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July 29, 2013

P: Color problems with slideshows in Lightroom 5

  • July 29, 2013
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The Problem:

A client uses a MacBook Pro, an Epson 77c projector, and Lightroom to show slideshows using the slideshow module of Lightroom. In Lightroom 5.0, the reds and oranges of the slides when shown on the projector are over-saturated - but *only* when using the Slideshow module. This is a new problem since upgrading to Lightroom 5.0.

Additional details:

* I have created a calibrated display profile for the projector (using a Spyder 4 Elite) and made sure that the Mac is set to use the proper calibration for the projector in the Displays pane of System Preferences.

* Even if I select a different (incorrect) calibration for the projector, such as the generic sRGB one provided by Mac OS X, the problem persists (although of course the colors in the photos look worse in general, too).

* As I said, this is a new problem with Lightroom 5. With the exact same setup and photos in Lightroom 4, I do not see the problem.

* The oversaturation only happens with the slideshow module displayed on the projector. It does not happen if the very same photos are displayed on the projector using loupe mode or Lightroom 5's new fullscreen mode in the Library module.

* The problem only happens with the projector. If I display the very same photos using slideshow on the MacBook Pro's built-in screen, the photos look fine. I hooked the MacBook Pro up to an external monitor (a Dell UltraSharp U2412M), configured things to be exactly the same as they were when I used the projector, and did not see the problem.

* The photo files in question are RAW photos from a Nikon D7000 and/or D90 (saw it with photos from both cameras).

* I tried several slideshow presets - including the built-in ones - and saw the same behavior with all of them.

* Typically the MacBook Pro is setup to mirror the display to the projector (so, the same thing appears on both screens). I did try setting up the projector as a second screen and used Lightroom's second window feature to run the slideshow on the projector, with the same result.

* The MacBook Pro is running Mac OS X 10.7.5.

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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    February 24, 2014
    Good! Thank you!
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    J453
    Legend
    February 24, 2014
    Ok. This looks like an issue beyond the slideshow just supporting sRGB. Hopefully we can address this in an update.
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    McGuireScottAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    February 20, 2014
    Okay, thanks, Jeffrey. I look forward to hearing more, and I'll be happy to provide additional information if it would be useful.
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    J453
    Legend
    February 20, 2014
    There may well be a bug/issue here outside of Slideshow being unmanaged/sRGB only - but I wanted to get that info out there first. I've asked someone more familiar with Slideshow to take a look at this thread.
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    McGuireScottAuthor
    Participating Frequently
    February 20, 2014
    Jeffrey,

    Thanks for your reply.

    Are you saying that the reasons colors look wrong when playing slideshows in Lightroom 5.3 is because it's not attempting to do any sort of color management, even though other parts of Lightroom do?

    As Bill said, when I export JPEGs to sRGB and then view them, they don't look washed out as they do when playing a slideshow in Lightroom 5.3. (Nor did they exhibit the red/orange oversaturation that I saw with slideshows in Lightroom 5.0 & 5.2.)

    I don't know if you wanted this information from everyone or just Bill, but my camera calibration is set to Adobe Standard.
    dclivejazz
    dclivejazz
    Participating Frequently
    February 20, 2014
    Well, my monitor is set to Adobe RGB color space. Maybe some of the effect is because of viewing something in sRBG in the Adobe RGB color space. But when I export jpegs in sRGB to upload to smugmug, and view that on my monitor, I don't think they appear as washed out online. Will double-check.

    Thanks for getting back to me. Much appreciated.
    dclivejazz
    dclivejazz
    Participating Frequently
    February 20, 2014
    Camera Calibration is set to Adobe Standard. I've never changed it so far, that I know of.
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    J453
    Legend
    February 20, 2014
    Slideshow currently only displays in sRGB. The team is looking into color management options for Slideshow.
    J
    J453
    Legend
    February 20, 2014
    Are you using the Camera Profile? or Adobe Standard? (Camera Calibration section of Develop)
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    FeedbackCommunityMember
    Inspiring
    February 17, 2014
    I'm actually seeing an opposite problem, all my photos become more grey/green/desaturated. They look fine in the module until I hit play. Once I hit play - everything changes. 😞 Not good. Oh, and I should mention this is all on my monitor, not on a projector.
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