Raw image in LR looses saturation etc when moved into Photoshop

Hi,
I don't understand what is happening. My raw files look great in LR (and also in Camera Raw) but when I choose in LR Edit In Photoshop, the image transferred is highly undersaturated and truly not the same I have in LR or CR. It would seem that the profile I have assigned to my raw files is not being respected.
I have checked options in LR and everything seems ok, like:
in Catalog Settings, Metadata tab, I have the following checked:
Include Develop settings in metadata inside JPEG, TIFF and PSD files
Automatically write changes into XMP
Now, there used to be a dialog that asked me if I wanted the original or a copy... it never came up again, why? I mostly work on raw files.
Please help,
Juan Dent

It would seem that the profile I have assigned to my raw files is not being respected.
How did you set up the color settings in Photoshop (edit menu)? It should be set to always respect embedded profiles. In the advanced section (click more options) it should NOT have "desaturate colors by" enabled. If you still get large differences, there are several possible reasons. The main one is that the monitor profile might be corrupt. You should check your calibration. This monitor profile corruption is very common on windows machines.
Include Develop settings in metadata inside JPEG, TIFF and PSD files
Automatically write changes into XMP
These are irrelevant for the Photoshop integration. You should not have to turn on automatic xmp writes.
Now, there used to be a dialog that asked me if I wanted the original or a copy... it never came up again, why? I mostly work on raw files.
This dialog should only come up with non-RAW files such as tiff, jpeg, or psd. For RAW files, it should go straight into Photoshop, without giving you an intermediate ACR screen although ACR is used in the background.
A last reason for apparent desaturation that I should tell you about is the color noise reduction. This is probably not it, but I'll tell you about it for completeness. In Develop, Lightroom only applies color noise reduction in the 1:1 view. When you have lots of color in your image that is only a few pixels large, the color noise reduction might get get rid of it, but Lightroom will not show it to you in the zoomed out view. Then when you go to Library or go to Photoshop, it will suddenly show you an image that is apparently desaturated, while actually the view in Lightroom was highly oversaturated. Turn off the color noise reduction to get around this issue.

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