in this case there is no difference, they both appear with the library colours. The navigator image still displays different in each module. There is also a difference in fill view

The two modules use a different preview architecture so to some degree, a slight difference is to be expected. And you really MUST examine both at 1:1 (100%) as whenever you 'zoom out', there is some subsampling of the image and you don't see an 'accurate' preview of colors, sharpness and in your example, probably that 'noise'.

thedigitaldog wrote
The two modules use a different preview architecture so to some degree, a slight difference is to be expected. And you really MUST examine both at 1:1 (100%) as whenever you 'zoom out', there is some subsampling of the image and you don't see an 'accurate' preview of colors, sharpness and in your example, probably that 'noise'.

And that difference will be significantly more obvious with high ISO underexposed photos.

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Jao vdL

Community Expert

Are any of the people seeing problems with rendering using a BenQ monitor not calibrated to the native primaries? There is a bug that causes incorrect rendering in Develop that can cause shifts in the shadow rendering. If you have a BenQ wide gamut monitor you should calibrate it to its native primaries.

Also on many monitors if you use canned profiles (i.e. you don't calibrate yourself) these differences between Develop and Library are usually caused by bad monitor profiles. You can check if this is the case by associating a standard profile (such as sRGB or adobeRGB) with your monitor. If the color difference disappears, the display profile is the problem and you should recalibrate.

A last already mentioned reason for (very minor) differences between Library and Develop is very noisy images. As mentioned many times, the zoomed out view does not deal with noise reduction and sharpening very well in very noisy or images with extreme sharpening or noise reduction samples. The difference should not cause strong shift in tint in general except if you do not apply any color noise reduction to the image (which you almost always should do except perhaps in astrophotography).

Try applying a bit more color noise reduction.

kertinv78077290

Participant

Same problem, its super frustrating. I see perfect neutral colors in Library mode, as soon as I go to develop, lightroom adds some random profile to image that I have not asked for. Also problem in the "reference image" view. Take an image, set it as a reference, now put exactly the same image for comparison - there will be a huge color difference between the same image in different modules. And that's even in the reference view. Adobe seems not to understand the importance of color management at all. Also, yes, i have turned off gpu, all my monitors are regularly color calibrated. Please just acknowledge the error in your part and fix it, stop pushing the blame on your clients.

yeenshekoski

Participant

I have the same problem as you. ADOBE can't help or fix anything. Finally, I went to check on the GPU settings in Performnace. All of these problems were gone. If you have any problems like this, check the performance settings.

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jfm35051248

Participating Frequently

I had a similar problem where the GPU rendering of Lightroom in the Develop module would be very different than the Library and thumbnail preview. Updating Lightroom and my GPU drivers did not solve the problem. Disabling GPU in Lightroom settings would solve the problem but defeats the purpose of having a GPU.

SOLUTION: I calibrated my monitor (with an i1Studio device) and once the monitor profile was installed, the colors matched between Library and Develop module. Hope this helps. Best,

Mohit Goyal

Community Manager

Hi dblues,

We're really sorry for all the trouble. Could you please update the graphics card from the manufacturer's website, restart your machine and check and if that helps.

If updating graphics card doesn't help then, uncheck the GPU from the Lightroom preferences and let us know the results.

Go to Lightroom > Preferences > Performance tab > Uncheck GPU > Restart Lightroom.

Regards,

Mohit

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dbluesAuthor

Known Participant

I've tried that and it doesn't make a difference.

This problem is not present on all images, this is only for high iso underexposed images pushed 1 or 2 stops.

The example above is not dependent of the process I choose, the image was originaly developped with process 3 and the difference between devlop and library is present. If I create a virtual copy and change it to process 5, it's the same.

I have another example that is even more pronounced: