Re: why does my image change in Lightroom?

[Andrea Coffey <why@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:07 29 05 2008, Lea Murphy wrote:
> When I import my images and begin bringing them up full screen size 
> in Library mode they appear one way but after Lightroom is finished 
> rendering them, they appear lighter.

I see this too, and also in RawShooter.

I believe the initial display is of an embedded thumbnail in the RAW 
file (a JPG in the default colour space),  while the image that 
subsequently appears, is the RAW image with the default settings, 
ready for processing.

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