Lack of sharpness when opening from LR directly into PS

[SRPcashie]

Hi Everyone, 

While trying to fix a different problem Adobe techs that took over my computer might have changed some settings.  Now when I open a file from LR directly into PS, the PS version is lacking a lot of sharpness.  As an experiment if I use the sharpness filter twice on the file in PS, then they look the same.  Could it be something in my color settings?  

ALSO, what are the appropriate color settings in PS when opening raw files from LR for editing.  I do this regularly.  Should the RGB working space be Prophoto if that's the space it's typically using in LR on a raw file?  

I know these all may seem like rudimentary questions, but any help is really appreciated.

Please let me know if I've missed anything in explaining this. I've attached an example but don't know if it will show properly in a screen grab.

Thanks,

LR 12.3

PS 24.5.0

Bridge 13.0.3.693

Mac OS Ventura 13.3.1

[davescm]

How do the two compare when viewed at 100% zoom? It is the only accurate preview of sharpness in both applications.

The photo will open in Photoshop in whatever color space you choose in Lightroom Preferences for External Editing. You can use ProPhoto - but be aware you cannot see all the colours in ProPhoto even on a wide gamut screen. You need to stay in 16 bit - it is too wide a space for 8 bit, and ProPhoto should never leave your computer. Always convert to a narrower space when sending images onward.

Dave

[SRPcashie]

Thanks Dave!

the screen grab I attached was at 100%.

Everything stays in 16 bit until it gets saved back into LR and exported out in 8 bit srgb in most cases.  

Also, don't know if this helps but these were the same tif file, not raw.  I don't usually work that way but that's what happened here.  

[davescm · Accepted solution]

'these were the same tif file, not raw.'

Ah. When you went to edit in Photoshop did you choose:

a. Edit a Copy with Lightroom Adjustments

b. Edit a Copy

c. Edit Original

b. or c. would not take forward any adjustments, including sharpening, that you made on the TIF in Lightroom

Dave

[SRPcashie]

Thanks Dave, I thought there were no LR adjustments done because this was just a test, but LR had automatically applied sharpening on import.  That was the problem.  

[davescm]

You're welcome 🙂

Dave

[Derek Cross]

Unless you're an expert in colour management my advice is to stick to sRGB for now.