I downloaded your files and was also unable to recreate your issue on PL 9.3.2, running on Windows 10. Since you also appear to be running PhotoLab on Windows, did you try using the repair feature? There may be an internal corruption in your installation.
To use it, first close PhotoLab. Then, run the installation file again and select the repair option. Select next to continue. While the repair feature may not resolve your issue, it’s one of the first things I would consider doing when an unexpected problem occurs.
I think he is saying that the only way he could recreate the problem you presented was with an AI mask. I believe you indicated you have had this problem multiple times. Does that mean it doesn’t happen all the time? Do you think the images that have this problem are related to each other in some way? Have you considered running the repair feature as I suggested? Several of us have been unable to recreate the problem with the image and .dop files you provided. There could be a bug based on the settings you applied to the image and the order you applied them, Without standing behind you and seeing exactly what you did, step by step it will be hard to see a pattern or recreate the issue if it is due to a bug. I will continue to test with the raw file and .Dop you provided us.
Hmm, was unable to reproduce the green pebbles by switching off and on settings as provided in the original .dop file…so I played around with the image in order to see what might happen with my usual approach.
I never got coloured pebbles except for shadow warnings which aren’t green though. I also wanted to challenge PureRAW with the image, but refrained from doing so because basic tools wouldn’t produce the OP’s issue.
I used optical corrections without restraining the outcome, that’s why the image is cushion shaped and a bit wider than the original copy. Instead of smart lighting, I used the tone curve, which needed some push in this slightly underexposed high-contrast image. Applied DxO ClearView Plus more liberally than I normally do and did not use the fine contrast sliders that come with a FilmPack license. Generally, I try to limit the number of tools in customising. It helps to prevent artefacts.
I followed the group’s and DxO’s suggestions. Basically,
Uninstalled and reinstalled PL9,
Updated GPU drivers (there are no new drivers),
Windows is up to date
PL9 is version 9.32 (though I just received a message about 9.4, but I won’t install it yet).
I deleted the .DOP file and let PL create a new one.
I reset all the manual settings with the help of the button on top of the screen (though I didn’t make any manual adjustments, only the defaults that were applied when I imported the image into PL9).
I haven’t deleted the database, but that’ll probably be the next thing I’ll try.
To reiterate, to avoid any confusions. There are no masks of any kind, especially no AI, and all the settings are the defaults as the software has been reinstalled and all the modules re-downloaded.
The problems occur on all images.
I’m uploading a video (it may not be the best quality but it’s good enough that you can see the issue in this image and also a different image, which I haven’t uploaded) to show that it’s not an isolated image that has the green shadows.
When you open the image the Advanced History is filled. The image has been edited before.
Do a reset before editing or move the image outside PL to a new library.
When I saw your video I realized you failed to tell us that you transferred your raw file and opened PhotoLab from within Lightroom. I don’t believe any of us knew that. I don’t recall seeing any mention of Lightroom earlier in this thread. That is probably why none of us had any luck recreating your issue.
Close Lightroom, start PhotoLab separately, not as a plugin, and use PhotoLab to open a fresh image you have not tested before. Do not transfer it from Lightroom! Then test it to see if the same problem occurs in PhotoLab without Lightroom in the mix. If the problem does not reoccur than it was probably a result of the handoff from Lightroom. I can’t help your resolve that, but perhaps others can.
I already tried the reset. Since it didn’t help, I rolled back the changes. But as I said this is not the only image with this issue; I tried with others that I had not edited at all, from before I bought PL, and the problem persists.
