Process Version 6 Color Issues

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January 26, 2024
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I edit Canon CR3 RAW files, and the HSL sliders on Process Version 6 in Lightroom Classic are very buggy. For example, increasing the Orange saturation decreases the overall saturation of Yellow, making the image look cooler. Decreasing the saturation of Magenta to -100 makes the Reds way too saturated, etc.

The worst part is when I switch to process version 5 or 4 and then make any adjustments, it automatically switches to PV6. I attached a screen recording of this issue.

How do I keep the process version locked at 5?

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling LR Classic and making a new catalog, but I still had the same issue.

I'm on MacOS Sonoma 14.3, M2 MacBook Pro, Lightroom Classic 13.1, Camera Raw 16.1.

Screen_Recording.zip

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GoldingD

Legend

Have you considered resetting LrC preferences file?

Carefully read:

https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-reset-lightrooms-preferences/

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makeditsAuthor

Inspiring

I just reset all my preferences by going to Preferences - General, holding the opt key and pressing Reset all preferences and relaunch.

Still the same issue...

GoldingD

Legend

Defiantly time to start a chat with Adobe. And during the chat, be assertive to request an actual Adobe Tech. Probably on Monday, but what the heck give it a try.

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drtonyb

Legend

@makedits

You can't lock any prior Process Version. Any adjustments change PV to 6. This is as designed.

Your attached screen recording shows very little that can be used to help you.

I have not encountered any problems like those you have described with HSL in PV 6.

Testing with a raw photo (NEF) of a colour chart, increasing Orange Saturation does not change Yellow at all. Likewise, decreasing Magenta Saturation has no visible effect on Red.

More information is needed from you to help resolve your issue.

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makeditsAuthor

Inspiring

You can't lock any prior Process Version. Any adjustments change PV to 6. This is as designed.

But I don't understand why they would design it this way. Previously, when PV5 was the latest, I could switch to PV 4 or 3, and it would stay locked to that. PV6 clearly has different color hues. Imagine you're a professional product photographer where color accuracy is crucial. You update LR, update every edited photo to the latest process version, and all your colors look slightly off. You go back to make some changes, and it keeps switching back to something you don't prefer. If it's a few photos, then sure, I can spend some time and play with the HSL sliders to somehow match my previous edit. But when it's a matter of hundreds of photos, things do get frustrating.

I have attached a video and two photos showing how buggy my color renditions are with PV6. All I did was Green saturation -100 and then Orange saturation +58. That should not be changing the colors of the greens in the background so drastically. This wasn't the case with previous process versions.

Legend

I'm sorry, but your video and images only show the change between Green Sat -100 and Green Sat -100 + Orange Sat +58 for PV 6. You seem to be saying that you prefer PV 5, but haven't shown the difference you see between the two Process Versions.