PDF export without color conversion converts RGB images to CMYK

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March 30, 2025
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Following Adobe's latest update to Illustrator, the option to create a PDF containing both RGB images and CMYK vector/text elements is no longer available. Currently, files can only be saved as either RGB or CMYK. Can you help overcome this regression?

Ton Frederiks

Community Expert

Linked images should retain their color mode when the PDF is saved without color conversion.

There was a problem with that, which should be solved with the latest update to 29.4

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/kb/fixed-issues.html

R

roni_9109Author

Participant

The issue started only after upgrading to Illustrator 29.4 :(. that's weird. Maybe there is something else we should do to re-active the option to keep RGB and CMYK color spaces.