Reds look magenta in lightroom - how can i correct?

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Guys,

I'm processing an image to print but on my screen the red shirts look very magenta in lightroom.

I've tried increasing the red and reducing the magenta is HSL (saturation) but doesn't seem to affect is massively....maybe I need to be more ruthless.

Any ides what else i should try in LR2.6 ?

I must get my monitor calibrated properly as that might be a factor i guess

I'll post the image later.

TIA,
Mike.
 
There are a few other issues

Lightroom attempts to colour manage itself - there will be a whole load of settings on export, that if you get wrong will cause a secondary issue

You need to calibrate the monitor/system, and then choose the corect export settings
 
In the Develop module of LR you should also have a look/ play with the Camera calibration settings - the different profiles. I find using anything other than 'Adobe standard' or 'Camera standard' to be pretty pants to be honest. Camera standard is my favourite as it most closely resembles what you get on your cameras LCD screen when shooting. Adobe standard tends to boost the gamma, and make slightly more red interestingly...
 
Dangleman said:
In the Develop module of LR you should also have a look/ play with the Camera calibration settings - the different profiles. I find using anything other than 'Adobe standard' or 'Camera standard' to be pretty pants to be honest. Camera standard is my favourite as it most closely resembles what you get on your cameras LCD screen when shooting. Adobe standard tends to boost the gamma, and make slightly more red interestingly...
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The danger of doing this, without properly calibrating the screen is that they will look super on the screen, and then be way off when you print
 
Richard King said:
The danger of doing this, without properly calibrating the screen is that they will look super on the screen, and then be way off when you print
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True. It works well enough for me though so might be worth playing with?
 
Lets assume that the screen is reasonable, and what you are seeing is near enough correct. Changing the saturation will not have a lot of effect, what you need is to make a hue adjustment. Go to the HSL panel and select HUE as the option. Now activate the targeted adjustment tool ( it's the little double circled icon to the top left of the panel ). Now place it over a typical red shirt. Click and drag the the mouse, either up or down and see if this helps improve the colour. Check that other colours in the image are not adversely affected. If it looks better then simply sync the settings to the other images
 
Chappers is spot on in his advise presumng a reasonalbly calibrated monitor .:)

The problem with raw converters (if it is a problem) is that they are like the films of old and each has a different colour signature. And it is the reason not eveyone agrees on the best raw converter.

This image was processed in three different raw converters using the default settings and exported as srgb jpegs

As you can see none of those primary colours are the same in any of them. I know what the true colours look like as it is just over the road from me.

In LR using the adobe standard profile the yellow has to much of a warm orangy cast although the red and blue are reasonable close, Silkypix Pro is nearly spot on while ACDSee Pro 3 is way over the top.

Now this is just for Orf files and LR is not the greatest with them and the results will vary with the type of camera raw file thrown at these converters, but there is no such thing as a raw converter that renders all colours true to life.:)

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