I updated to version 9 yesterday (lured by Black Friday). And the first photo I looked at is acting really strangely. If you look at the 3 screenshots: At 25% zoom, all is well. At 50%, the foreground rocks are tinted green and there are pink bits in the sea. By the time I’ve zoomed to 100% all…

One more example, this time from Capture One 16.7.1, at 17%, 25%, 33%, 50% zoom levels. To make the effect more pronounced, exposure correction was set to -3 but the difference is seen also under “standard” editing corrections. Sun reflections were blown out in RAW, 0.6% in R and B and 1.6% in G1 an…

Interesting! When I had tried Capture One a couple of years ago, I hadn’t noticed pronounced color shifts in my images. At least, not as noticeable as in PL. (I didn’t like Capture One’s interface and workflow, but that’s another story)

[image] Lucabeer: When I had tried Capture One a couple of years ago, I hadn’t noticed pronounced color shifts in my images. Neither did I, with sane DR range and “correct” exposure. However, when some raw data is blown-out, like sunlight reflections in this case, similar artifacts can appear…

On the other hand… the humble NX Studio: 100%: [immagine] 50%: [immagine] 25%: [immagine] No significant differences at any zoom level.

I re-downloaded the latest version of Capture One: 33%: [immagine] 50%: [immagine] 67%: [immagine] 100%: [immagine] No big differences across zoom levels!

So, in the end: NX Studio: the worst speed performance of the three (very sluggish), good ease of use, the worst colours (to my taste), but no issues with zoom levels Capture One: best performance, good ease of use, very nice colours (to my taste), good flexibility and options, and (almost) no iss…

Not the only place that PL stumbles on colour. With the Legacy colour space, PL8.5 (which is months ago now) broke the rendering in the Customize filmstrip and PhotoLibrary, both on Mac and Windows. It was finally fixed on Mac in 8.10 and 9.2 (I think it was), but it’s still broken on WIndows. They …

I can confirm that, colors in NX Studio 1.10.0 are very stable at any zoom level for the same example I’ve posted (except for the pinky thumbnail, but I don’t care about it). [image] Lucabeer: atrocious issues with zoom levels I would add “which happen for certain types of photos, e.g. shot …

[image] Wlodek: Landscape photographers in particular should take care. For event photography the problem is rarely seen (at least in my case). Absolutely. The issue is almost not noticeable with sports photos (and I take a lot of them) except for a minor change in perceived saturation, but v…

[image] Lucabeer: The issue is … … very noticeable in the majority of landscape and nature photos especially with fine detail and high contrast … Just FYI regarding PL 9 ( didn’t you mention that your trial version has expired? ). With some landscape photos of this type, PL 9 displays seemin…

Photolab 9.2.1 - colours change according to zoom level

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Lucabeer (Luca Chichizola) September 2, 2026, 6:54am 47

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