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DeanVelobrands
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January 13, 2026
Question

Desaturated Export For Single File - All Colour Profile Settings Look Correct

  • January 13, 2026
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Hi,

Could someone please take a look at the attached file and see if they can identify my problem?

For this file only, I'm experiencing noticeable desaturation of colours when exporting to JPG or PNG, or even when opening the file in Photoshop as an experiment. My Colour Mode is set to RGB, Working Space to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and Profile to Working RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1, using Illustrator v29.8.2 but also having the same results on a different laptop running the latest version.

I've done a fairly exhaustive search online with no change in the export, and even converted all objects in the file to RGB - still no luck. If I open an independednt vector file the exports are fine, so it seems like an issue with this file only.

I've converted the file over to Photoshop and upped the saturation a touch, where the exports mirror what I'm seeing on screen but I'd prefer to work with it in Illustrator if at all possible.

I've had to change the file extension to PDF to be able to upload it for some reason, but assume it could be changed back at user end.

Many thanks.

1 reply

Ares Hovhannesyan
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 13, 2026

Not possible to view the image. Please attach it again.

DeanVelobrands
Participant
January 13, 2026

Thanks for the reply. I can open this attached file in Illustrator with the .pdf extension, so not sure why it wouldn't be uploading correctly - I've attached it again in the hope it works this time.

DeanVelobrands
Participant
January 13, 2026

I've also tried to share the original AI file using a Google Drive link, but the forum doesn't seem to allow those links so not sure what the alternative is.