Color of photo in LR vs. Other Programs???

  • Thread starter Thread starter tsinvest
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
T

tsinvest

Guest
I am trying Lightroom and accidentally came accross something that puzzles me. I also have ACDsee Pro2 and when I view a photo in ACDSee it is slightly more vibrant and colorful than when viewed in LR. I tried this with Canon's Zoombrowser and also Fast Stone Image Viewer and they display the photo the same as ACDsee. So the question is why does the photo seem slightly less vibrant and colorful (very slightly less, but still noticeable) in LR than all the other programs listed above. By the way, this was without any color management set in any of the programs. I think I may want to switch to LR, but I am concerned about the color differences. Adobe Bridge by the way displays the color the same as LR. So basically these two Adobe products display colors and tone slightly different than the non-Adobe products. Any thoughts or comments - thank you!

Tom
 
Sort by date Sort by votes
Denis de Gannes said:
There are many posts on this issue in this forum and other similar sites.If you are referring to raw files then you can have a look here.
http://adobeforums.com/webx/.3bc3d55a
Click to expand...

Thanks for the link Dennis, however I am noticing this on all photos RAW as well as JPG. It is the rendered images that look slightly different in LR as opposed to the other programs I mentioned. If you have any of the other programs, try comparing the same photo in LR and another program and see if you notice a difference.

Thanks, Tom
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
That has to do with LR actually using your monitor profile while the other programs don't, thus the difference. There are a number of Threads on this at the Adobe LR User to User Forum as well. I believe at least one even has Tom Hogarty of Mark Hamburg explaining why the differences.

Don
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Found the solution to my problem

Thanks all. I just discovered that if I go into control panel (windows xp) and click on Display, then on Settings, then Advanced, then Color Management and select sRGB and set it as my default, everything display the same in all programs. It was set to my monitor's settings rather than sRGB.:D
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top