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D Fosse
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September 1, 2021

P: Export As: fix the "embed color profile" checkbox

  • September 1, 2021
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This checkbox has never worked as it should, but now it's more broken than ever.

 

It's supposed to do two things. In addition to the obvious, embedding the profile, it should also turn on the color managed view, using the system monitor profile to display the file correctly in the chosen document color space.

 

At the moment it doesn't use the monitor profile. People with standard monitors may not immediately notice this, but with a wide gamut monitor it becomes very obvious (oversaturated). It behaves like Save For Web with Preview set to "Monitor Color".

 

In the old Save For Web, there were two separate settings - an "embed profile"-box, and a rolldown for "Preview". Setting this rolldown to "use document profile" turned on the color managed view (and this still works reliably). It actually makes perfect sense to roll these two into one, so that's fine. But it doesn't work.

 

One more thing: Please make the "embed color profile"-box checked by default! Or at least please make it stick once you check it! As it is now, you have to check it every time.

 

I realize that with most modern browsers, embedding the profile is not strictly necessary. The browser will assign sRGB if it's missing. But these images may be used for other things too. And at 3kB, you can no longer make the argument that an sRGB profile has any significant impact on file sizes. If you need to strip the profile you can still do that - but embedding it maximizes the chances of correct representation of the file.

 

Plus the added advantage that having a color managed Export image will actually match what you see in Photoshop. This alone should eliminate a heap of user confusion.

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D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity ExpertAuthor
Community Expert
November 8, 2021

There's still something weird going on. Here's an Adobe RGB original, on a wide gamut monitor. Why is it desaturated when unconverted and un-color managed? It shouldn't be. These should all be identical (or at least almost identical, save for the very small difference between monitor and Adobe RGB):

 

Save For Web still does it correctly, as it has the whole time.

 

 

Wolf Eilers
Inspiring
November 8, 2021

There's something about the Export As dialog that troubles me and I suspect it's related to the bug reported by DFosse. If I check the Convert to sRGB box the preview shows incorrect colours. Only if I uncheck the Convert to sRGB option will the Export preview match the origininating Photoshop document but that would result in a JPG exported with the document profile embedded rather than sRGB.

 

See the following image with the Photoshop document on the left showing intended colours and the Export dialog on the right with 'incorrect' preview colours.

 

Gixxxa75
Inspiring
October 2, 2021

When using "export as" putting a tick in the "convert to sRGB" seems to display and generate a file without an ICC profile , rather than converting it to sRGB.

 

 

Adobe Photoshop Version: 22.5.1 20210907.r.441 de74e1a x64
Number of Launches: 153
Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit

Per Berntsen
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 2, 2021

"Convert to sRGB" does convert to sRGB, but you have to check Embed Profile as well.

This should be checked by default, but unfortunately it's not.