How do I set sRGB as my default color space?

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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

Community Expert

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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I just disable that message and frankly I think it should be removed altogether. It tells you absolutely nothing useful.

The important thing is to have policies set to "Preserve Embedded Profiles". Then the embedded profile will always override the working space. This is how color management is supposed to work.

If you still have a difference between Lightroom and Photoshop, this isn't the reason. Most likely it's a defective monitor profile.

ok so where do I set "Preserve Embedded Profiles" because that would resolve the problem of my profiles not being preserved when opening in LR. jfc nevermind I will google it.

The message actually does do something useful. It allows me to choose to open the image in PS using the embedded color profile rather than the profile of the working space. Which resolves my color difference issue that I have every time I try to open an image in PS from LR.