Lightroom acting strange. Yellow tint in lightroom but not in saved image?

Hunders · 19 Jun 2015 at 12:34

Hi guys.

I'm getting a strange problem with Lightroom 5.6 where when editing an image there is a yellow tint that isn't there once the file is saved?

I have exported the out of camera raw file to photoshop CC where there is no yellow tint at all so this problem seems to occur only in Lightroom.

Any ideas on what could be going on?

Phate · 19 Jun 2015 at 12:37

Hunders said:
Hi guys.

I'm getting a strange problem with Lightroom 5.6 where when editing an image there is a yellow tint that isn't there once the file is saved?

I have exported the out of camera raw file to photoshop CC where there is no yellow tint at all so this problem seems to occur only in Lightroom.

Any ideas on what could be going on?

Havent accidentally turned on any production to be done when exporting?

Hunders · 19 Jun 2015 at 12:51

Nope.

The yellow tint becomes quite apparent if I convert the otherwise unedited image to black and white in the 'basic' tab.

If I save this black and white image it is black and white without the yellow tint.

Here is a comparison between the saved file and the same picture in Lightroom

Columbo · 19 Jun 2015 at 12:54

I had something similar a few months ago.
I eventually fixed it when I found out that Lightroom was using a different colour profile to the rest of Windows and still have no idea how it happened, however I fixed it by using some free software called Calibrize and have'nt had an issue since.

In fact I've found some examples which basically mirror what you are seeing. again Calibrize fixed it for me.

How lightroom looked

Once exported

Hunders · 19 Jun 2015 at 13:57

Yeah that looks exactly the same. I'll give that program you mention a go!

Hunders · 19 Jun 2015 at 15:32

So I just ran the tool and it seems to have fixed the problem however the monitor is now a lot dimmer than what I'm used to.

Is this normal?

Columbo · 19 Jun 2015 at 16:20

Well it will be if that's how you've calibrated it. If you want it brighter just apply the appropriate settings when creating a profile.

Hunders · 19 Jun 2015 at 16:39

But surely there should be only one calibration that is correct? If I calibrate my monitor to how the application asks and then I just bump up the brightness because I *think* it's too dim that is against the point of the calibrator in the first place.