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How do I set sRGB as my default color space?

Forum|Forum|10 years ago
April 29, 2015
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Im honestly tired of having to convert the files with the "edit > convert to profile" menu option. I export from LR straight to PS. I dont know if that has anything to do with it. I doubt it. I just want to be able to open all my pictures in sRGB without having to do the converting. I do save for web but if the profile is converted before hand, the colors will change.

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mayflyaway

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I have the same issue. By default apparently Lightroom uses the Prophoto color profile. When doing right-click | open in Photoshop, it was automatically converting it to sRGB and my colors were all off. I contacted support and they somehow made it so that when I do my right click thing it gives me the option of opening the file in the current color space.

I did not ask support how to make it just do that by default. So am wondering where I can change the setting so that it just automatically uses the same color profile that Lightroom is using.

D Fosse

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mayflyaway wrote
So am wondering where I can change the setting so that it just automatically uses the same color profile that Lightroom is using.

You set the Lightroom default as per screenshot in post #2.

Whatever embedded profile is coming out of Lightroom will be preserved and treated correctly in Photoshop. There is no need for the color settings to match, that's a misunderstanding. Don't change anything in Photoshop's color settings. The policies should always be set to "Preserve Embedded Profiles".

If you have color inconsistencies this is not the reason. In that case, please post side by side screenshots showing where you have incorrect colors.

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mayflyaway

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Then why, when I right click-open in PS, do I get a message that says "The document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current RGB working space" and then gives me options?

Why was it opening the document with the color completely off from how it looked in LR before support enabled that message pop up?

Norman Sanders

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Raw

Double click here:

and change this

D Fosse

Community Expert

Photoshop preserves any incoming embedded profiles (as it should). That will always override the working space.

So what you need to do is set Lightroom preferences:

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Denise Grant

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I'm not using Lightroom. I use Photoshop and Bridge and having a problem because when I set SRGB under the edit colour settings, it seems to revert back to RGB. The result is that when I send downloadable galleries and/or emails, the images appear much darker and more saturated. Is there a way to set sRGB so that in Photoshop and Bridge it will give a true colour when I'm sending jpgs out? They look nothing like my images in Photoshop when I have them side by side. Pls. help.

D Fosse

Community Expert

thanks for that info- I open all my RAW files in Photshop Bridge

You're not opening raw files in Bridge, you're opening them in the Camera Raw plugin hosted by Bridge. Camera Raw can also be hosted by Photoshop. It's the same Camera Raw plugin.

Norman Sanders

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Edit > Color Settings

brndnslvraAuthor

Participating Frequently

I do that. Do I need to restart photoshop or something cause everything still comes in as Adobe RGB =/

Norman Sanders

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No. Are you referring to a File > New?

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