Picture Color Display on Lightroom is not correct

[darcke]

Hi guys,

When I opened a photo on lightroom, it seem darkened and discolored.
I checked the thread about picture got yellowed, but it seems not helpful on me so I decided to create a thread and have a comparison when I opened the image on lightroom and onto photoshop.

I know and i believe that the problem is not with my pc or drivers since the picture displays correct on my other photo editing tools ie photoshop, IRview, etc.

heres the sample:

i hope someone with a kind heart help me to go through on this.

if you will ask me to just contact the support dept of adobe, that wouldnt help, since i cannot contact their support dept at all. and besides, thats why theres a forum about tech issues here on the forum, to help our co-forumer right?

i hope this thread will also help others who are encountering the same issues as i have.

 

[Victoria Bampton]

Hi Darcke, welcome to the forum!

That looks like the classic 'corrupt monitor profile' problem. LR uses the monitor profile differently to other programs. Just recalibrate your monitor (or at least remove the current profile and switch to sRGB temporarily) and you should be all set.

 

[darcke]

Hi Victoria,

thanks for a quick reply. i appreciate it a lot.

however, im not sure how to calibrate or shift the color profile of my monitor to sRGB. maybe a simple walkthrough might be a big help.

thanks so much!

will wait...

 

[Victoria Bampton]

If you do a quick search, you'll find it's been discussed regularly, or just tell me which operating system Darcke.

 

[darcke]

Hi Victoria,

Note: Im using a windows XP

Anyhow, I managed to modify my profile to srgb color space profile.icm. The problem has been solved.

For the benefit of the others:
Process:
Start > Control Panel > Adobe Gamma > Load the srgb color space profile.icm (if you have many icm there, i suggest to move them to other folder so that only the srgb color space profile.icm is visible > then just click next next next.. until it says you to save it.

however, i still observe that my picture on lightroom is darker compared on other apps or when viewing it on other image viewer, or program.

heres an example image i modified on lightroom. when i exported it, and i viewed the modified image, it appears lighter when viewed on photoshop or in image viewer...

heres an example:

 

[Victoria Bampton]

Ok, that gets us closer. That does prove that the monitor profile was the issue.

That said, sRGB isn't really a monitor profile, so you want to be calibrating your monitor, ideally with proper calibration hardware. Trying to use Lightroom and Photoshop without proper monitor calibration is like trying to ride a bike without handlebars or saddle. It might kind of work, but it won't work well. So perhaps one for your wishlist - something like a Eye-One Display, or similar.

Now back to the problem in hand, take Windows Picture and Fax Viewer out of the equation. It's not colour managed. If you're going to compare against anything, compare against photoshop.

In the meantime, you can probably get a bit closer using Adobe Gamma to do a rough calibration by eye - set the gamma to 2.2, luminance to around 12' if you can, and follow the instructions.

 

[darcke]

OMG! works like a charm! my gamma was set to 1.8 and change it to 2.2.

what i see on lightroom now is more likely / tolerable view when viewed on photoshop.

sweet thanks victoria!

much love!

 

[Katherine Mann]

but still

If you can spring for the funds - do get yourself a calibrator of some sort and generate an accurate profile for your monitor. You want to have output that reflects all your work - not something like it, or something close. What's the point of working on a photo if the result is not accurate?

 

[darcke]

@katherine. yup you got a point there. i was thinking of getting 1 though. but i think for now, i can tweak that gamma settings to get the perfect results.

in regards with this issue of color settings, it got into my head that for example our works are posted online, and be viewed on a different computer, on a different color settings.. each. hence, people will get different "point of view" of our works.

meaning, eventhough we tried of make it "color perfect", itll be totally different on other monitors...

just a thought...