p.1 #1 · New to Lightroom - monitor colour profile issue :(
Hi all, I'm trying out Lightroom after being a long time CS2 user. I have two monitors (19" CRT & 24" HP LCD calibrated). I'm using Lightroom on the 24" monitor, but the default colours seem to be using my CRT monitor profile instead of the LCD profile. I'm new to using this program, and I can't figure out how to have Lightroom use the proper profile. When I use CS2 with the working image solely on the LCD and the tools on the CRT the photo has the right colour.
I'm hoping someone has gone through this and can assist.
p.1 #2 · New to Lightroom - monitor colour profile issue :(
If you're running windows xp, you need to download Microsoft's Color Management utility that goes into your control panel and you can select which profile for which monitor.
p.1 #4 · New to Lightroom - monitor colour profile issue :(
No, this didn't help ... Lightroom is still defaulting to the profile of the other monitor. Is there a way in Lightroom that you can choose the profile like in Photoshop?
p.1 #5 · New to Lightroom - monitor colour profile issue :(
I don't recall either lightroom nor photoshop controlling color profiles usage unless you're softproofing in photoshop. Lightroom doesn't have a softproofing function if that's what you're trying to do.
If you're trying to run the correct profiles through your two monitors, the windows color management tool will do that regardless of what program you're running assuming the program is color managed and is capable of correctly translating images from one color space to another. In the case of lightroom, it does all this internally.
p.1 #6 · New to Lightroom - monitor colour profile issue :(
I have both CS2 and Lightroom and I never had this issue. I also use my better monitor for lightroom and for the photo screen for CS2(put my tools on the crappy Dell).
Maybe your video card software is doing something bizarre. Lightroom and CS2 work in the native XP profile unless soft proofing in CS2. What you are saying makes no sense.
The only thing I can think of is you are working in softproof in CS2 and the native profile other wise and you have your profiles messed up.(I don't even know if this is possible-I'm just throwing out ideas).
p.1 #7 · New to Lightroom - monitor colour profile issue :(
Thanks guys, I'm really stumped too. I have a different proflie for each monitor (as I always have had) and Photoshop has never had an issue (and still does not). However, with Lightroom, it seems to retain the profile of monitor 1 (monitor 2 is the one I use for photos).
Maybe Lightroom automatically defaults to the profile of the primary monitor?
