Photoshop and Lightroom color. Not a match

[Craig Murphy]

Why is color rendition so different in the two preview windows with LR's color looking the best.  PS seems oversaturated.
 
Here is what I am doing:
     Adobe color space set to ProPhoto
     LR is set to automatically write to xmp.
     Viewing on NEC 2690


1)Download Fuji S5 Raw files from card reader to drive using ImageIngester
2)Edit/cull in Bridge (sometimes I edit in LR)
3)Import into LR

I'm viewing in PS either in ACR or just by highlighting the thumbnail to view the preview.  Look the same.

Also.  Why does LR and PS read the same color patch giving different numbers? Example: third grey patch on Macbeth checker. LR 85-85-88.....PS 209-208-218.

Thanks for any solutions.  This is kind of a drag to have the two programs looking so different.

[Nat Coalson]

Sounds like an issue with rendering of previews and the possibility of auto-adjust settings being enabled in either Bridge/ACR and/or LR. Check the preferences for both and disable any auto-adjust settings.

The difference in color readings is that PS uses RGB Levels (0-255) and LR uses percentages.

[Craig Murphy]

Thanks for the reply.   No auto adjust settings activated.

[DavidB]

All the times I've seen this happen it's been down to one (or both) of two factors:

• ACR's colour space setting resulting in the images being rendered to Photoshop in something other than ProPhoto (e.g. AdobeRGB).  The result of this is usually subtle.  You've said that you have "Adobe color space set to ProPhoto": do you mean the Photoshop default RGB colour space, or the ACR output colour space?
• Problems with the display profile.  We all assume, but you haven't said: you are working with a calibrated and profiled display aren't you?

[Craig Murphy]

Color spaces all set the same. My version of PS ACR is 4.5 beta.  I thought it was the latest version but now I'm looking at Adobe's website and I'm only seeing ACR 4.4.1 and I forget where the heck I got 4.5 beta.  
      Lightroom is version 1.4.1 with  version 4.4.1 Camera Raw. Think having two versions of Camera Raw might be an issue?   I shoot with a Fuji S5.

     Working with a NEC 2690.  Calibrated a couple of days ago.    How could a display profile be a problem?  Even if the calibration was wacked out PS and LR would still both be playing in the same ball park so to speak.

[Pete Ferling]

Color spaces all set the same. My version of PS ACR is 4.5 beta.  I thought it was the latest version but now I'm looking at Adobe's website and I'm only seeing ACR 4.4.1 and I forget where the heck I got 4.5 beta.   
      Lightroom is version 1.4.1 with  version 4.4.1 Camera Raw. Think having two versions of Camera Raw might be an issue?   I shoot with a Fuji S5.

     Working with a NEC 2690.  Calibrated a couple of days ago.    How could a display profile be a problem?  Even if the calibration was wacked out PS and LR would still both be playing in the same ball park so to speak.
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Are the external editor prefs in LR set to use 16bit ProPhoto RGB?

[Victoria Bampton]

Color spaces all set the same. My version of PS ACR is 4.5 beta.  I thought it was the latest version but now I'm looking at Adobe's website and I'm only seeing ACR 4.4.1 and I forget where the heck I got 4.5 beta.   
      Lightroom is version 1.4.1 with  version 4.4.1 Camera Raw. Think having two versions of Camera Raw might be an issue?   I shoot with a Fuji S5.

     Working with a NEC 2690.  Calibrated a couple of days ago.    How could a display profile be a problem?  Even if the calibration was wacked out PS and LR would still both be playing in the same ball park so to speak.
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You got the 4.5 beta from the Adobe Labs site.  It should be backwards compatible.

Do try recalibrating - PS and LR use the profile differently (perceptual vs. relative colorimetric), and therefore a profile that looks perfect in PS can give some very weird results in LR.