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Piotr226267830jia
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Darker photos in PS than in LR

  • June 5, 2023
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Hello. I have been using a MacBook Pro 14" 2021 for some time now and I have the following problem between LR and PS: photo in Lightroom that is already edited, I would like to change it in Photoshop. When I click edit in Photoshop the same photo is darker in PS. LR settings are : Profoto , 16 bit , TIFF. the strange thing is that when I change something in PS and go back to LR, the exposure is ok. it is bright as the original photo in LR and when I export the photo from Lightroom and Photoshop, the jpg is the same, in the sense that both are the same, there is no difference with one is light the other is dark. looks like PS is displaying the same picture much darker... Anyone have any suggestions for the correct settings in PS?

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Kevin Stohlmeyer
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Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
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June 5, 2023

Hi @Piotr226267830jia what are your specific color profile settings in each app? Are they synced?

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Piotr226267830jiaAuthor
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PS settings

Kevin Stohlmeyer
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June 5, 2023

Hi @Piotr226267830jia I can tell from the bottom right - they are not synced. Go to Adobe Bridge, select your color setting and then apply/sync to the other apps.

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Piotr226267830jiaAuthor
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June 5, 2023

 On the left photo from LR, right hand side photo is from PS

 my setting in LR

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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June 5, 2023

Color settings don't need to match. The image will open in whatever color space you set in Lr preferences external editing. Photoshop's working space is irrelevant.

 

To me this looks like a GPU bug. What happens if you uncheck GPU? 

 

EDIT: It could also be a bad monitor profile. Are you using a calibrator, or just the system default display profile?

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Ah, a pattern is starting to emerge. Now I remember there was a similar thread recently, same symptoms - and that was also a Calibrite profile. Apparently that software has a problem.

 

There is nothing you can do in Photoshop. It has no influence over the monitor profile; Photoshop just uses the profile it gets from the operating system when it starts up.

 

There are a few things you can check, and maybe change in Calibrite. First is the icc spec version. The profile should be version 2, not version 4. You'd think the newer spec is better, but in reality it often causes problems but no real advantage. Version 2 is always safer.

 

The profile should also be matrix-based, not LUT- (table-) based. Again, the former is always the safe choice. Table-based profiles are theoretically more accurate, but also much more prone to errors.

 

Check these two things in Calibrite and change if necessary. Then make a new profile.


Ive checked these settings and I can cofirm that these preset based on your recomended settings..

 any other sugestions? 

Do you know how to set up, create a profile or custom mode for this macbook? I can manually adjust the white point but I don't have any reference... the calibrator should set the right profile, that's the purpose of it, actually it's done but it doesn't work for PS...

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