If you’re working with a mismatched ACR version (i.e. ACR 5.7 in CS4 with Lightroom 4.0), you should see the ACR Mismatch dialog, which allows you to choose how to handle the file. There’s a diagram of the options and their results at the end of this question. Render using Lightroom uses Lightroom’s own processing… Click to continue
Why do my photos look different in Photoshop?
A mismatch in colors between Lightroom and Photoshop is usually due to either a corrupted or incompatible monitor profile or incorrect color space settings. For example, a ProPhoto RGB photo mistakenly rendered as sRGB will display as desaturated and flat. ProPhoto RGB photo correctly displayed as ProPhoto RGB: ProPhoto RGB photo incorrectly displayed as if… Click to continue
Which color space should I use?
Color management is a huge subject in its own right, so we won’t go into great detail here. If you’d like to learn more, Jeffrey Friedl wrote an excellent article on color spaces, which you will find at: http://www.lrq.me/friedl-colorspace In short, we’ve already said that photos are made up of pixels, which each have number… Click to continue
Lightroom can’t find Photoshop to use Edit in Photoshop—how do I fix it?
When Lightroom starts up, it checks to see whether Photoshop or Photoshop Elements are installed, and if it can’t find them, then the Edit in Photoshop menu command is disabled. If you install a new version of Photoshop, and then uninstall an earlier version, the link can get broken by the uninstall. Uninstalling and reinstalling… Click to continue
What happens if I’m still using an older version of ACR and Photoshop?
Yesterday David asked the question… “If I am using CS4 (PS4) and I upgrade to LR3, if I choose “EDIT WITH PS” will I get a warning message regarding ACR versions (6 vs 5)? I assume that PS4 does not support ACR 6 and will thus not maintain ACR mods from LR3 if I edit… Click to continue
ACR 5.7 and LR 2.7… and LR3, CS4, CS5 and how they all fit together
There’s still considerable confusion about the recent Lightroom 2.7 and ACR 5.7 updates and their compatibility with Lightroom 3. To complicate it further, although LR 2.7’s basic processing matches the ACR 5.7 release, on this occasion ACR 5.7 offers additional features for LR3 compatibility. For a start, there’s a difference between a demosaic and a… Click to continue
How do I change the primary External Editor from Photoshop CS4 back to CS3?
Lightroom automatically chooses its own primary External Editor, based on registry entries on Windows and preference files on Mac. It’ll generally default to the newest version of Photoshop, and if it can’t find Photoshop, it’ll use Photoshop Elements instead. There’s an old TechNote which explains further: http://www.adobe.com/go/kb401629 However, what if you want to use an… Click to continue
Why do my photos look different in Photoshop?
Excerpt from Adobe Lightroom 2 – The Missing FAQ Usually a mismatch in colors is due to either incorrect color profile settings or a corrupted monitor profile. For example, a ProPhoto RGB photo mistakenly rendered as sRGB will display as desaturated and flat. This is a ProPhoto RGB photo correctly displayed as ProPhoto RGB: This… Click to continue
Lightroom 2.2 Compatibility with CS3
There’s some confusion over a dialog box which has reared its head again in Lightroom 2.2. It appears when you try to edit a raw file in CS3 rather than CS4, and warns that you need ACR 5.2 for complete compatibility. Are Adobe saying that you have to upgrade to CS4 in order to use… Click to continue