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Just recently I've noticed that all my photos (Canon RAW - CR2) look a bit weird in LR and its the same in Library as well as Develop. The shadows all look very blocky and the light areas lighter than they should be. I have recently bought a new camera and it may have happened when I first started putting photos from my new camera into LR or it may just be a coincidence! I upgraded my old Canon 650D to an 800D.
I have attached 2 screen grabs showing an extreme example of whats happening from a blurry shot of a tree at dusk. The first image shows how the photo currently looks in Windows Explorer which is also how it should look. The second image shows how the photo looks now in LR. It also has the same distorted appearance in Photoshop.
Does anyone have any suggestions on why this has happened and how to fix it - many thanks!
Photo as seen in Windows Explorer - which is how it should look
Photo as Lightroom Classic now shows it
I'm not seeing the issue in LR either. Try changing the monitor profile to sRGB if using a standard display or Adobe RGB if using a wide gamut display.
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-change-my-monitor-profile-to-check-whether-its-corrupted/
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The default camera profile was changed in LR Classic from Adobe Standard to Adobe Color, which has higher contrast and color saturation. Try setting it to Adobe Standard. If still seeing this issue please export one of the CR2 files to DNG file format and post to a file sharing site such as Dropbox.
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Hi - thanks for the reply. I've had a look at the Profiles in Develop and changed them from Adobe Colour to Adobe Standard but although it makes a small difference it doesn't solve the problem - my photos are still unusable. Unfortunately I'm away from my computer now for a week so I won't be able to look at this problem again for a while. I'll try posting again in a week or two and see what happens then.
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Hi - I am now back at my computer - Can I send you a dng file via wetransfer using the email address you sent? - many thanks
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Sure, just copy & paste the WeTransfer share link into your reply here.
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hi there
heres the download link - hope it works OK
Download link
https://we.tl/RNZt26PtdO
1 file
IMG_9474.dng
many thanks
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A couple of things first:
I downloaded the file, and this is how it looks here, with ACR 10.3 and the default Adobe Color profile. Adobe Standard looks very similar, only with slightly more muted color.
I think you have a defective monitor profile. Are you using a calibrator? If you don't, you probably got a bad manufacturer profile distributed through Windows Update.
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I'm not seeing the issue in LR either. Try changing the monitor profile to sRGB if using a standard display or Adobe RGB if using a wide gamut display.
https://www.lightroomqueen.com/how-do-i-change-my-monitor-profile-to-check-whether-its-corrupted/
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Many thanks to D Fosse and Todd Shaner! I followed the link to the lightroom queen and changed my monitor profile to sRGB and my photos now look normal again. I didn't think that it could be a monitor problem because nothing else on my computer seemed to have changed it was only my photos viewed in LR and PS that looked weird. So I guess you're right that maybe the monitor profile was changed by a Windows update - very confusing I would never have worked that out!
Now I just have to decide if I want to buy a monitor calibrator but as my photography is a hobby not a business I'm not sure if I'll go down that route!
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What model monitor are you using? You may be able to find a calibration profile at TFT Central's website. Follow the 'Quick Browse' instructions for installing the profile and changing your monitor's control settings. The best solution is to buy or borrow a good monitor calibrator, but this should get you closer.
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My monitor is a Dell U2311H. I've now got the original monitor profile, the sRGB profile and a TFT profile. The original (and probably corrupt) profile is still terrible but the sRGB and the TFT profiles are both good although I can't see much difference between them. Many thanks for your help.
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Don't forget to adjust the monitor's controls using TFT's calibration settings. That's the most important part of calibrating a display. If unclear how to do that let me know.
Notes Brightness Contrast R G B Preset Mode
A00 31 75 87 100 93 Custom (RGB)