LIghtroom: edit in PS2 - color issues

Raphy

Maybe someone has come acress someting limilar...

I'm noticing that when in LIghtroom, I go to EDIT IN CS2 founction, the image gets exported to CS2 (with lightroom changes as per my preference)... so far so good.

In CS2 i add a layer (ie a signature), i make NO changes to ANY color, contract, etc... everything stays the same. I save the image.

Back in Lightroom, I import that saved image that i just edited in CS2 and the colors a slightly off... a bit more red tone to them...

WHAT GIVES ? :scratch :scratch :dunno :rolleyes

...as far as i know i use the sRGB profile in both lightroom and CS2 and with the monitor color profile is also set to sRGB...

HELP ME... it's getting extremely annoying...:cry

arodney

The flattened image is often a slightly different color appearance due to blend modes.

LR doesn't "use" sRGB although you can export to that color space. Also, depending on where you view the image in LR, you might be looking at a lower rez preview. Its best to compare a preview at 1:1 in LR in Develop to see the color correctly.

Do NOT set your display to sRGB! Set it to the custom profile you build of that device.

Raphy

arodney wrote:

Do NOT set your display to sRGB! Set it to the custom profile you build of that device.

Well, i had some moajor color issues when i bought my new LCD monitor... the colors were WAY off... so the only thing that seemed to work was sRGB for the monitor profile... so i changed both lightroom and adobe to sRGB and they workED fine... not sure what's happening now

What's bad about sRGB....what should lightroom and adobe be set to in terms of a color profile...? PhotoRGB ?

arodney

Raphy wrote:

What's bad about sRGB....what should lightroom and adobe be set to in terms of a color profile...? PhotoRGB ?

ICC aware applications need the profile of your display, not sRGB.

See this:
http://www.takegreatpictures.com/HOME/Columns/Digital_Photography/Details/Color_Management_and_Display.fci