turn off automatic RAW corrections in Lightroom?

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..

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

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!!

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.

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

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?

See my reply here: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=374742

Post #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.

davidcrebelxt wrote in post #3889870
See my reply here: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=374742

Post #4.

David:

I think you've nailed it. Seems reaonable.

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.

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?!

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.

[QUOTE=msgvb;3922271]p​resets are set to None.

see my reply here:
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=374742
post #7

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

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

danpass wrote in post #11207416
I wonder ........ is there an answer to this yet?

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

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.