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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
Community Expert
September 18, 2021

P: Does not save a color profile in PNG files

  • September 18, 2021
  • 4 replies
  • 339 views
  • Photoshop version:  22.5.1 and earlier
  • OS: Mac OS


Steps to reproduce:

  1. Make sure the file has a profile like sRGB and Save a file as PNG
  2. Close the file and open it

  3. you get the following warning:

    The RGB document “name of doc” has a file format that does not support embedded color profiles.

Expected result: The profile would be saved like in Save for Web and using Export
Actual result: Profiles are not saved and even removed when saving a PNG in Photoshop

    4 replies

    Ton Frederiks
    Community Expert
    Ton FrederiksCommunity ExpertAuthor
    Community Expert
    November 15, 2021

    It is improved in version 23.0.1

    Only the Export As gives a missing profile message when opened.

    Assigning a profile and saving again does not help, the profile is not embedded.

    J
    J453
    Legend
    November 15, 2021

    How are you saving as PNG? Are you using File > Export > Export As?

    Stephen Marsh
    Community Expert
    Stephen MarshCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    September 20, 2021

    Save As preserving the doc profile was working in 22.4.3 on macOS 11.5.2 (Big Sur).

     

    The error message has always been spurious, save for web using the old Image Ready codebase includes the profile and the PNG specification supports it:

     

    https://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-PNG-20031110/#11iCCP

     

    Surely this is a priority bugfix?

     

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