Lightroom exports to photoshop colors don't match.

I have been using lightroom for a while, but just recently started using photoshop. It doesn't matter what color profile I choose during export, red colors have less saturation in every case.
I'm sure there is something really simple I a missing, I would appreciate any help.
Thanks,
Mike

>I did set the I am using the manufactures color profile
Never use a manufacturer's profile. They are almost without fail corrupt and trip up Lightroom. You need to calibrate the screen with a hardware calibrator. Failing that the next best option is to software calibrate if you have Mac OS X, or use sRGB as the screen profile for windows by deleting the profile from the monitor's properties. This will almost certainly solve your problem. It is either this, or the dual monitor setup (see below)
>If I select Monitor RGB from the proof setup the results are terrible, I need to use the Custom setup, and uncheck "Preserve RGB numbers."
That's normal. That option is basically useless, what it does is show you what the image would look like if you wouldn;t color manage at all. i.e. if you send the RGB data from the file directly to the monitor. This should only work if you have a sRGB image for most monitors. When you uncheck "preserve RGB numbers" you are doing what is called soft proofing. However, since you're proofing to the monitor profile you will not seen any difference than without the softproof. You might try the softproof to the monitor profile (uncheck preserve RGB numbers) and set it to use perceptual rendering. This probably looks very much like what you see in Lightroom. Lightroom uses the perceptual rendering intent for your monitor profile.
>Interestingly, I noticed that the output appears to match when I use my laptops LCD, there is only a problem on my external monitor.
Here might be your problem too. Lightroom sometimes uses the wrong profile in dual monitor setups depending on what monitor you select as the main screen. Also, many windows machines do not deal correctly with different profiles for different screens. Be careful with dual screen setups if they are not the same type.

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