Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great! Nothing more frustrating than fighting random tech problems. Glad it all worked out, Bob Sent from my iPad On Sep 7, 2013, at 3:29 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote: > SOLUTION FOUND > > I have just discovered that if, in LR presets on the left panel, I clcik > 'Zeroed' I get my colour image back. Clicking 'Colour' on the right > develop panel did not work. > > Hopefully problem solved, but why and how it happened is beyond me. Thanks > everyone for your help. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or > +44 (0)797 287 7932 > www.gwpics.com > > On 7 Sep 2013, at 15:46, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote: > >> Rob >> >> I can't find that preset in preferences, but to clarify these are not >> jpegs shot at the same time as the raw I am talking about but the preview >> jpegs which are embedded in the raw files to help with previewing. >> >> I am currently on LR5.2RC. I have tried going back to LR5 to no avail. >> Don't know what else to try. >> >> Gerry >> >> Gerry Walden >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >> www.gwpics.com >> >> On 7 Sep 2013, at 15:35, Robert G Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> There is a LR setting in preferences, I think, that says don't import >>> jpeg. It's prospective, not retroactive, so you may want to try a >>> "test2" catalogue. >>> Sorry if I missed this, but what ver. of LR are you running? >>> >>> Bob Adler >>> >>> On Sep 7, 2013, at 7:25 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks for the suggestion Bob. I have tried that and the images show as >>>> mono in the import grid. I have come to the conclusion that the jpeg >>>> which acts as a preview embedded in the DNG file is in b&w and I don't >>>> know how to get around that. Capture One reads the files as colour. >>>> Aperture won't read them at all. >>>> >>>> Gerry >>>> >>>> Gerry Walden >>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>> www.gwpics.com >>>> >>>> On 7 Sep 2013, at 15:10, Robert G Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Try opening a new "test" Catalogue. Import the file folder holding >>>>> those files as you normally do. >>>>> If OK then original catalogue has problem. If not then files have >>>>> problem. >>>>> If catalogue problem you can open original catalogue and test it's >>>>> integrity. >>>>> If file problem perhaps you converted jpgs to DNGs? >>>>> That's where I would start anyway... >>>>> Good luck, >>>>> Bob >>>>> >>>>> Bob Adler >>>>> >>>>> On Sep 7, 2013, at 6:54 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Ric >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks for trying to help. >>>>>> >>>>>> This is additional information I have posted on the Adobe Lightroom >>>>>> Forum: >>>>>> >>>>>> I have tried reseting and it alters nothing on the main panel, but >>>>>> the very strange thing is that the thumbnail at the top of the left >>>>>> panel (in Develop) reverts to colour. Something very strange is going >>>>>> on, and it seems to be a pretty random collection of images affected. >>>>>> >>>>>> All the images (as far as I can tell) are from a Panasonic GH-2 I was >>>>>> using at that time, and in some cases I have 2 copies of the same >>>>>> image on file (e.g. 10221.dng and 10221-2.dng) and in those cases the >>>>>> first is in b&w and the second in colour. >>>>>> >>>>>> The problem is definitely within Lightroom as the images appear in >>>>>> colour in other programs. Very strange. >>>>>> >>>>>> Gerry >>>>>> >>>>>> Gerry Walden >>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>>>> www.gwpics.com >>>>>> >>>>>> On 7 Sep 2013, at 14:11, RicCarter <ric at cartersxrd.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> shots in the dark: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ? did you try hitting the reset in develop module? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ? is it setting a profile on import? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ric >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sep 7, 2013, at 3:49 AM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at me.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I am completely baffled! I have a series of .dng files from a jazz >>>>>>>> concert which show up as colour images in Finder and yet Lightroom >>>>>>>> 5 insists on rendering them as b&w. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My understanding is that a .dng (i.e. raw) file cannot, by its very >>>>>>>> nature, be b&w and yet I have been all through the settings in LR >>>>>>>> and cannot find anything amiss except the red slider in the 'Hue' >>>>>>>> settings is at +96. I have tried reseting it to ) but it does >>>>>>>> nothing. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Any help would be appreciated, thanks. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Gerry >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Gerry Walden >>>>>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>>>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>>>>>> www.gwpics.com >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information