Lightroom 1.2 problems - pictures all purple

[Iocol]

I finally picked up a copy of Lightroom and I really like the setup and features. So far, I have to say that I prefer it to any other photo manager/editor that I've used in the past.

But for some reason, I'm having some issues with it now. Last night, I tried to import some photos and they came up all purple! :cry: It almost looks like the photos are on some weird infrared setting?!?

I thought it might be just a one time thing so I rebooted and tried again, but every picture I try to view in Lightroom has this problem. I've opened the same photos with Photoshop and other programs w/o any issues, so it must be some sort of setting in Lightroom? But I don't understand why this is happening, because just a day ago, everything was working fine....

EDIT: it turns out my monitor did not have a profile under color management - added sRGB and now everything looks right! thanks so much :D
Dan

[ibdb]

Things that come to mind:

Is LR changing the white balance for some reason?
Did you apply any processing on import that might affect the colors or white balance?
Did you change the default color space in LR from ProPhoto RGB? (Even the other two options shouldn't turn things Purple, though.)

Not sure what else to suggest. . .

[davidcrebelxt]

Might need to try a reinstall of LR... I've heard of some weird issues being resolved by a clean install.

[davidcrebelxt]

Might take a look at this thread from Adobe forums:

http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3c053305/0

[ibdb]

Before going as far as a reinstall, I'd try having LR discard previews and rebuild them.

Are all your photos in LR showing up with the tint, or just recently imported ones?

[ibdb]

Might take a look at this thread from Adobe forums:

http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.3c053305/0
I would think (though I'm just speculating) that if it was the monitor profile, every program that was color managed (CS + LR) would display the same strange tint. Since CS doesn't, and LR does, and they're both Adobe programs that presumably reference the monitor profile the same way, I'm not sure that's going to be the answer in this thread or that one.

[ibdb]

OK, Dan, the Davids have taken over your thread. :lol: Your turn now. ;)

[Iocol]

thanks for all the replies guys - much appreciated :)

I'm going to try some of the suggestions from both Davids when I get home from work and give you an update

cheers,
Dan

[Iocol]

Before going as far as a reinstall, I'd try having LR discard previews and rebuild them.

Are all your photos in LR showing up with the tint, or just recently imported ones?


David,

sorry, I'm a Lightroom newbie...how would I rebuild the previews?

to answer your question, all of my photos are showing in this purplish tint - even older pictures on my computer that I tried importing and any other photo that's in Lightroom

Dan

[Hurricane_777]

I would think (though I'm just speculating) that if it was the monitor profile, every program that was color managed (CS + LR) would display the same strange tint.

I just went through the same issue and found my monitor profile to be corrupt, though LR was the only color managed app that I used that displayed the images incorrectly. From my understanding it was because LR was the only app that I used that actually used the monitor profile for display.

[davidcrebelxt]

Hurricane,

Just for reference, what did you end up setting your monitor profile to, or did you just remove it?

[Hurricane_777]

Hurricane,

Just for reference, what did you end up setting your monitor profile to, or did you just remove it?

Switched it to sRGB in the color management screen in Vista....just clicked on sRGB, added it and chose "use as default." I then screamed in excitement when I fired up LR and noticed my colors were correct again. :)

[Mark Marnell]

Have you tried looking at the images in Photoshop or bridge then you will see if the problem is the same or just happening in lightroom

[ibdb]

Have you tried looking at the images in Photoshop or bridge then you will see if the problem is the same or just happening in lightroom

In the original post he said:

...I've opened the same photos with Photoshop and other programs w/o any issues, so it must be some sort of setting in Lightroom? But I don't understand why this is happening, because just a day ago, everything was working fine....

It may well be that CS and LR use a different profile, but that would seem odd to me that Adobe would do it that way (not that they don't do other odd things).

[In2Photos]

It may well be that CS and LR use a different profile, but that would seem odd to me that Adobe would do it that way (not that they don't do other odd things).
Actually that is very possible. PS allows you to change settings while LR uses the default profile in your display properties. So if the OP's settings in PS are incorrect and the OP's monitor profile somehow is hosed this could happen.

[ibdb]

David,

sorry, I'm a Lightroom newbie...how would I rebuild the previews?

to answer your question, all of my photos are showing in this purplish tint - even older pictures on my computer that I tried importing and any other photo that's in Lightroom

Dan
If all your photos, even the ones that haven't been imported recently are doing it, then I'd tend to think that points to the monitor profile issue instead of a LR settings issue. I read your initial description to say that the pictures you'd just imported were purple, but not all of them.

To rebuild the previews, from the Library module select "Library" then "Previews" then "Discard 1:1 previews." After that, I'd optimize the catalog ("File" then "Catalog Settings" then "Relaunch and Optimize.").

To rebuild/reload your monitor color profile depends on what operating system you're using.

[Hurricane_777]

In the original post he said:



It may well be that CS and LR use a different profile, but that would seem odd to me that Adobe would do it that way (not that they don't do other odd things).

Agreed, but I'm 99% positive they do.

[Iocol]

If all your photos, even the ones that haven't been imported recently are doing it, then I'd tend to think that points to the monitor profile issue instead of a LR settings issue. I read your initial description to say that the pictures you'd just imported were purple, but not all of them.

To rebuild the previews, from the Library module select "Library" then "Previews" then "Discard 1:1 previews." After that, I'd optimize the catalog ("File" then "Catalog Settings" then "Relaunch and Optimize.").

To rebuild/reload your monitor color profile depends on what operating system you're using.

I'm using Windows XP....rebuilding/reloading my monitor color profile sounds like a possible solution! I will give it a try as soon as I can. Thanks again everybody for your comments...we'll see if it works :)

[Iocol]

Switched it to sRGB in the color management screen in Vista....just clicked on sRGB, added it and chose "use as default." I then screamed in excitement when I fired up LR and noticed my colors were correct again. :)


Yes, it worked! I checked my color management settings and there was no profile available. So I added sRGB and now my pictures are back to normal. Thanks again everybody for all your help - much appreciated! :D

Dan