All images washed out in Lightroom 2

[Cheeze439]

I've been using Lightroom 2 for a few months and really like it.

I haven't used it for a week or so but when I went in today my entire catalogue of photos suddenly seem to have a slightly washed out look with a yellow tinge. I've compared them in lightroom to some I had exported a week or so ago and they look nowhere near similar. If I export the same image and view it with my default imageviewer (irfanview) they look the same as when I originally exported, so I know it's not the monitor. If I adjust the image in lightroom to how I want it to look and then export, they are then very over saturated.

I've not made any changes to hardware, software etc or settings in lightroom.

Anyone got any advice? I'd of thought it was to do with colour profiling but I believe you can't change this in lightroom apart from when exporting.

[sybren]

Originally Posted by Cheeze439

I've not made any changes to hardware, software etc or settings in lightroom.

Then ask the one who did what (s)he has done. Really, you can't say that you haven't caused something when you haven't found the cause yet.

My bet is that the colour model is set up wrong. Take a look at anything to do with colour models, sRGB, AdobeRGB, colour management, etc. I don't use Lightroom so I won't be able to guide you to it. Just my two centrs.

[Cheeze439]

I'm the only user of the pc so I can rule out another person changing something. I'm not saying I am not the cause either but there's nothing I can think of. Is it possible that my prophoto profile is corrupted. I may try redownloading it. Lightroom uses a set profile that you cannot change that's why the mystery with all images being affected.

[CKirvine]

Wow I just had the same problem. Except I just exported and they are all over saturated based on which photo viewer I use to look at them with. I've exported using different color profiles and no change.