Darker photos in PS than in LR

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June 5, 2023
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Hello. I have been using a MacBook Pro 14" 2021 for some time now and I have the following problem between LR and PS: photo in Lightroom that is already edited, I would like to change it in Photoshop. When I click edit in Photoshop the same photo is darker in PS. LR settings are : Profoto , 16 bit , TIFF. the strange thing is that when I change something in PS and go back to LR, the exposure is ok. it is bright as the original photo in LR and when I export the photo from Lightroom and Photoshop, the jpg is the same, in the sense that both are the same, there is no difference with one is light the other is dark. looks like PS is displaying the same picture much darker... Anyone have any suggestions for the correct settings in PS?

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Kevin Stohlmeyer

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Hi @Piotr226267830jia what are your specific color profile settings in each app? Are they synced?

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PS settings

Kevin Stohlmeyer

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Hi @Piotr226267830jia I can tell from the bottom right - they are not synced. Go to Adobe Bridge, select your color setting and then apply/sync to the other apps.

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On the left photo from LR, right hand side photo is from PS

my setting in LR

D Fosse

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Color settings don't need to match. The image will open in whatever color space you set in Lr preferences external editing. Photoshop's working space is irrelevant.

To me this looks like a GPU bug. What happens if you uncheck GPU?

EDIT: It could also be a bad monitor profile. Are you using a calibrator, or just the system default display profile?

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This screen is from internal Macbook screen. I belive is inrelevant because both porgrams LR and PS and showing this difference on the same screen. It looks like PS is darkening image.

Screen is calibreated anyway.

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