Now, for what’s it worth on this particular image I like the skin tone better once the RAW version renders, as seen here - but it still needs some contrast and other tweaking for sure. ). When it finishes “loading” it now displays the flat-looking, unsharpened, not vibrant, RAW image (as seen above. That “loading…” message is letting you know that the actual RAW image is being loading in the background.
What happens when you import your RAW photos into Lightroom is that it displays the colorful, sharp, vibrant, contrasty JPEG preview FIRST with the word “Loading” appearing near the bottom of the screen (as seen above). That way, I can add the amount of that stuff I want, rather than using what the camera manufacturer thought would look good. When you switch your camera to shoot in RAW mode you’re telling the camera “Turn off that added contrast, and sharpening, and vibrance, and all that stuff and just give me the flat, raw, untouched image straight off the sensor - I’ll add the contrast, sharpening, vibrance, etc. When you shoot in JPEG mode, your camera applies all sorts of enhancements right in-camera, stuff like adding contrast, sharpening, color adjustments and color boosts, noise reduction - a bunch of stuff to make the JPEG look as vibrant, sharp, and finished as possible. So much so, that I address it in my Shoot Like a Proseminar tour, but I thought I would cover it here as well, because what he’s experiencing (the photo doesn’t look as good after a few seconds and a second version loads), but the reason isn’t what he thinks it is. I do not like it and I want to know if there is any way to just see original raw with no automatic adjustments.” “I am noticing when I import RAWs in Lightroom that there is some kind of auto tone or adjustment it is automatically doing to them. Last week I posted a little tip about getting more precise control in Quick Develop, and when I pointed people on Facebook to my post, one of my readers there posted this comment: LOL!! Don’t worry - it’s going to be a great day! ? Then each new scan will be added temporarily to the watched folder and then automatically moved to the destination folder, renamed, and keyworded.Hi Gang, and well…it’s Monday.
All you have to do to make it work is designate the watched folder in your scanner’s software as the place to save new scans. Now you’re set and ready to go in Lightroom.
Here’s how to setup Lightroom to automatically import files from your scanner: You can even rename and add keywords on the fly. Anything added to that folder is automatically imported by Lightroom and moved to the location of your choice. It enables you to designate a folder for Lightroom to watch. One of the coolest overlooked features in Lightroom since the earliest days is Watched Folder. Fortunately the designers of Lightroom created a system for automatically importing scans that makes the process painless.
But when you’re working on a large scanning job, manual imports are a PITA. This system is okay if you only have a few scans. However, when using a scanner the saving process typically bypasses Lightroom’s import dialog making it necessary manually import them to add them to Lightroom’s catalog. Most Lightroom users import photos created by their digital cameras using Lightroom’s Import dialog to copy and organize the files.