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Image are darker in Photoshop then in Lightroom or Hasselblad Phocus

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February 22, 2025
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Hi there,

When I open my photos in Photoshop (26.3), Tiff or Jpegs that I exported from Hasselblad Phocus software, I notice they are darker than they are in Lightroom or in Hasselblad Phocus. In Lightroom and Phocus they look the same, but look darker in Photoshop, and if have Phocus open, I can see my photos in Phocus get darker when I open same photo in Photoshop. Same happen in Lightroom, I can see my photos getting darker in LR, when I open in Photoshop at same time, and back to normal when close Photoshop.

I tried to export from Phocus software in different color profiles (sRGB, Prophoto and Adobe RGB) and same thing occur. Tried different color profile in my monitor (one that I created with calibrator, tried with sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and others) and same thing happens.

As Photoshop support colour management, is this some incompatibility in Photoshop 26.3 and my MacOS Ventura 13.7.4, or any other software?

(My equipment: iMac 27” with Ventura 13.7.4, Photoshop 26.3, and Lightroom 14.2)

Thanks,

Tiago Garcia

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Correct answer Tiago Mota Garcia

Thanks for the answers! After searching in preferences something that could cause this behavior, i turned off "Precise color management for HDR display" in Technology Previews, quit Photoshop, start again and now everything is ok, no more darken pictures, my images in LR still the same when i open another image in photoshop, and they are equal now!

I was going to record a video showing this behavior but remember to check Preferences first. Solved, thanks!

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Tiago Mota GarciaAuthorCorrect answer

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Thanks for the answers! After searching in preferences something that could cause this behavior, i turned off "Precise color management for HDR display" in Technology Previews, quit Photoshop, start again and now everything is ok, no more darken pictures, my images in LR still the same when i open another image in photoshop, and they are equal now!

I was going to record a video showing this behavior but remember to check Preferences first. Solved, thanks!

D Fosse

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This is something I have never, ever heard of before.

It does sound like something is interfering with either the monitor profile, or the calibration tables. The latter sounds more likely. In a Mac, there is a series of presets that could easily interfere with any calibration tables made by a calibrator.

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After several tests i can resume... if i have Lightroom (or/and Hasselblad Phocus) open with an image and open any image in Photoshop at the same time i can see my image in Lightroom (and Phocus) gets darker and get back to normal when close the image in Photoshop.

Any ideia why this happen? Monitor profiles? Tested with other monitor profiles and same thing happen.

Thanks,

Tiago Garcia

PECourtejoie

Community Expert

Hi, would it be possible to record a video of this behavior for the team to look at it?

PECourtejoie

Community Expert

If anyone can reproduce, we would change the status of this thread.

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