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
    2020-10-02T01:45:46+00:00

    How has it been darn near a year since the start of this thread and this issue still exists?!? So incredibly frustrating.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-02T08:35:57+00:00

    It really is so frustrating! Even more so when you call Microsoft and they claim to know nothing about the issue!! I ended up putting the phone down out of sheer frustration. I’ve got the old Picture Manager installed and that also does it...so it must be a Windows 10 thing. You only have to slightly crop a photo and auto enhance kicks in. The colours are awful, I cant believe there isnt a way to switch it off! Its ruining my photos!

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-11T22:44:14+00:00

    Less is more, Microsoft. Nobody asked for or wanted an auto-enhancing feature for Photos. And not creating an option to disable the feature is just bad design. Sad it's been this way for years with no fix. Literally can't preview any RAW photos before I edit them because the Photos app filter it applies looks like trash.

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-11-04T20:05:56+00:00

    I have now run into this problem.

    I assumed this was a 'new' thing because I just bought a 90D and it is using the CR3 format which is new for me. By the looks of it, it has been ongoing for some time.

    Photos handles CR2 files fine but it is 'auto-enhancing' the CR3 files. 

    Extremely irritating and it makes Photos unusable for me.

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