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Yellowish Color shift with Monitor Profile

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Hello,

since i changed from Canon to Fuji, i also left Canons Digital Photo professional (which i loved ...) for Lightroom classic.

So here is my problem:

Since 10 years i am using a Spyder Monitor callibration tool on Windows. It worked always very well. My Monitor was always showing me, what my prints looked like ...

Now i realize, that when i`m starting Lightroom, i get a yellowish Color shift on all my photos in the Development tool.

This Color shift looks nearly the same, when i load the Monitor Profile ICC in Canons DPP.

I tried this only for testing, because the Monitor Profile is active at startup of Windows, so everything on the screen is color corrected. So there is no need to load the Monitor Profile again in the software ...

But when i load the ICC Monitor Profile in DPP, it looks the same yellowish color shift as does Lightroom.

When i:

1. delete the ICC Profile in Windows

2. than start Lightroom

3. than reload the ICC Profile

Everything looks "right".

But when i start the cropping tool and finished, the yellowish color shift comes back.

BUT, when i change to full screen, the yellowish color shift is gone. When i close the full screen, the color shift is back.

So, i tried to find some informations about color management, but i realized, that there is no real color management in Lightroom, only a softproof.

Any ideas?

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Correct answer TheDigitalDog

miralem wrote
So, i tried to find some informations about color management, but i realized, that there is no real color management in Lightroom, only a softproof.

That's not close to accurate. If you want to get an idea of color management in LR:

http://digitaldog.net/files/18Color%20Management%20in%20Lightroom.pdf

Yeah, it's old but nothing has changed with respect to color management there.

Next, if the profile for the display is sound, what you see in Develop is 'correct' but the Spyder products are not that great and then there are the settings used for calibration and resulting profile that may or may not be ideal. But the Develop module, at 1:1 or greater is fully color managed preview and will match what you see in other applications.

So to trouble shoot this yellow that sometimes occurs:

1. Check GPU settings (on or off) and try a different setting. This is found in preferences.

2. It could be a faulty ICC display profile. Recalibrate and build a new one.

3. It could be how the profile was built. Set your software to build Version 2 (V2) not V4 profiles.

4. It could be the type of profile built. Try Matrix instead of LUT based profile. Again, that's a setting in whatever software you use to calibrate and profile the display.

miralemAuthor

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Hi Guys,

ok, i read all the above mentioned Links and understand most.

Thanks very much for that.

But what i dont understand:

I was always a little bit confused by the OSD Menu of the Monitor. I can select sRGB, Adobe RGB, 5000K, 6500K, 9000K or custom (RGB sliders).

NOW I think, all settings adjust the sliders directly.

But: here is what i dont understand. The Spyder 3 Software ask me, if i have RGB sliders in the OSD. So i set my screen to custom, to be able to correct the RGB, how spyder tells me.

But there is no question if i have a wide gammut screen or not. So, how does the OS or Lightroom know about my screen Gammut?

Does the ICC Profile manage the translation from Adobe RGB to sRGB?

So my screen is able to produce Adobe RGB. Now i would think, the screen is always Adobe RGB and the ICC profile changes the colors to the embedded profile in the jpg?

@ Todd

You mentioned above, that my screen has a sRGB "Emulation" on OSD. Yes, but when i select it, i cant change the RGB sliders in OSD.

So i think, the OSD is changing the RGB sliders automatically, to fit sRGB ...

2.

Maybe my problem is, that i make an Profile based on sRGB on an Adobe RGB screen...

3.

Using Lightroom as a RAW converter is only one part. The second part is my Video production with premiere pro. And all my Video exports are based on REC.709. And Rec.709 is nearly the same as sRGB.

As i know, there is no color management in premiere pro. Only a checkbox to convert to broadcast colors, but no option to select a monitor profile.

4.

Which colorimeter would you prefer?

Todd Shaner

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miralem wrote
I was always a little bit confused by the OSD Menu of the Monitor. I can select sRGB, Adobe RGB, 5000K, 6500K, 9000K or custom (RGB sliders).
NOW I think, all settings adjust the sliders directly.
But: here is what i dont understand. The Spyder 3 Software ask me, if i have RGB sliders in the OSD. So i set my screen to custom, to be able to correct the RGB, how spyder tells me.

Custom is the correct setting, which allows you to "manually" calibrate your monitor by adjusting its RGB controls for proper white balance. You also need to adjust its Brightness and Contrast controls as instructed by the Sypder software app during the calibration process. Please also follow the thedigitaldog's instructions for selecting ICC Version 2 and Matrix profile type in the Spyder software Preferences or Advanced menus. Also set Gamma for 2.2 and Luminance 120 cd/m2.

miralem wrote
But there is no question if i have a wide gammut screen or not. So, how does the OS or Lightroom know about my screen Gammut?

Monitor calibration is a two step process: 1) Manual calibration using the monitor's OSD controls, and 2) Profiling, which creates a display profile that tells the OS and color managed applications about the gamut and other parameters of your now calibrated display.

miralem wrote
So my screen is able to produce Adobe RGB. Now i would think, the screen is always Adobe RGB and the ICC profile changes the colors to the embedded profile in the jpg?

These are two separate processes. Lightroom uses it's own ProPhoto RGB Gamma 1.0 working color space. The embedded profile in the image file is used to "convert" the image to LR's working color space. That image is then output to your display with a 2nd conversion using the display profile you created and assigned by the OS to your monitor.

miralem wrote
You mentioned above, that my screen has a sRGB "Emulation" on OSD. Yes, but when i select it, i cant change the RGB sliders in OSD.
So i think, the OSD is changing the RGB sliders automatically, to fit sRGB ...
Maybe my problem is, that i make an Profile based on sRGB on an Adobe RGB screen...

You can use the sRGB OSD setting, but it limits the display's gamut and doesn't allow you to "manually" adjust its white balance using the RGB controls. The Spyder software will correct it, but at a loss of dynamic range, which can cause banding in fine gradients onscreen. That is why I suggest using the 'Custom' setting.

miralem wrote

Using Lightroom as a RAW converter is only one part. The second part is my Video production with premiere pro. And all my Video exports are based on REC.709. And Rec.709 is nearly the same as sRGB.
As i know, there is no color management in premiere pro. Only a checkbox to convert to broadcast colors, but no option to select a monitor profile.

This issue has been "fixed in Premiere Pro 13.0 and later versions, but you'll need to manually change settings to enable it and have a proper GPU.

How Display Color Management in Premiere Pro works - PremierePro.net

miralem wrote
Which colorimeter would you prefer?

Try your Spyder3 with the version 4 software first and see how well that works. If you still have issues I would recommend the X-Rite i1 Display Pro as the least expensive calibrator I would recommend. The lower cost calibrators all lack needed features for a full control advanced mode monitor calibration.

miralemAuthor

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Hi Todd,

i checked all above mentioned settings:

6500K

120cd/m

2.2 Gamma

V2 preset

All these settings are there!

Kelvin, Gamma and Luminance i set to these values years ago and used all the time. V2 was set in the software.

My Spider Software is Version 4.02.

I`ve tried the Profile from TFT Central that you mentioned above. Even when i cant go with the OSD settings (with brithness on 16 im getting a Luminance of 75cd/m, and i have to set Blue to 205, to see other colors than blue...)

With the profile from TFT central i can still see a small tint of yellow on the skin tones, but its a big difference to my profiles. And i created 5 or 6 since yesterday.

I think i will give the X-rite a try. And if that doesnt help, maybe my Monitor is too old ...It has 5200h of running

But all in all, i understand everything, you told me. And im very happy now, to understand the rules.

Thank you very much for your time and knowledge.

I think we can close this topic!

J

Jao vdL

Community Expert

Didn't even notice that but the Spyder3 will not calibrate a wide gamut monitor correctly. It can't measure the color primaries correctly. It will create bad profiles in that case.

TheDigitalDog

Inspiring

The Spyder is just a pretty poor piece of hardware as outlined here with actual colorimetric testing (compared to the competition):

https://forum.luminous-landscape.com/index.php?topic=103094.msg1004707#msg1004707

And some data about the newer version (X)

My first impressions are that it's low light resolution and black end stability aren't that great:

The Y channel seems to be in 0.013 cd/m^2 steps. When cold I get a black Y value of -0.014, but when it warms up to 25 degrees C I get 0.054 cd/m^2.

Haven't had a chance to check it's spectral performance yet though.

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

J

Jao vdL

Community Expert

Good advice from the dog here! Very likely this is a bad display profile.

TheDigitalDogCorrect answer

Inspiring

miralem wrote
So, i tried to find some informations about color management, but i realized, that there is no real color management in Lightroom, only a softproof.

That's not close to accurate. If you want to get an idea of color management in LR:

http://digitaldog.net/files/18Color%20Management%20in%20Lightroom.pdf

Yeah, it's old but nothing has changed with respect to color management there.

Next, if the profile for the display is sound, what you see in Develop is 'correct' but the Spyder products are not that great and then there are the settings used for calibration and resulting profile that may or may not be ideal. But the Develop module, at 1:1 or greater is fully color managed preview and will match what you see in other applications.

So to trouble shoot this yellow that sometimes occurs:

1. Check GPU settings (on or off) and try a different setting. This is found in preferences.

2. It could be a faulty ICC display profile. Recalibrate and build a new one.

3. It could be how the profile was built. Set your software to build Version 2 (V2) not V4 profiles.

4. It could be the type of profile built. Try Matrix instead of LUT based profile. Again, that's a setting in whatever software you use to calibrate and profile the display.

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

J

Jao vdL

Community Expert

I tried this only for testing, because the Monitor Profile is active at startup of Windows, so everything on the screen is color corrected. So there is no need to load the Monitor Profile again in the software ...

This is actually not true. On windows, only apps that are explicitly color managing show the correct color. The loading of the monitor profile at startup only changes the gamma correction and white balance correction on the monitor and not the rest. You will not see the right color in apps that are not color managed. Internet Explorer is an example of an app that is not color managed and never shows the correct colors because of it. DPP is only color managed if you set it up as Todd shows. If the setting is set for sRGB it will NOT color manage correctly.

Note that the difference can be really large between color managed and non color managed apps if you are on a wide gamut monitor. Also some wide gamut monitors can simply not be calibrated correctly using older Spyder (and other brands) calibrators.

miralemAuthor

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Hi there, and thanks for your reply!

Hmm, as i bought my spider 3, i went to a Photo trade show where i met Spyder AND Cannon staff members and i explicitly asked them, how to set up DPP. And both told me not to load the Monitor profile into DPP (so i think the only way to do so, is to select sRGB)

as i would double the correction ...

Im using the spyder3 on Windows 10 with a HP LP2475w, which is not wide gammut, but 99,9% Adobe RGB.

I just purchased the Adobe package, so i hope i am very up to date!

@ Todd

"Loading ICC Profile in DPP" means: "Use the OS settings".

@ Jao

From time to time i check the Monitor profile, by switching it off and on to see some difference.

So you mean, that all changes that i see is a white balance correction?

Until today i remember those words from the Spyder and Canon members, that told me, that the screen is completly calibrated...

By switching the monitor profile off, i always see the difference (not that big difference) on "All" Applications.

So, im a little bit confused now!

...

miralemAuthor

Known Participant

confused, cause my prints on my canon printer, with canon paper and canon ink was always very near to the colors on the screen ...

Maybe i had a lot of luck!

Todd Shaner

Legend

miralem wrote
Hello,
since i changed from Canon to Fuji, i also left Canons Digital Photo professional (which i loved ...) for Lightroom classic.
Now i realize, that when i`m starting Lightroom, i get a yellowish Color shift on all my photos in the Development tool.
This Color shift looks nearly the same, when i load the Monitor Profile ICC in Canons DPP.

Previous to using LR how did you set DPP's Color Management settings shown below and what do mean by, "when i load the Monitor Profile ICC in Canons DPP." Also do you see this issue with both Canon and Fuji raw files (i.e. all files)?

Installing LR Classic should have no affect on DPP so there's something else you're now doing differently that's causing the issue. It could very well be the problem was there all along because you simply had the below 'Color matching settings' set to sRGB and weren't using the monitor profile with DPP. LR ALWAYS uses the OS system display profile, which now reveals you have an issue with you're display profile.

What version of Windows and LR Classic are you using? What exact model Spyder calibrator and monitor are you using?

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