Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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