Color differences between LR and CS4

I've recently switched from PC to MacbookPro and installed latest versions of Lightroom and CS4. I do most of my editing in Lightroom and sometimes export to Photoshop. I noticed that there is a huge difference between the colors in Lightroom vs the colors in Photoshop even with NO editing done at all when I firt import to Lightroom. I import my raw files into Lightroom, do no editing, reset the files to ensure no editing, and then export into Photoshop and the image looks totally different color wise. Any ideas as to why?? My color settings are all set to srgb consistanty amongst all the 2 systems. Any other thoughts on what could be causing this? THanks

>I change the color working space in PS from my monitor profile (Eye One display tool-generated) to ProPhotoRGB, which is apparently what LR uses.
You NEVER EVER want to use the monitor profile as the working space. The only exception is when you make small graphics (i.e not photographs) for websites that need to match CSS code. Photoshop needs to be setup as the first image in
this link i.e. using a standard workingspace (mostly sRGB, adobeRGB, or prophotoRGB) and to respect all embedded profiles.
>In other words, if I use the calibrated monitor profile in both the system preferences color profile (i.e., on my MacBook Pro) and in PS, the PS and LR images don't match. I'd really love to solve this problem, or determine what I don't understand here. Thanks, Mitch
Photoshop does not need to be told about the monitor profile. It already automatically converts everything you see to it since it knows the monitor profile by simply asking the system software. What you see in your case is that Lightroom (or ACR if you use the RAW photoshop integration) correctly exports the image in a standard color space (whatever you choose in Preferences) and then you have set up Photoshop to completely disregard this fact and treat the image as if it was in the monitor profile. This is not a good thing to do.

Similar Messages

  • Difference between CS3 and CS4 when placing images, percentage not kept

    There is some kind of difference between CS3 and CS4 when placing images. The images I've dealt with right now were vector images but it might apply to all kinds of images.
    When replacing an existing image, the CS4 behaviour is to let the image fill up the frame. In CS3 the percentage was set to 100% as default (the % you see when selecting the image, not the container).
    Also when replacing an impage in CS4, the "inner" image frame is kept, while in C3, the percentage was kept.
    Is there some kind of placement preferences / settings to let CS4 act the same wat as CS3 did, when placing an image?
    -- Andreas

    Yes, the behavior was changed in CS4 (and many users, like me, prefer the new system).
    If you click and drag a loaded image place cursor the entire image will be be scaled to fit the proportionally drawn frame -- a huge timesaver if you mostly place uncropped art. If you want 100% of the image at 100% scale, just click and release -- same as before, or as before you can pre-draw a frame and place into it and your image will come in cropped at 100% (unless you've changed the fitting options for the frame before placing).
    Peter

  • Differences between CS3 and CS4 files?

    Could you please explain what was the differences between "Adobe illustrator cs4 eps files" and "Adobe illustrator cs3 eps files"?
    Thank for looking into this.

    The difference would be that CS 4 would support the features in AI CS 4 and CS 3 would not support those features.

  • Color difference between LR3 and CS5

    Hi!
    When I edit an image in Lightroom and then continue editing it in photoshop I  see a major color difference.That also happens when I export an image from lightroom as a .jpg and then upload it to the web,colors look the same as in photoshop.Color space is set to sRGB in both PS and my monitor.
    http://imgur.com/a/rxt1l

    wooliudo wrote:
    i'm asking it because it looks like your system's taking the wrong monitor profile, and it'll make a difference between color managed software like LR/PS, and unmanaged software like some browsers(IE before 9). And your PS color management setting seems wrong as well.
    My suggestion is to try changing the working space to standard sRGB first and see if the difference disappears.
    I changed it to standard sRGB and it's the same.
    And as I said,the problem is not with photoshop,colors in PS are correct and they appear the same on the web but they are not displayed in lightroom correctly.
    Also,B&W photos look more like sepia in LR.
    http://imgur.com/a/r2Uyz
    I should note that I had the same problem a few months ago and I solved it by changing color temperature in my monitor OSD from "warm" to sRGB but it's also sRGB now.
    wooliudo wrote:
    oh one more thing, make sure you haven't turn on "proof color" by mistake in PS. press ctrl+Y would toggle it.
    It's off.

  • Color changes between CS2 and CS4 opacity with effects turned on

    Howdie.
    I don't run into issues much with Photoshop, and this one has me stumped.
    I needed to drop back to CS2 in order to use a warp mesh plugin.  I saved out a small portion of a file that I created in CS4 (Only containing the layer I needed to warp) and then opened that file in CS2, turned off all the effects (drop shadow, inner glow, bevel & emboss), and applied the mesh warp, then saved the file.  I went back into CS4 and re-opened it there and copied its layers into the bigger, original file.  What is strange is that the colors were a LOT lighter than they should be when compared to the original unwarped layer.  So in an attempt to figure out what was wrong, I checked all of my layer opacities, filter settings, layer mixing mode, etc. and everything was exactly the same.  I even tried deleting the layer style and copying the layer style from the original layer...no change.  I turn off the effects and check the color of the object and it reads the same as the original layer.  Both layers have no semi-transparency in the colors.  I turn the effects on and it is all whacked out.  After a while, I figured out that the problem was that the layer opacity in the effects, although reading the same between both layers (70%), is behaving as if it should be at 90% opacity in the new layer in order to match the original.  Its as if the layer worked on in CS2 has brought with it some corrupted info in its definition, that never leaves and affects any Effects you try to apply to it.
    Has anyone experienced this one before?

    A liitle bit more info here.  Apparently, the pixel data for the warped parts screws with the effect, Inner Glow, in the Choke and Size sliders.  The sliders simply quit functioning and have an abrupt light/dark toggle effect roughly near about value "7".
    The only way I could fix the problem was to do this convoluted solution, since Duplicate Layer does not work.
        1.  Clear the effects on the problem layer.
        2.  At this point you can either work on the problem layer directly or duplicate it to create a work layer.  Doesn't really matter because both layers will get deleted later anyway. 
        3.  With Channel Mixer, and for EACH color channel CMYK, move all 4 sliders hard left, so that the result is 0/0/0/0 for the CMYK values  (Do NOT use Brightness & Contrast in place of Channel Mixer because you will lose any blurred edges.  Also, using Channel Mixer does not swell or choke off the pixels along any "floating" shapes' edges). 
        4.  With the selection tool, create two small selection boxs at two opposite corners of the entire layer.  Fill them with any color. 
        5.  Select the entire layer (CNTL + A on a PC), and copy it to the clipboard. 
        6.  Create a new Alpha channel and Paste.  The little boxs at the opposite corners of the file were needed to precisely position a copy of the layer when we Paste it into the new channel.  The contents of the channel must be exactly registered with where the original shapes were in the problem layer. 
        7.  If you want, you can now delete the boxs in the corners of the channel by filling them with black. 
        8.  Create a new layer and load the selection (the channel) we just created. 
        9.  Fill it with the desired color. 
        10.  Copy the desired effects from the original layer before warping was done and to the new layer we just created. 
        11.  Delete the old problem layer. 
        12.  Done.

  • Color differences between high and low res images in Illustrator pdfs

    OK, I'm creating a tradeshow graphic for a client. I designed the whole thing in Illlustrator CS6. But for the proof, I used a low res image of the sky (before we purchased it). Everyone was happy. It was a low-res RGB image imported into Illustrator, then the whole thing was exported as a pdf.
    Once they approved it, I purchased the high res image. RGB. Same image... just high res. I popped it into the Illustrator file and exported it in exactly the same way. But now, the image looks much more purple. The low res pdf showed it as much brighter, lighter blue.
    My client prefers the lighter blue. When I look at the two images in Photoshop, they look the same (in terms of color).
    So... should I be worred? Why is there such a color difference? Thanks!
    I'm attaching jpgs of the pdfs just to show you the color differences.
    Julie

    Print Graphics: File >> Document Color Mode CMYK.
    Digital Graphics:  File >> Document Color Mode RGB.
    The PDF presets in Illusttrator will generate CMYK PDFs or PDFs in the colorpsace Illustrator is set to, (except for smallest file size which makes RGB PDFs).
    Firsst make sure you are in the correct colorspace in Illustrator before proceeding, adn make your imaeg CMYK if you are for example doing a banner for tradeshow. Backlit graphics are the only print graphics exception and should be RGB because Lambda printers actaully are native RGB.
    Open your lo and hi res in Phoothsop and compare the color values by watching the info aplette in Photoshop.
    When generating PDFs keep in minds that and RGB PDFs have different color than a CMYK PDF.

  • CS5 - Color difference between Photoshop and other programs

    I'm running CS5.5 student edition on a brand new Asus Q500A laptop running Windows 8. i7 processor and a UMA graphics card.
    I do not have calibration software; I'm using Calibrize for the moment and colors appear fairly true when browsing after calibration.
    My problem is that overall colors in Photoshop appear more saturated than those in regular browser windows, particularly reds. I set up my computer to run the Win8 photos app and my desktop with Photoshop simultaneously and the color difference was immediately noticeable. I did a quick screen grab to show the difference; the inset photo is the one viewed in Win8's photos app, and the background is the exact same photo open in Photoshop.
    This is the second install of this program. I originally installed it on a Dell Inspiron with a DuoCore processor (way out of spec, I know - that's why I upgraded!) and I seem to remember having this issue then, too. I found a way to correct it, but I don't remember how I fixed it and Photoshop is no longer on that machine so I can't look over my settings.
    I have not changed the color profile in Photoshop. When installed it chose North America General Purpose 2 as default and I've left it there. I experimented with the other color profiles and while the color tone in Photoshop changes, there is still a difference when the image is viewed in another program.
    Any help is much appreciated - I can't trust the program to handle color properly right now and until I can, I'm dead in the water.

    I'm sorry, but I have to disagree. When I view the image on another computer or my iPhone, the image views properly. It's my photography, from a tree in my back yard. I know how the image is supposed to look, and right now it doesn't look right in Photoshop.
    On my previous machine, I am almost positive that it was saving as sRGB by default as well. I don't remember what color profile I was working in, but I know that I did not have a color profile/space error pop up on opening new images, nor do I have that problem on other images saved on that machine that I'm opening on the laptop.

  • Color differences between FCP and Motion

    Forgive me if I'm breaking any unwritten rules here as I posted this same topic on the Final Cut forum the other day..so bear with me as I hope to find some insight here from the many experienced (and extremely helpful) Motion users on the motion forum.
    OK...here's my dilemma. I create a graphic/text page in Motion working with the RGB colors from a style guide provided by an agency. I then drop the motion project into the FCP timeline and the colors between the 2 applications are different.
    I'm attaching a link to 2 jpegs that show the different RGB readings with the DigitalColorMeter application.
    http://www.myphotos.yahoo.com/s/218qifk6fseemvbmprlw
    In my Motion project the meter tells me that the dark blue color is RGB-11,44,99
    In my FCP timeline the meter tells me that the dark blue color is RGB-4,30,79
    I gather from some forum research that this may have something to do with gamma levels...my FCP setting has the Imported/StillRGB Video Gamma setting set at Source.
    I'm hoping that someone can explain to me why the DigitalColorMeter readings would be different between Motion and FCP...and what I might do to feel confident that my Motion files would import correctly into my FCP timeline.
    Thanks in advance to any insight....
    Jay

    After some more exploration...turning things on and off, changing sequence/gamma setting, and the like...I now realize what the issue is.
    When the background setting in my canvas/edit window is set to black the colors are accurate between motion and FCP.
    Once I change the background setting in the canvas/edit window to white or checkerboard there is definitely a shift in color/gamma. Not sure why that is...maybe someone can explain

  • Display Performance Difference between CS3 and CS4

    I have a computer running CS3 and a computer running CS4. When I place an image in InDesign CS3, it looks way better than when I place it in CS4. The display performance for both computers are set exactly the same. Raster and Vector images are set to proxy, transparency is set to medium quality, Anti Aliasing is turned on.
    The CS4 computer:
    Processor Name: Dual-Core Intel Xeon
    Processor Speed: 2.66 GHz
    Number Of Processors: 2
    Memory 4GB
    System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
    CS3 computer:
    Processor Name: PowerPC G5
    Processor Speed: 2 GHz
    Number Of Processors: 2
    Memory 4GB
    System Version: Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
    What am I missing? It is virtually every image.

    "You can adjust the quality of the the display itself without altering the name of the setting."
    Tried that. The end result is viewing images at the higher quality that slows down the machine.
    "Also, the size and resolution of images plays a role in how large the previews are, and their quality."
    The difference is very noticeable when the exact same image is placed at the exact same sizes in InDesign CS3 and CS4. Everything in the workflow remained the same, except the changing of InDesign files.

  • Color difference between PNG and JPG in Save For Web

    I am working on a website and I while building images for the site I am using a mix of png and jpg images. When I "Save for Web" the same source image creates two different color images when I save them as either png or jpg. How do I make sure the images are saving with identical colors in both png and jpg. Thanks

    >My working space is Adobe RGB but I'm not opening the sRGB PNG into Adobe RGB. I am choosing "Leave as is (don't color manage)" this should preserve the PNG's RGB numbers.
    are you certain it is not being converted when you open it?
    The numbers you quoted are the numbers I get if I open an untagged sRGB image into Adobe RGB (assuming Adobe RGB), and then convert to sRGB.
    If I open my sRGB images, either PNG or JPEG, into sRGB, they always match. I've been working on a web site for the past 3 weeks, doing this regularly.
    If you are working in Adobe RGB with sRGB images that are not tagged, you add a level of complexity that requires you make the right decision at every step. You need to open them without conversion, then assign sRGB, to keep working.
    Or just open the images in Firefox 2, which cannot color manage, and see if the sRGB jpeg and the sRGB PNG match. This is the acid test.

  • Color Differences between Lightroom and Premiere Pro

    I have been making color adjustments to movie clips in Photoshop or Lightroom (both of which do a great job), but when I bring the clips into Premiere Pro or Premiere Elements the colors are not the same as what I was seing in the other programs. It is as if the programs are using different color profiles. How do I resolve this problem?

    bryanbrowne1 wrote:
    I have been making color adjustments to movie clips in Photoshop or Lightroom (both of which do a great job), but when I bring the clips into Premiere Pro or Premiere Elements the colors are not the same as what I was seing in the other programs. It is as if the programs are using different color profiles. How do I resolve this problem?
    Photoshop and Lightroom are designed for still photography. Still photographers use a color managed workflow that in general ends in a paper print. Since printers/inks/papers can in general display a wider gamut than computer monitors can display, we use tools manage it, such as soft proofing. The efficient way to control this is through ICC profiles of the printer/ink/paper combinations, of which there are thousands. Thus Photoshop and Lightroom and other still photography tools are esentially required to be color managed.
    PPro and film/video have decidedly different requirements. The video workflow ends in a light source display (projection, HDTV, or web video, all are light sources, where a pigment ink print is a reflective source, which has entirely different characteristics). These end displays are not variable workspace displays. HDTV displays only in REC.709 workspace, its gamut, contrast, etc. are tightly defined. Web video uses the sRGB workspace. Etc.
    I'm just sayin' that still photography and video have very different requirements. Trying to force still photography methods onto a video workflow is bound to be difficult and full of problems, as you have found.
    The answer to your "How do I resolve this problem" question is perhaps to use the still photography tools for still photography, and the video tools for video. A stills workflow for stills, and a video workflow for video.
    A video workflow implies doing color correction and color grading on external monitors that natively support the target work space (Rec.709 in the case of HDTV, Blu-ray, or DVD output [OK, technically DVD uses SDTV's REC.601 work space, but 709 is "close enough" that you can get by in all but the most critical applications]). IOW, use a production monitor, or at least an HDTV (calibrated of course), to judge final output.
    Trying to color correct video on a computer monitor is just asking for trouble. As you well know by now.
    A good place to start learning the video way of things when it comes to color correction and grading is Alexis Van Hurkman's Color Correction Handbook. Highly recommended; it answered questions that I didn't know enough to ask yet. Might for you too, IDK.

  • Color difference between LR and Export?

    Hey there,
    I've upgrade my system, installed Win 8.1 fresh, latest Lightroom, etc.
    I'm using an Eizo CG 277 Monitor which is calibrated.
    When re-importing my catalog, I noticed that there seemed to be a change in saturation, I had to correct
    many photos.. no idea why.
    I then did a test export, JPEG, 90% Quality, no resizing and compared it in Firefox and other programmes.
    The photo really had different colors in LR and Firefox, and I have no idea why. Here is a sample that should
    show the difference, left is LR, right is Firefox:
    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/311345/compare.jpg
    Can anyone tell me what I have missed? I don't get it.. but I can't work like this.
    Thanks,
    Christoph

    D'oh...
    I've restarted Windows and now it seems to be gone... is it possible that if I do a calibration while LR is running, it will not
    update the profile somehow? Very weird..
    Is there a way I can undo changes for the current image? If I undo, it always moves around between the images I have last selected etc, I'd like
    the undo history be for the current image I am looking at

  • Could someone please help with two differences between CS and CS4?

    Hello, I just moved from Photoshop CS to CS4 and have a couple of questions regarding some differences I'm seeing in the two versions.
    (1) When opening files, I'm used to them opening in a smaller view as individual windows.  CS4 opens all images in the expanded view.  Is there a way to prevent this from happening?  I create massive sports photo galleries (often more than 100 images) and usually open 25-30 images at a time, then minimize all images and work on them one at a time in chronological order.  The was CS4 opens these images in full screen mode, it prevents me from doing this in a timely manner - PS never opens a group of photos up in a true chrono order.  It misplaces the first image to the end.
    (2) In CS, I used to be able to Right-Mouse-Click on the image's title bar to change Image and Canvas sizes.  Any way to get this to work in CS4?  CTL+ALT and either I or C is a three-key process and takes considerably longer than right clicking my mouse and choosing the correct option.
    Thanks for any help you can provide.  And apologies for being such a newbie to the latest and greatest Photoshop version.  I've been living in CS for years
    Mike

    You are a life saver. Thanks!  I looked in the INTERFACE area about three times and never understood that TABBED meant that it was opening them full screen.
    Any idea how to deal with question #2?  Cannot set up an ACTION for this as the action makes me have to choose an image size.  I just want to have the Image or Canvas size windows open with one click, rather than holding down three keys.
    Thanks again.  You have been rewarded with a CORRECT ANSWER click
    Mike

  • Color Issues between CS3 and CS4

    Color Issue - Opened in CS3...looks fine; I then opened in CS4 and what
    was grey in CS3 is now brownish in CS4.
    Any ideas about what this is or how to fix?

    Sorry, actually, there was a thread up a ways and someone was having the
    exact same issue. It was my color profile. I just deleted the default
    and used Adobe 1998...
    With that said, I am CERTAIN that in not too much longer, I will run
    into this again and it will be nice to have this seed (solution) planted
    in my brain..
    Thanks
    [email protected] wrote:
    > I am assuming that your Edit>Color Settings in both versions are set the same.
    >
    > In CS4, this can be related to the new OpenGL functionality. Try turning off OpenGL drawing in Edit>Preferences>Performance and see if that helps. If it is already off, try turning it on. :)
    >
    > If by doing this, you confirm that it appears OpenGL-related, then you might try playing with the Advanced Settings of OpenGL Drawing, particularly the one that says "Color Matching".
    >
    > If it appears OpenGL-related but you can't find a way to fix the problem AND retain the OpenGL features, check to see if there is an updated version of your video card driver available. If so, download, install, and try it to see if that helps.

  • Colors differences between jpg and raw - Lightroom 4.1

    Dear All,
    I have a doubt on colors and monitor profile. I am using an imac with monitor calibrated with Spyder pro3 and shoot photos with a Canon 500D (RAW+JPG).
    I recently added a cir polarized filter to my camera, and really satisfied of colors I see in the camera screen, and the same colors I see on my imac when I look at jpg files. Unfortunately when I open photos on Lightroom 4.1, colors seems the same while loading the picture (probably reading the jpg) but than suddenly changes when rendering the preview and in develop module. Colors seems less vivid like missing some contrast (in attachment an example of the same file opened with lightroom and apple preview in raw and jpg).
    I know that jpg created by camera are different from raw files, but actually never had such a difference in colors with all other photos I shoot before. Is this because of the filter or do I have to set anything in particular in lightroom, such as monitor profile or others?
    Thank you for your kind advices, have a nice day,
    dk

    -d82k- wrote:
    Unfortunately when I open photos on Lightroom 4.1, colors seems the same while loading the picture (probably reading the jpg) but than suddenly changes when rendering the preview and in develop module.
    http://forums.adobe.com/thread/358016?

Maybe you are looking for