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Julien22102645ctah
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November 3, 2023
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Issue between Library and Develop Modules and Output

  • November 3, 2023
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Hi,

My output image looks very different than in Develop Mode and similar to viewing in Library mode. The blacks have been brought down considerable and overall the image looks darker with more contrast.
i looked through similar threads and followed everyones advice; turn off GPU, select ProPhoto color space, purge cache, restart LR but i still have the same issue.

Viewing on the same screen, none of the hardware changes

Its frustrating as now i do not have a faithful rendering of what the outputed image will look like.

Would really appreciate your help in figuring this out

 

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    JohanElzenga
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    JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 3, 2023

    What do you mean with "Select ProPhoto color space"? Select it where? Do not select it as monitor profile!!! Select the default profile that your Mac came with, or better: calibrate your screen and create a custom monitor profile.

     

    -- Johan W. Elzenga
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      Julien22102645ctahAuthor
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      November 3, 2023

      Hi Johan

      thabka for your reply. 
      i set Prophoto RGB in the Preferences Panel. 
      From what I read Library is shown in sRGB color space but Develop is in ProPhoto so there can be a difference between the two. 
      My real issue is that the outputted image looks more contrasted and darker than in the Develop Module and almost exactly the same as when viewed in Libarary. Which seems backwards to me. 
      i am viewing them on the same machine, no change of hardware color space. Seems like an internal issue with LR. Perhaps it's just a matter of choosing or selecting a particular setting. 
      ive been using LR for a long time and never had this issue. 
      if you had any insight I would appreciate it

      best

      j

        JohanElzenga
        Community Expert
        JohanElzengaCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        November 3, 2023

        "i set Prophoto RGB in the Preferences Panel. "

         

        In what Preferences panel and where in that panel? Can you post a screenshot? You cannot define the color space that Lightroom Classic uses. It always uses a special color space (not exactly ProPhotoRGB, but close to that) in the Develop module and AdobeRGB (not sRGB) in the other modules, and you cannot change that. You can only select different color spaces on export, so it's still not clear what you did.

         

        The different color spaces in Develop and Library can indeed lead to small differences in appearance, but not very much. The reason is that no monitor can show colors that are far beyond AdobeRGB.  When you are working in the Develop module, you are not seeing the image in ProPhotoRGB, but converted to your monitor profile. That is what 'color management' is all about. The same applies to viewing images in the Library, so differences between the two modules should be small or non-existent, depending on the native color space of your monitor. Your screenshots show a difference that should not be so large, which leads me to believe this is a monitor profile issue.

         

        -- Johan W. Elzenga
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