Why do my Capture One JPEG exports look darker than the RAW preview?
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When editing RAW files in Capture One, the image looks correct in the preview, but after exporting to JPEG the file appears slightly darker. What usually causes this mismatch between the RAW preview and the exported JPEG? Could it be related to the export color profile? The camera used is a Sony A7S.
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While the solution below did work, I found a better one. It seems like there is something fishy about the built-in color profile after all. When I switched to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 everything looks much better.
I figured out two solutions:
One way had to do with the fact that I exported to regular JPG with 8 bits of color depth. When I changed to JPEG 2000 with 16 bits of color depth it turned out just as displayed in Capture One.
The other, and much better way, as clued in by a commenter, was to just use another color profile. Turns out that the built in profile was the culprit, and when I switched to a general one like sRGB IEC61966-2.1, everything was fine.
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Yes — the most likely cause is the export color profile rather than the camera. In the shared experience here, the built-in profile used for export caused the JPEG to appear darker, and switching to a standard profile like sRGB IEC61966-2.1 fixed the problem.
A second workaround mentioned was exporting to JPEG 2000 at 16-bit, which matched the Capture One preview more closely than a regular 8-bit JPEG. However, the better general solution was changing the profile.
In practice, if your JPEG looks different from the RAW preview, check the export ICC/profile settings first. For widest compatibility and more consistent appearance across apps and browsers, sRGB is usually the safest choice.
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