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ninjapimp
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September 13, 2012
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Lightroom changes the appearance of my images after import

  • September 13, 2012
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I dont understand this or why it does it. my preferences has everything unchecked.

I import my images

i see the thumbnails which look fine but when i click on image, it displays on my 2nd monitor and looks perfect. but here is the problem, a second later it makes an adjestment to it which ruins my image, it makes it too bright. its like its auto toning yet i dont understand why it must do this.

my goal is to simply view my image on 2nd monitor w/o lightroom making any adjustments to it.

how can i prevent this or why is it happening?

can anyone please help me...any help would be greatly appreaciated.

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    Correct answer martin-s9001387

    Are you recording images in RAW format?

    If so, this post might have the explanation.

    30 replies

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    miditime
    Participant
    February 2, 2016

    Whoops, she left out that you needed to sync. (Watch the options you want to check.)

    See this tutorial:

    #CreativeFriday – Lightroom Sync Settings / Batch processing for a consistent style across a body of work.

    M
    miditime
    Participant
    February 2, 2016

    And once you fix that problem, you'll want to read this about batch developing:

    http://photofocus.com/2014/03/27/batch-applying-presets-using-lightroom/

    M
    miditime
    Participant
    February 2, 2016

    Here's a short tutorial on how to take care of this issue.

    Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 * Adjust the color calibration for your camera

    I hate reading directions too. I'm glad there are threads like this that help me find the answers to problems.

    N
    Nightjar
    Known Participant
    January 19, 2016

    I totally understand the complaining! It is a true issue that should be taken care of by Adobe. It is

    really unprofessional, no discussion!

    Those arguing 'then shoot jpeg' are clearly either trying to defense adobe or not really working in

    the photography/film business!

    Let me explain:

    Of course it is RAW and basically all the information is there and can be adjusted. But: do you

    want to start of balanced, oversaturated, over contrasty image? No, unless you have too much

    time. What you want is a great starting point for editing your pictues! And clearly Lightroom/PS

    doesn't allow that by misinterpreting the cameras RAW/applying a lousy tonal change!

    I - and apparently many others - have set their camera to a neutral, flat setting. And thats

    how I would like to starte editing/grading my pictures.


    This should be no big technical deal for adobe! Shame on you! That it is possible show - for

    those who know it - DaVinci Resolve, here you can set your RAW processing based on

    a RAW editor. E.g you can set to SLOG so the RAW will be interpreted correctly.


    I hope this will change in the future...and there are a lot of entries with people complaining

    about it. And for all the others: stop saying it isn't an issue!

    RikkFlohr: Inactive
    RikkFlohr: Inactive
    Inspiring
    January 19, 2016

    "I hope this will change in the future..."


    I doubt it will.

    and

    If I wanted my images to look like some anonymous camera manufacturer engineer processed them, I would just have their engineer take the photo.  Why would you settle for their interpretation? Why would you demand it.

    I take the opposite position and adjust my camera JPEGs to look more like raw files so am not FOOLED by camera-makers slight of hand on JPEG processing.

      johnvrasta
      johnvrasta
      Participant
      November 22, 2015

      Why Does the Photograph’s Preview Change in Lightroom and Bridge? | The Complete Picture with Julieanne Kost | Adobe TV

      is the answer to the original question. I was a little bit confused about this discrepancy between the initial preview and the changed picture i view when i load the image either in Librady or Develop modules. Julieanne Kost explains it all once more

      PhotoBean
      PhotoBean
      Participating Frequently
      November 8, 2015

      Getting the photo right in camera is a big time saver.  So if I don't have to do it all over again I am happy.  I like being happy, and I like spending more time shooting photos and less time tweaking photos.

      Different things make different people happy.

      And that's all I have to say about that, ever.

      DdeGannes
      Community Expert
      DdeGannesCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 8, 2015

      I agree, do things that make you happy and do not do things that make you unhappy.

      Regards, Denis: iMac 27” mid-2015, macOS 11.7.10 Big Sur; 2TB SSD, 24 GB Ram, GPU 2 GB; LrC 12.5,; Lr 6.5, PS 24.7,; ACR 15.5,; (also Laptop Win 11, ver 24H2, LrC 15.0.1, PS 27.0; ) Camera Oly OM-D E-M1.
      PhotoBean
      PhotoBean
      Participating Frequently
      November 8, 2015

      I don't want to have to go through all those steps, just so I can see the photo in Lightroom the way I can already see it in the manufacturers software.

        Uncle

      RikkFlohr: Inactive
      RikkFlohr: Inactive
      Inspiring
      November 8, 2015

      Well, PhotoBean,

      You have a couple of choices.

      1. Convince your camera manufacturer to disclose their proprietary algorithms so that third-party software can emulate what they are doing behind their veil of secrecy

      or

      2. Create your own 'to-taste' development preset and apply it as a default when you import (or set a default import state).

      You are barking up an 8-year-old tree here.

      D
      Dietch
      Participant
      January 1, 2016

      If the manufacturer's jpeg rendering is preferred, couldn't one somehow use a colorchecker, take both a raw and a jpeg image, and then calculate the differences required to generate/approximate the jpeg colours for processing the raw file somehow? I'm no lawyer so don't know of any problems in attempting to create a profile this way...

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      BruceALevitt
      Participant
      November 2, 2015

      Sorry, I did not read entire entry trail above.

      I had  the same problem, something changed when I upgraded too LR-CC

      But I finally figured it out.

      Regardless of your setting in the import window LR (at least on my imports) was applying filters.

      I corrected this by going to Library-Edit-Preferences-Presets (second tab).

      I bet Apply Auto Tone Adjustments is checked.  I was on my LR

      Uncheck and your import should work fine, mine did.

      Who  ever was the genius who changed the program at Adobe should be fired.

      And where is the do  not import  duplicates on the new import window.

      Fire the person who eliminated it also.  Yes there  is a work around but it was one click before.

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        toemanh83045779
        Participant
        November 2, 2015

        Thank you

        problem solved

        PhotoBean
        PhotoBean
        Participating Frequently
        November 7, 2015

        Or ya could just stop paying for the privilege of wasting time getting your raw image color settings back to where they were when you took the photo. 

        Here is the work around:

        1. Open your raw photos in the camera manufacturers software and export as uncompressed tiffs.  And then edit the tiffs in other software, or if you must Adobe something.

        or

        2.  Even easier, use the camera manufactures software to edit the photos.

          R
          RMRMRMRMRMRRMRM
          Participant
          September 26, 2015

          I'm also finding this really annoying with my Fuji X100S pictures. I couldn't get the RAW's as nice as the preview.

          This article really helped for me: How to Get Accurate Fuji Colors in Lightroom

          I'll also start shooting more in jpeg now I think.

          ssprengel
          ssprengel
          Inspiring
          September 26, 2015

          Shooting raw allows for adjusting and synchronizing white-balance and recovering details in highlights and shadows that are clipped white or black in the JPG as well as applying sharpening and noise-reduction with finesse.

          If matching what the camera does is more important than the above, then sure, shoot JPG.

          yannickw39188798
          yannickw39188798
          Participant
          August 30, 2015

          I have the same problem.

          An older 32 bit PC changes things a bit less. Lightroom 5.5

          My new PC (lightroom CC latest version) has strange issues with intense darker red (it appears pixelated with a 100% purple hue). It is as if the raw converter has a bug.

          The same happens in Photoshop.

          On the old PC, the colors are still different from the as-shot jpg, but I can work and get close (or better)

          On the new PC, the files where it happens are ready for the garbage bin. Untreatable.

          On the old pc, the slight differences in color between the brief jpg preview and then the raw NEVER bothered me.

          On the new pc, with some lighting conditions or subjects, MANY photo's appearr much worse after the brief jpg review.

          In short: the new 64 bit raw conversion is in many cases unusable.

          No way the new 64 bit version of LR and Photoshop treat raw data better than the older versions.

          There must be a hidden "feature" or setting (which I cannot find) or a bug.

          This is with an older Panasonic L1 body.

          But it works properly with Lightroom 5.5 on a 32 bit PC.

          It also works correctly in Photoshop 2015 CC on the same 32 bit PC

            yannickw39188798
            yannickw39188798
            Participant
            August 30, 2015

            a comparison of one pic can be found here for about 8 weeks:

            One.com File Manager

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