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
    2020-09-15T19:01:55+00:00

    Just adding my voice to this issue.  

    Microsoft - please enable us ti disable the auto enhance function - it really does ruin our photos professional or otherwise.

    thank-you

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-30T16:24:49+00:00

    If Photos doesn't work, does anyone have a (free) Alternative? I have a PC with a ryzen 9 3900x so the automatic enhance happens almost instantly witch makes it even more anoying for me. PLEASE let us Preview our Photos. (changing format isn't a option), and not doing the Auto enhance shouldn't be hard. You display the Photo correctly bevore it gets enhanced. The People shooting RAW know that the foto needs to be edited bevore having a good result, but editing just is a creative Procces witch shouldn't be Automated. 

    If there is no Solution to this Problem I need a Alternative, can anyone give a recomendation?

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-17T18:25:46+00:00

    Your cook vs chef analogy is not accurate. For instance, I use ACDC Photo Studio Pro to process RAW images, but quite frequently I just browse through a folder with my RAW files and I want to be able to click on a thumbnail just to see a full screen image of a file with no intention to edit it and without waiting for a Pro app to launch. Photos app launches instantly - kudos, but a couple of seconds down the road it auto adjusts the image beyond recognition. Again, I'm not editing, but it irritates me to even view images like this. One would think that there could be nothing easier, just disable Auto Enhancement/Adjustment somewhere in the settings and Bob's your uncle. But this choice is not available in Photos. So the question is: does a workaround exist?

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-13T15:31:49+00:00

    This is so frustrating and honestly ridiculous that there isnt an option like this, even after almost a year of the op. I just want to preview my astrophotos quickly before i actually edit them, and its autoenhance and exposure is so annoying

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