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gonzalocortijo
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January 25, 2023
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Color change on exporting

  • January 25, 2023
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Hi there, 

 

This is my first post to this community, so excuse me if this is a repost. I've been struggling with this for a long time so I decided to look for some help here.

 

While using sRGB color profile on both Illustrator and monitor profile (MacOS) any export I make (jpg, png, etc) comes out with a different shade from the original. The difference is subtle but I can't get to export it with its original 'brightness'. Here's a sample (I'm seeing now that the screenshot I made threw a totally different result, so I'm kinda lost here).

 

Any idea?

Thanks!

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Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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January 25, 2023

Can you share an example file that shows your problem? 

CC filesharing, Dropbox, WeTransfer, Google...

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gonzalocortijoAuthor
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January 25, 2023

I'm attaching a PNG and a JPG exported from the same Illustrator file. I'm also attaching a screenshot where you can see how I'm hoping the color to look when exported. Let me know if that works.

Ton Frederiks
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Ton FrederiksCommunity Expert
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January 25, 2023

Can you share an Illustrator example?

Mylenium
Mylenium
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January 25, 2023

Let's keep it short:

 

Understand Photoshop color management

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/color.html

 

Without any CM you'll always have issues, especially on such similar colors.

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gonzalocortijoAuthor
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January 25, 2023

Thanks Mylenium. Think I am aware about the basics.

 

@Monika Gause What you're seeing is a color background that's been exported from Illustrator as a png. On top there's a text with the same Hex color. The software where I'm testing that is Keynote.

Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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January 25, 2023

Thank you.

The problem with Illustrator's PNG export is that it doesn't embed color profiles in it. You would need to open that PNG in an image editor (or any other app that can embed color profiles) and embed the desired profile in it. Do not convert to profile. Just embed one.

Monika Gause
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Monika GauseCommunity Expert
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January 25, 2023

What are we seeing here?

A rectangle and a text on top of it, but what are you wondering about?

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