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NMPhotography89
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March 25, 2023
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Color issue in Lightroom

  • March 25, 2023
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I'm hoping someone can help me with an issue I just started having with Lightroom.  When I import photos to Lightroom and am viewing them in my library the color is exactly how it was shot in my camera.  All of the settings are the default settings and I have never messed with any of the import settings on Lightroom or my camera.  However, when I go into develop mode the color of the photo completely changes.  The contrast is severe and it warms the photo up so much it's not even recognizable from the original.  Does anyone know how to fix this?  This started happening suddenly after a Lightroom update and I cannot figure out how to get it back to looking like my original photographs when I go to edit them.  Below are some screen shots of the before and after. Help!

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Jao vdLCommunity Expert
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March 25, 2023

Make sure you change your preference for raw development (in Settings->Presets in Classic and Preferences->Import in Cloudy) to Camera Settings. This will make the default rendering close to the in-camera jpeg (that's what Lightroom shows you before you go into Develop). Raw images do not have a default rendering and the camera shows you the in-camera jpeg that is embedded into every raw file. When you choose camera settings, Lightroom will use a camera profile and settings that will approximate the in-camera generated jpeg. 

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NMPhotography89Author
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March 27, 2023

Thank you for your response! However, I am not seeing the settings you describe.  I am using adobe Lightroom classic CC. Do you mind walking me through how to get to the places to reset the settings you're talking about?

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Jao vdLCommunity Expert
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March 27, 2023

It depends a bit on whether you're on Mac or on windows. Go to the settings thing (usually in the Lightroom Classic menu item), go to the presets tab and at the top of the interface you should see a raw defaults item. Set this to 'camera settings'. This will apply to new imports. For already imported images the trick is to in develop apply the camera settings preset thy is available there and it will have the same effect

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