LR2.5 automatically altering image every time it's selected (Win7?)

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Hello,

Within the past couple of weeks, I've been experiencing an inconsistent problem and am curious if anyone has experienced the same. Here's the flow:

- typically in the DEVELOP module
- select a new image, adjust it, move on to the next new image
- go back and select one of the previously edited images and while it's loading, it suddenly transitions to a slightly warmer tone than when I had last left that image. None of the sliders in the Basic/ToneCurve/etc panels move when this is happening, although the image clearly changes to a warmer version of the photo.
- to confirm that it's doing something that I didn't ask it to do (ie, warm the image), I click on the MOST RECENT item in the History panel and the unwanted adjustment goes away, and the image returns to the state in which I last left it.
- the fact that the "warming/yellowing" effect was not included in the last entry of the History panel confirms that it's something I did not cause. This automatic/unwanted image adjustment doesnt reveal itself in the History panel either. It's like an Auto ghost adjustment.

Needless to say, this is very concerning, since I am hesitate to go back and reselect any image because it takes the extra time to reset it to the most recent/accurate History setting.

This problem occurs in both of my catalogs, but is not consistent. It's not happening at the moment, but will likely reoccur later today.

I recently upgraded to Windows 7 64-bit....but the timing of this problem doesnt sync up perfectly with that upgrade event, at least not that I recall. I think it began happening a couple weeks after the upgrade.

Any ideas???

Thank you very much!
-Chris
 
Not ringing any immediate bells. Win 7 64 bit. Just for background info, more on your setup? Monitor(s), video, cpu, calibration? Lr 2.5 32 or 64 bit? All images/adjustments, or just once in a while?

BTW, Chris, welcome to the forums.
 
Welcome Chris!

Looking at your histogram where different colors overlap, do you see a shade of nice gray or a yellowish tint?

As it is in both catalogs, I am thinking about a corrupt monitor profile...
 
[quote author=Brad Snyder link=topic=86'1.msg58145#msg58145 date=126'388776]
Not ringing any immediate bells. Win 7 64 bit. Just for background info, more on your setup? Monitor(s), video, cpu, calibration? Lr 2.5 32 or 64 bit? All images/adjustments, or just once in a while?

BTW, Chris, welcome to the forums.
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Thanks for the welcome guys! and I really appreciate any time you've given to this thread.

Answers:
- Windows 7 64-bit. Clean install over a reformatted hard drive.
- LR 2.5 64-bit, clean registered install
- Video: NVIDIA GeForce 73''GT
- Monitor: Planar PX212M
- CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 DualCore 42''+ 2.2GHz
- 2GB RAM
- PC Model: HP Pavilion m747'n


- no calibration performed since I upgraded to Win7. I do have Spyder3Pro device.
- problem doesn't happen everytime, but once it starts happening, it typically continues to happen, at least for that session. It seems to happen only for previously edited photos. Overall, it occurs about 4'% of the time.
 
[quote author=Denis Pagé link=topic=86'1.msg58147#msg58147 date=126'389845]
Welcome Chris!

Looking at your histogram where different colors overlap, do you see a shade of nice gray or a yellowish tint?

As it is in both catalogs, I am thinking about a corrupt monitor profile...
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- I'm not sure I entirely understand the quesion, but the grey portion of the histogram is nice and grey, it doesn't have a yellow tint.

- When the photo changes color/temperature (not sure which) after selecting it, it's just the photo that changes, not the surrounding elements (filmstrip thumbnails stay the same color, all UI elements stay the same, etc). So if it were a corrupt monitor profile or something, wouldn't that affect the entire display, and not just the selected photo in the main photo panel of the LR Develop module UI?
 
[quote author=chris.dg link=topic=86'1.msg58153#msg58153 date=126'396468]

When the photo changes color/temperature (not sure which) after selecting it, it's just the photo that changes, not the surrounding elements (filmstrip thumbnails stay the same color, all UI elements stay the same, etc). So if it were a corrupt monitor profile or something, wouldn't that affect the entire display, and not just the selected photo in the main photo panel of the LR Develop module UI?
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Actually, and counter-intuitively, no it doesn't. If that were the problem, within Lr, the changes would show up in the image displays, and in the histogram display, but not the UI.

But that's not solving your problem.
So, you adjust a photo, looks fine. Go to the next photo. Return to the original photo, and it's changed? Selecting the last available History step fixes it? That's just weird. Any differences between Quick Develop in Library, and Develop module adjustments?

In the meantime, seems like a fresh install should have cured any installation or preferences issues. I'd make sure my video drivers were up to date, nVidia and Lr have had a history in the past of not playing well together. Try a fresh monitor calibration, or temporarily choose a colorspace profile, like sRGB as the monitor calibration, see if that has any effect.
 
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