Wollemi
New Member
- Joined
- Jul 1, 2018
- Messages
- 5
- Lightroom Experience
- Intermediate
- Lightroom Version
- 6.x
- Lightroom Version Number
- Lightroom Classic version: 8.3
- Operating System
- macOS 10.14 Mojave
I've been using Lightroom for years and am quite accustomed to the newly imported raw files looking less than impressive when first brought into Lightroom. I created a preset for each camera I use which I apply on import to improve contrast, set a colour profile etc. I rarely shoot jpeg so I've just being doing this as a matter of course.
I just got another camera, so I've been shooting raw and jpeg and I haven't made an import profile yet, I imported my raw files with zero adjustments and yet universally the basic untouched raw file has better colour, more contrast and sharper with more detail than the jpeg. I thought it was something about my new camera (Olympus) so I tried importing raw and jpegs from my other cameras (Sony and Canon) without applying any press on import- the same thing here too, the untouched raw file is giving a better preview than the jpeg. I tested this by exporting both sets of images as jpegs and viewing them outside Lightroom and the difference is maintained.
Have Adobe been altering the way Lightroom handles raw files. I'm not complaining I'm just interested. I hear a lot of stuff about how Capture One renders raw files initially better than Lightroom, have they been trying to redress this perhaps.
Any ideas?
I just got another camera, so I've been shooting raw and jpeg and I haven't made an import profile yet, I imported my raw files with zero adjustments and yet universally the basic untouched raw file has better colour, more contrast and sharper with more detail than the jpeg. I thought it was something about my new camera (Olympus) so I tried importing raw and jpegs from my other cameras (Sony and Canon) without applying any press on import- the same thing here too, the untouched raw file is giving a better preview than the jpeg. I tested this by exporting both sets of images as jpegs and viewing them outside Lightroom and the difference is maintained.
Have Adobe been altering the way Lightroom handles raw files. I'm not complaining I'm just interested. I hear a lot of stuff about how Capture One renders raw files initially better than Lightroom, have they been trying to redress this perhaps.
Any ideas?