I have been trying to use pentax photo lab to process DNG raw files to JPEGs/BMPs. For some reason, whenever I look at a photo in the viewing software it looks fine (like it did on the camera), but whenever I import it into the photo lab software it looks bleached out. No editing has been done to the file. This photo was a little dark so it's not as obvious but here's a screen shot showing the difference. The photo lab preview is on the right and the regular preview is on the left.
Would shooting in the Pentax raw format work better? I was using the DNG since eventually I would like to learn photoshop and thought maybe the adobe format would import better there. I have access to CS3/4 through the college I'm attending.
Thanks for the help.