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November 18, 2022
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dark images in ACR

  • November 18, 2022
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when i open an image from photoshop to adobe camera raw 2023 the image darkens and then lightens when back in photoshop. Help please!

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New Participant
November 29, 2022

I am having this same issue. Any luck figuring out how to fix it?

 

New Participant
November 29, 2022

Oh, this seems to have helped. Once I've opened the Camera Raw Filter I went to the settings cog in the upper right hand and scrolled down to Performance and Use Graphics Processor and turned it off. Even though I had this setting turned off in my general Photoshop settings it seems to turn itself on in the Camera Raw Filter.

 

TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
November 29, 2022

If turning OFF GPU works, it's a GPU bug and you need to contact the manufacturer or find out if there's an updated driver for it. This is why disabling GPU is an option as more and more functionality moves to the GPU in newer versions of many Adobe products.
Also see: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cc-gpu-card-faq.html
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/acr-gpu-faq.html

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
November 18, 2022

Need more data. You're working with a raw from what camera, opening first in ACR? You apply edits and when you ask to 'open' it looks different at this point? 

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
lizdixonAuthor
New Participant
November 19, 2022

Thank you for the reply. It happens with .NEF, .ARW & .RAF files when they are opened directly into ACR. It also happens with all files including .jpg when opened in ACR from photoshop. For a split second they look as they should and then a second later I can see them visably darken. This has only started happenign since upgrading to 2023 version 24.0.1 and ACR 15.0. When I then go from ACR to photoshop they do the reverse; dark for a second then visably lighten.

TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
November 19, 2022

First, try disabling GPU in the preferences (Performance tab). Any better?

 


If not, recalibrate and build a new ICC display profile; the old one might be corrupted.


If you are using software/hardware for this task, be sure the software is set to build a matrix, not LUT profile, Version 2, not Version 4 profile.
If turning OFF the GPU works, it's a GPU bug, and you need to contact the manufacturer or find out if there's an updated driver for it. 


Also see: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/acr-gpu-faq.htmlhttps://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/photoshop-cc-gpu-card-faq.html 

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"