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March 19, 2020
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Publish Online Colour Issue

  • March 19, 2020
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Hi all,

 

Wondering if anyone else has come across this issue when using the publish online feature in InDesign?

 

When I publish an RGB document online the colours seem washed out and as if they are being converted to CMYK.

 

InDesign doc is set up in RGB transparency blend space and looks as it should when working. Have played around with different 'Transparency Blend Space' and 'Colour Settings' but nothing seems to work (Please see below images for refernce of before and after it is published).

 

Oddest part is that when I export to a PDF it looks how I would expect.

 

Very frustrating, am i missing something obvious!?

 

Any help appreciated,

 

Thanks!

 

 

 

 

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Correct answer Manuel3108400517s4

also have this problem with InDesign versions from recent years.

There is indeed the solution of setting the color space “Emulate Adobe Indesign 2.0 CMS Off”, but this has a disadvantage for me, my documents are mixed CMYK and RGB, with this solution the CMYK is not interpreted correctly and I can't redo everything.

The effective workaround for me is not to import JPG or TIFF images, but to use postscript bitmap images by saving the images in Photoshop in “EPS” format.

Color spaces will be correctly converted from postscript images on Adobe Publish (CMYK and RGB)

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Manuel3108400517s4Correct answer
Inspiring
May 3, 2024

also have this problem with InDesign versions from recent years.

There is indeed the solution of setting the color space “Emulate Adobe Indesign 2.0 CMS Off”, but this has a disadvantage for me, my documents are mixed CMYK and RGB, with this solution the CMYK is not interpreted correctly and I can't redo everything.

The effective workaround for me is not to import JPG or TIFF images, but to use postscript bitmap images by saving the images in Photoshop in “EPS” format.

Color spaces will be correctly converted from postscript images on Adobe Publish (CMYK and RGB)

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    ieuanl32272872Author
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    March 20, 2020

    Have tried a range of colour profiles including AdobeRGB and sRGB and get the same result.

     

    Have attached another set of screenshots to give more context, the first is how it looks when i open a PDF within google chrome and the second is how the publish online doc looks within the same browser on the same monitor (iMac Retina 5k).

     

    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
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    March 20, 2020

    Have tried a range of colour profiles including AdobeRGB and sRGB and get the same result.

     

    Are you using  Edit>Assign Profiles or Edit>Convert to Profile to change the document profile? Changing the Working RGB Space in Color Settings wouldn’t normally affect an existing document.

     

    Here I have  ProPhotoRGB assigned to the document and the Published document color shifts in OSX Firefox.

     

     

    If I do a Convert to Profile with the destination set as sRGB I get this:

     

     

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    ieuanl32272872Author
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    March 27, 2020

    Thank you, sorry for the late reply!

     

    After a lot of trial and error this method seems to work when the document is created from sctratch in InDesign but there is still an issue when placing links into the document that have been created elsewhere even if the correct colour profiles have been used.

     

    The easiest work around would be to recreate everything in InDesign but this wont always be possible when documents include JPEG's etc. created in other applications.

     

    Is this to be expected or is it an issue with the feature?

     

    Thanks

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    March 20, 2020

    Also... are you using a wide gamut monitor? If so I’d expect this for all kinds of web site. 

    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
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    March 20, 2020

    Are the colors Spot or Process?

     

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    ieuanl32272872Author
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    March 20, 2020

    I'm using Process. Sorry, should have mentioned that the document is a portfolio and contains a range of different types of work. Individual pieces have been created in illustrator, exorted as JPEGS and then compiled in InDesign. All JPEGS look as expected until the document is uploaded using 'publish online' and this washed out look applies to everything not just the one logo.

    rob day
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    rob dayCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    March 20, 2020

    Is your document’s assigned RGB profile set to sRGB (Edit>Assign Profiles...)? Your screen captures look like AdobeRGB profiled color getting displayed as sRGB in the browser.

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