So I edit my raw files in lightroom, export to jpegs, import the jpegs to photostory deluxe (PSD) and the imported jpegs look way too saturated and sharp compared to how they look in lightroom. Is there some colorspace setting or effects option in PSD I have to disable to maintain the look I have in lightroom? Very troubling.
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There are no settings within Photostory Deluxe for making any alteration to your own computer's Graphic Settings. However, it might be worth checking under the fx tab>Image optimization that nothing there is being applied to your images.
I don't have Lightroom so can't check this, but is there a setting within it that that can affect your graphic settings, i.e. how your images appear on screen? Do you see a similar saturation if you open one of your images in a different image viewing program? The free IrfanView would be a good comparison if you don't have another image viewer to check.
Failing that, I think you need to check your Windows Graphic Settings.
BTW, PSD is normally taken to refer to "Photoshop", because .psd is the file extension it uses. PS is the simplest acronym for Photostory.
HTH
Jeff
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Hi
Which colour space setting are you using to export from Lightroom?
IIRC Photostory is sRGB colour space.
Another cause of this issue may be that you are using a wide gamut monitor, these tend to display images over saturated in some applications where the colour profile is ignored. In which case you need to lower the saturation in Lightroom before you export it.
HTH
John EB
Thanks for the suggestions. I am using a color calibrated monitor that displays 100% of sRGB colors and I do convert to sRGB colorspace in Lightroom for consistency purposes. I did go into PS => Fx options => LAB Color and desaturated the photo in PS by 20% (0.2 on the slider). That looks fairly close to the edited image in Lightroom). As a test, I then opened the same image using the built-in Windows 10 image viewer and, sure enough, it looks as saturated as it does in PS. So Win10/PS are consistent, and Lightroom is apparently doing something different with respect to color.
It appears if I want to desaturate a batch of photos I can select them all then apply the LAB Color change to them all. Extra work but not too time consuming at least.
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. . . . I am using a color calibrated monitor that displays 100% of sRGB colors . . . . opened the same image using the built-in Windows 10 image viewer and, sure enough, it looks as saturated . . . .
That is typical behaviour of a wide gamut monitor or Windows is switching colour profiles eg Lightroom is using the colour profile and PS and other programs are using a default profile.
Unfortunately PS does not allow you to save an effect for reloading.
You may want to consider moving up to Movie Edit Pro Premium (MEP), which do allow saving and reloading of effects and also support LUTS - you may be able to get this for the Upgrade price
HTH
John EB
Usually I'm creating photo books but thought I'd try a slide show so bought Photostory. Hadn't really thought too much about color profiles since the photos look great printed out, but obviously it matters more now when displayed in electronic media. Gonna have to rethink my strategy if I persist with making slideshows and movies. Thanks again. It does help.
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. . . . photos look great printed out, but obviously it matters more now when displayed in electronic media . . . . Gonna have to rethink my strategy if I persist with making slideshows and movies . . . .
As you are aware print and electronic media have very different colour gamuts - print being somewhat restricted additionally print is subtractive, hence the use of CMYK inks whereas electronic media is additive and sRGB.
It is common practice to maintain 2 versions of media for the different end uses.
I would suggest that you continue editing, as for usual for print, in Lightroom, and set up a script (assign it to a keyboard shortcut ?), to export a copy adjusted for saturation for PS to a separate folder - the adjustment should be a constant value.
HTH
John EB