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Adamski0
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February 1, 2022
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Apple Preview vs Photoshop

  • February 1, 2022
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I know I'm beating on a dead horse, there been countless posts about colour management, but I still have issues, that I can not resolve. Working on a .ORF file, which is RAW Olympus, for those uninitiated, and here's my problem. I preview the pictures quickly with Apple quick look, which I'm assuming is the same as opening in Preview. Then when I open it with Photoshop Camera Raw, the colours look very different, and even the brightness looks different. I am working in sRGB1966 both on Photoshop and on my Olympus camera. Long story short, the pictures look better in Preview, truer colours, more dynamic range. So, why is that, and how should I work on my pictures, make them look good in Photoshop, or make them look good in Preview and probably the rest i.e. web. Attaching photo to show the difference, obviously left is Photoshop, right is Preview, same screen, same settings. Thank you in advance for any help.

 

Paul

 

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TheDigitalDog
TheDigitalDog
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February 1, 2022

Quicklook is buggy; forget it. Even with non raws, there are reports here of a mismatch with PSD vs. TIFF; again, Quicklook is simply not the way to view anything accurately. Photoshop's previews are correct.

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    NB, colourmanagementCommunity Expert
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    February 1, 2022

    In the Mac's 'Quicklook' (a file preview), you'll be viewing the small sRGB file that accompanies the RAW, so, that’s a small jpeg with much of the quality gone (I've read that up to 83% of a RAW is lost when just taking the cameras auto made jpeg. . Of course the jpeg IS optimised by the camera manufacturers internal software for appearance - whereas the RAW is just that, unprocessed. Hence the difference.

     

    SO in conclusion - jpeg's are OK for basic amateur use, as long as you don't need to resize (which causes issues as it's already compressed), RAW files properly processed are more professional. 

    You choose. Those imageof yours are probably hiding a lot of potential, you just need to work to get it. 

     

    The RAW can be made to look like the jpeg [at whatever size you need] if that’s what you want, it is also open to many more interpretations, that’s the beauty of RAW and Photoshop.

     

    I hope this helps
    neil barstow, colourmanagement net :: adobe forum volunteer
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