Posted by Frank Parker on October 12, 2007 at 4:46 PM
HI All,
I am new to Lightroom and have an overall query.
In short I used to use PS bridge and recently changed over to Lightroom on advice from another photographer. The Hud looks good and seems a great application for workflow. However the results I get with actual image quality do not seem correct.
The problem I am having is that I am trying to do all my colour correction, sharpening etc in Lightroom and then finishing off in PS2, but when I export the final tweaked image into PS2 (as a 16bit tif) for some unknown reason the image looks like a watercolour in certain areas (especially out of focus backgrounds). Does anyone else experience this? Is this maybe due to the levels I am using with Saturation or Sharpening? Is it the way it interpretes Noise/ISO...???? I have now tried it direct in PS2 and the results seem much better. Perhaps there is a control that is on, that I can switch off???
When I import an image into Lightroom, it "AUTO" adds levels in the "black" "shaperning", "vignette", "contrast" and "brightness" fields.. is this something to do with it? Can these be switched off as a pre-set?
For reference, I use a canon 1DmkII, so would this affect the way lightroom interpretes the raw file? I.e does LR work better with certain camera formats of RAW?
Would be thankful if someone can shed some light on this for me...
Thanks
Posted by Wim Reyns on October 13, 2007 at 5:30 AM
I'm thinking this is a color space issue. Check what color space you are exporting from in LR by default i think its ProPhotoRGB. This should match your color space in PS2. If not it will give you some washed out colors.
Hope this helps.
Wim.
Posted by Cindy Bell on October 14, 2007 at 3:07 PM
Agree, it sounds like the export color space may be the problem. WRT your other question, yes, you can control image import operations using presets. The Lightroom user guide should have all the necessary details on how to adjust presets to values you prefer.
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2 repliesI am new to Lightroom and have an overall query.
In short I used to use PS bridge and recently changed over to Lightroom on advice from another photographer. The Hud looks good and seems a great application for workflow. However the results I get with actual image quality do not seem correct.
The problem I am having is that I am trying to do all my colour correction, sharpening etc in Lightroom and then finishing off in PS2, but when I export the final tweaked image into PS2 (as a 16bit tif) for some unknown reason the image looks like a watercolour in certain areas (especially out of focus backgrounds). Does anyone else experience this? Is this maybe due to the levels I am using with Saturation or Sharpening? Is it the way it interpretes Noise/ISO...???? I have now tried it direct in PS2 and the results seem much better. Perhaps there is a control that is on, that I can switch off???
When I import an image into Lightroom, it "AUTO" adds levels in the "black" "shaperning", "vignette", "contrast" and "brightness" fields.. is this something to do with it? Can these be switched off as a pre-set?
For reference, I use a canon 1DmkII, so would this affect the way lightroom interpretes the raw file? I.e does LR work better with certain camera formats of RAW?
Would be thankful if someone can shed some light on this for me...
Thanks
Hope this helps.
Wim.