Softproof with LR, how to export?

Ok, I followed the mentioned link – and yes, I remember reading this (read it again as well the embedded link to Wolf Hauser’s article).
And no, I don’t understand why the OP exported (still does ?) with PL’s rendering to LR, to then apply LR’s rendering (just) to find out, that he had to use LR’s softproof capability to get a satisfying onscreen presentation.
– I’m not going to point fingers, but I just don’t understand. Either one uses the main colour capabilities from PL and then there is no need to manipulate further OR one does the ‘restoration’ (as W.Hauser described it) in PL and leave the colour rendering to LR or whatever.
Applying it on ‘both’ sides leads to unpredictable results – the same when printing and having color management active in the processing software and the printer driver.

And no, I don’t have profounded experience with DNG export from PL resp. import into LR.
– Also, I wouldn’t like to control colour from my old LR 5.7 (used it mainly to develop my pics).

But what I think I’ll do,

  • apply PL’s optical corrections
  • control the lens profile’s settings for vignetting
  • apply perspective corrections if necessary
  • check for easy repairs
  • apply DeepPrime

and finally export as DNG – to continue further editing in PL,
simply to save waiting time from constant recalculation.


Otherwise I use LR’s softproof for photo books
and print from old PS with softproof to really match the paper.
Printing workflow with soft-proofing - #12 by Wolfgang and further links