Stearmandriver
10th of December 2006 (Sun), 23:40
I'm not sure if this will make sense, but I've searched Adobe's resources and searched here and I can't find the answer, so I thought I'd ask:
In Lightroom, when a file of images (CR2's in this case) is imported, all the thumbnails initially look very flat - like I'd expect an unprocessed RAW to look. But within a few seconds, they switch to a "processed" look... increased color and contrast. This seems to happen in the Loupe view as well; I've been scrolling through images and seen a full-screen image change while I was looking at it.
This reminds me of the way Adobe Bridge would apply its "auto" settings to RAW files unless you changed the default so it didn't do this. The difference is, in Bridge when you opened the image in ACR it would have the "auto corrections" boxs checked, and would show all the adjustments it had made to your image. Lightroom doesn't do that; when you open a pic in the "Develop" module, it shows no corrections applied. Yet... it did SOMETHING. I saw it happen!
The changes seem mostly related to contrast and saturation, with no big tonal changes like exposure etc. So what is it doing? Anyone know?
In Lightroom, when a file of images (CR2's in this case) is imported, all the thumbnails initially look very flat - like I'd expect an unprocessed RAW to look. But within a few seconds, they switch to a "processed" look... increased color and contrast. This seems to happen in the Loupe view as well; I've been scrolling through images and seen a full-screen image change while I was looking at it.
This reminds me of the way Adobe Bridge would apply its "auto" settings to RAW files unless you changed the default so it didn't do this. The difference is, in Bridge when you opened the image in ACR it would have the "auto corrections" boxs checked, and would show all the adjustments it had made to your image. Lightroom doesn't do that; when you open a pic in the "Develop" module, it shows no corrections applied. Yet... it did SOMETHING. I saw it happen!
The changes seem mostly related to contrast and saturation, with no big tonal changes like exposure etc. So what is it doing? Anyone know?