Disable auto enhance in Photos app

Anonymous
2019-10-12T21:44:30+00:00

Hi,

I'm having some problems with the Photos app as it automatically enhances my RAW photos, which is kind of ridiculous without actually giving me the option to disable it or not. I've searched online and people suggest to simply disable ''Automatically enhance your photos'' in the settings under Viewing and editing, but I do not have that option, as you can see in the screenshot I've attached below. Is there a fix for this?

Thanks

Edit: I might all add that once opening the RAW photos in the Photos app and after they are auto enhanced they also appear auto enhanced in other image viewing apps, which is completely ludicrous. Only app that displays the images correctly is QuickLook preview.

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Anonymous
2021-08-17T09:27:59+00:00

Hey guys,

I found this thing "Color Management" was causing the trouble with my system. Only my second screen had this issue, that it changed colours and whatnot in the program "Photos". This trouble only appeared in my computer after this time August 2021.
The other problem I have is the picture frames the program Photos puts in the place, that happens in both screens. I need to get rid from that, so can maximize pictures. I use hide taskbars to fully utilize screen sizes and that renders any extra frames pointless, I wish windows would always add "on/off" buttons for these new features.

Steps I took:

  1. Open "Settings"
  2. Open "System"
  3. Click "Display
  4. Scroll down and then click "Advanced display settings"
  5. Under "Choose display" select "Display 2: SyncMaster" (*or whatever you have trouble with)
  6. Click "Display adapter properties for Display 2"
  7. Change to tab "Color Management" then click "Color Management"
  8. Change "Device:" to "Display: 2 (SyncMaster 226CW)" (*)
  9. Check box "Use my settings for this device"
  10. Click "Add..."
  11. Choose from "ICC Profiles" -> sRGB IEC61966-2.1 (At least I had that listed there)
  12. Click "OK"
  13. Click "Set as Default Profile"
  14. You should now see pictures normally. (At least what I can observe, I suffer eye colour blindness)
  15. Close unnecessary windows.

My setup:
W10 x64
RTX 2080ti
i9-9900k
#1 Asus Rog Pg279q @2560x1440 165hz
#2 Samsung SyncMaster 226cw @1680x1050 60hz

EDIT: Some typos fixed

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-09-13T10:44:51+00:00

    I found a solution that worked for me. Microsoft has another post detailing the issue, An image and its background become yellow in Windows Photo Gallery in Windows Vista (microsoft.com). It is related to the color profile as a couple others have mentioned, but I had to follow different steps to fix the issue.

    Search for "color management" and open the options in control panel. Microsoft recommended checking "Use my settings for this device" and then deleting the problem profile. I deleted the profile for photos and it had no effect, so I simply unchecked the box next to "Use my settings..." to turn off all profiles and this worked. I am guessing I could go through the profiles one by one and find the problem one, but didn't want to use more time on this.

    Now photos opens without turning my photos orange. It seems the issue is not auto enhance (I remember back in the day when this use to be an issue), but the problem may be related to photos applying the wrong color profile for the monitor.

    Hope this helps :)

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-07-29T19:21:15+00:00

    Absolutely enraging! (with .cs2 files, not jpeg) Makes quick browsing through pictures (the sole function of the photos app for me) very slow.

    Did Microsoft forget to disable this (useless) feature for certain file extensions when removing the feature itself?

    Something like this should never be turned on by default. I hope this gets fixed soon.

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