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Losing Contrast when Importing Image

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March 3, 2017
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I have a very high contrast image, that looks great when I download it and look at it in preview, and even when placed in my CC libraries. However, whenever I place the image into InDesign, it loses the bright contrast that the original image contains.

How do I fix this? I have looked over my specs and my display and color is set to RGB. Please help. Attached is what it shows vs. what it SHOULD look like....

jofolio

Participant

I've been using InDesign since version 1.0 and I have no idea color manage the more recent versions. It's become so complicated. It's infuriating.

rob day

Community Expert

I have no idea [how to] color manage the more recent versions

Hi @jofolio , If you have a CM question try starting a new thread, this post is from 2017.

There have been no Color Managment changes to the recent versions of InDesign—it has used ColorSync profiles for color management from the beginning. It will likely cause more problems than it will solve, but Color Settings has the Emulate Adobe 2.0 CMS Off Setting

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intelligent_neighborsFA21

Inspiring

Hello Kaitlyn,

In InDesign you will always have a base color management setting attached to you file when you create one.

InDesign will follow your actual color settings when you create a file.

If you create a Print document it will obviously be cmyk + a certain icc profile (see colorsettings)

The same thing if you create a web or digital publishing document it will be RGB with your settings.

On the fly, you can convert that cmyk document to Rgb document with the transparency blend space mentioned by Rob Day previously.

Than when you create a cmyk pdf all content will be normally converted to your cmyk settings.

If you create a RGB document and your blend space is RGB, all saturation will be preserved.

If you create a CMYK document and your blend space cmyk, all color placed will converted to cmyk.

Conclusion: when placing a bright color, ID will check which blend space you are using for that document.

I hope that this solve your problem.

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gamu_mac

Inspiring

I have this same issue with black and white.

rob day

Community Expert

Hi @gamu_mac , See this thread on grayscale color management:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/greyscale-jpegs-or-psd-images-are-going-much-darker-when-dropped-in-on-indesign/m-p/11152264

Frans v.d. Geest

Community Expert

That is the difference between RGB (screen) and CMYK (print). First let's make sure you understand that difference (in Gamut).

Then second make sure what you want and need: if the document is for screen only, change the Transparency Blend mode to RGB. If it is for print: that is the way it is, the laws of physics for reflective and subtractive colors...

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intelligent_neighborsFA21

Inspiring

I join the answer of Frans, this is a output profile problem. You will see the problem solved if you export to document to a Adobe RGB interactive document. The used colours are out of gamut. So they will be desatured after being converted to CMYK if you make a print document PDF.

Good luck

rob day

Community Expert

InDesign has no document color space, but when there is transparency the Edit>Transparency Blend Space affects the preview.

You don't have to convert RGB colors to CMYK when exporting to a print PDF. The Output tab can be set to No Color Conversion. Of course if you are printing to a CMYK device the preview might be misleading.

RGB blend space

CMYK blend space

Exported with no color conversion and no output intent:

rob day

Community Expert

Make sure Overprint Preview and Proof Colors is turned off, and if there is any transparency on the page set the Transparency Blend Space to Document RGB