turn off automatic RAW corrections in Lightroom?

[joruiz]

Hello!

The first time you see a RAW image in Lightroom, it seems the program does some automatic corrections to it, guessing the best values for the important parameters. I want this turned off, but I can't find where to do it!

Can you people help me? thanks!!!!

I'm shooting with a Rebel XTi/400D.

Joel

PS.. forgot to add.. I made a search on this topic on the forum but I couldn't find anything related. If I missed something, I apologize and I will be happy if you could point me to those threads..

[tim]

Haven't used lightroom but could be similar to ACR - check the RAW FAQ in my sig in case it gives you an idea.

[joruiz]

Thank you Tim.. actually that's where I got the idea of turning off the automatic adjustments, from your RAW FAQ but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be as straight forward as in ACR..

by the way, thanks for all the info you provide, extremely educational.

If anyone knows how to do this in LR.. I will certainly appreciate it!!

[In2Photos]

The best way to do this is to create a preset with the settings you want to apply to all images upon Import. This could even be just As shot on everything. Save the preset and use it when you Import.

[Ricko of Fla]

Presets are when you import your pictures, there are no preset set by Lightroom > You do this at the importing
page . Look at Lightroom Killer tips .com There is a video on importing files, plus many others
Ricko

[msgvb]

I think I've noticed the same thing as well -- you guys are talking about how when viewing a photo for the first time in Lightroom it looks "plain" and then Lightroom applies some minor tweaks? I think I've tracked this to the Camera Calibration and ACR 3.6, but there doesn't seem to be a way to turn it off. apparently it reads the camera profile from the meta data and applies the respective profile right off the bat. not sure this is a bad thing, necessarily, is it? though sometimes I would like to be able to turn it off, just to see.

has there been any progress on this as far as a way to disable it?

is this as simple as maybe turning off the switch to the left of the Camera Calibration panel in Develop?

[davidcrebelxt]

See my reply here: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=374742

Post #4.

[Packhorse-4]

You should check your import dialogue box to see what “Presets” are being applied on import. Try the Lightroom default or create a new preset that does not alter the Camera Calibration settings.

You may also want to take a look at the Lightroom Preferences. In the Presets tab you will see a checkbox to “Make defaults specific to camera serial number”. If this is checked you may want to un-check it to see if that helps.

[Glenn NK]

See my reply here: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=374742

Post #4.

David:

I think you've nailed it. Seems reaonable.

[Anke]

If I can chip in my two cents. It appears that the "adjustment" by LR only happens when you double click an image to get a closer view, it doesn't happen on Import.

[Anke]

It started happening to me when I created a new Catalog. For some reason it happens in my new Catalog but not in my old one?!

[msgvb]

presets are set to None.

thanks David, yeah, that's a great idea, but how to go about "getting back" the original settings to use as a preview. that's what I'm trying to figure out.

it seems turning off the ACR has no effect, either.
the auto tweaks seem to be making some color and contrast adjustments -- the camera profile (ACR 3.6 by default in this case) only has controls for Shadows tint, and primary colors hue & saturation adjustments.

[davidcrebelxt]

[quote=msgvb;3922271]presets are set to None.

see my reply here:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=374742
post #7

[danpass]

I wonder ........ is there an answer to this yet?

The RAW is perfect for a split second then LR modifies it :confused:

[TheBurningCrown]

I wonder ........ is there an answer to this yet?

The RAW is perfect for a split second then LR modifies it :confused:
Old thread, but the answer is simple:
What you're seeing when you open up the image in LR is the embedded JPEG preview from the RAW file. Once Lightroom interprets the actual RAW data it renders a new preview image, which is the changed version you see.

The only way to get around this is to either shoot JPEG, use Canon's DPP instead, or make a camera profile that more closely reflects what you want to see from your initial RAW files.

[Mark1]

How to remove Lightroom default settings....

http://lightroom-blog.com/2010/09/getting-rid-of-default-lightroom-develop-presets.html

[hollis_f]

How to remove Lightroom default settings....

http://lightroom-blog.com/2010/09/getting-rid-of-default-lightroom-develop-presets.html

That just removes the develop presets. LR will still do some processing of the raw data - because it has to. Unprocessed raw data will not be an image, there are several processes that need to be carried out to convert it to an image.

As has already been stated, the image you first see is the embedded jpeg. The camera has processed the raw data to produce that image. When you load the raw data into LR it will process the data using whatever parameters are specified as the default. Unless these parameters are the same as those used by the camera then the resulting image will look different from the embedded preview.

So, to get the LR image looking how you want it, you need to choose the parameters it's going to use. Select a representative image, get the settings in the Develop module changed to provide the sort of image you're after and then press the 'Alt' key. The 'Reset' button in the bottom right will now change to 'Set default'. Press this button and those settings will be applied to all new images automatically. You can set it up so that the default settings are different for different camera bodies and/or different ISOs.

[TheBurningCrown]

So, to get the LR image looking how you want it, you need to choose the parameters it's going to use. Select a representative image, get the settings in the Develop module changed to provide the sort of image you're after and then press the 'Alt' key. The 'Reset' button in the bottom right will now change to 'Set default'. Press this button and those settings will be applied to all new images automatically. You can set it up so that the default settings are different for different camera bodies and/or different ISOs.
Just to add - if you want it to match what you "first see," then the best way to do this would be to shoot JPEG + RAW and then try to match the RAW defaults to the JPEG.

[ni$mo350]

In, going to try this later..

[danpass]

I'm going to give it a shot in the camera profile section.

I tried this about two years ago and couldn't match up the contrast effects. Perhaps now .... lol