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Help - Colour Profiles iDesign vs. Photoshop 2023

  • March 4, 2023
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Hello,

 

I am working on a book in inDesign 2023 and editing photos for the book in Photoshop 2023. The images must be exported form PS with a colour profile of 'Adobe 1998'.

 

This was working really well for me, (when I looked in in the links panel in inDesign I could see the ICC profile was set to 'Adobe 1998').

 

I've now started a new book and all of the images are defaulting to 'Document RGB' despite the export settings in Photoshop being set to 'Adobe 1998'?

 

Can anyone help me out please? Thanks!

 

 

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rob day
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March 4, 2023

Hi @megcass , There are two ways a placed RGB image would show as Document RGB in Link Info—your InDesign Color Settings’ RGB Color Management Policy was set to Off when the document was created, or the profile was not actually embedded on the save.

 

The simplest solution would be to make sure your InDesign document’s assigned RGB profile is Adobe RGB, which would define Document RGB as Adobe RGB—any RGB image placed with no embedded profile would get AdobeRGB assigned. To do that use Edit>Assign profiles (not the Color Settings’ RGB Working Space).

 

 

Also, you say you are Exporting the Photoshop document, typically you would use Export to export a document to a web format (JPEG, PNG, GIF). For print work a Save As to Photshop Format PSD would be better—make sure to check Embed Color Profile: Adobe RGB (1998) in the Save dialog

    megcass
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    March 5, 2023

    Thank you all for your replies!

     

    @Peter Spier how do you embed the profile?

     

    The company producing the book has asked all the images to be set to Adobe RGB 1998.

     

    Thanks @rob day - I have tried the first option and this does work but in the previous book I didn't have to do this and the images would automatically list as 'Adobe RGB 1998' in the links panel.

     

    The 'Book 2' images are all defaulting to Document RGB even though they have a colour profile of Adobe 1998, even on the tiff details on my Mac Finder.

     

    When I copy the original images from the first book into the second book they still list as Adobe 1998 but any new images list as 'Document RGB'? This makes me think it has something to do with the image and opposed to inDesign?

    Peter Spier
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    Peter SpierCommunity Expert
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    March 5, 2023

    As Rob said above, be sure you've ticked the embed profile box when saving your files.

    Derek Cross
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    Derek CrossCommunity Expert
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    March 4, 2023

    As a matter of interest, who told you the images need to be in a color space of Adobe 1998?

    Peter Spier
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    Peter SpierCommunity Expert
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    March 4, 2023

    Are you sure you actually embedded the profile when you exported from Photoshop?

    Mike Witherell
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    Mike WitherellCommunity Expert
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    March 4, 2023

    Did you go to Photoshop > Edit > Color Settings and make a CSF that features Adobe RGB 1998? Thereafter, did you go to Bridge > Edit > Color Settings and Synchronize it over to InDesign? (Or, skipping Bridge, did you go to InDesign > Edit > Color Settings and choose the same custom named .CSF?

    Mike Witherell
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