Document RGB used instead of embedded profile

Question

I have an issue where i place RGB image with a profile embedded into it, but Indesign shows it as Document RGB even though my color settings say to used the embedded profile. The only way i can fix this is by opening the image in photoshop and overwriting the original image. Then it does include the image.

The main issue is that i have 20 DTPers who do not understand the difference between document rgb and icc based. So they dont get why it needs to be the embedded profile. It's also a hassle to do this ofc. This happens alot with Adobestock images. Is there some kind of setting I'm missing here? The info is clearly in the XMP. So why won't Indesign use it?

Thanks in advance

rob day · Accepted Answer

I just find it weird that I don't get a pop up in Photoshop warning me there is no embedded profile. It opens with the srgb profile in Photoshop. But in Indesign it shows up as document rgb. Example of a stock image attached here.

It opens with the srgb profile in Photoshop

Photoshop has a preference for using an EXIF profile if it exists—ID needs the profile to be embedded.

rob day · Answer

Hi @Tim De Vos , You can also assign the profile from within InDesign—you don’t have to resave the file from Photoshop.

This image has no embedded profile so it falls back to the InDesign document’s assigned RGB profile for its assignment—sRGB in this case

If I want to override the assignment I can do that by selecting the image and using Object>Image Color Settings... Here I’m setting sRGB as the profile override. The appearance of the image doesn’t change because it was already assigned sRGB via the document’s RGB assignment, but I could choose any RGB profile via Image Color Settings:

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