Why does an image appear different when placed from Photoshop into Indesign and then print?

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October 10, 2018
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I am putting a photobook together for print.

The image has been saved in Photoshop in CMYK as a hi-res jpeg. When I place the jpeg into Indesign the colour changes and details are lost. (see images below)

Then when the image is printed, again it resonates with the Indesign file.

Any help please?

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Correct answer rob day

I can replicate your #1 capture by placing the Fogra39 CMYK image in an InDesign document created with the default North American General Purpose Color Settings. The default color settings set US Web Coated SWOP as the assigned CMYK profile and the policy is set to ignore linked profiles, so your Fogra39 CMYK image gets a US SWOP profile assigned and its preview changes:

After changing Edit>Assign Profiles... to Fogra39:

Mohit Goyal

Community Manager

Hi there,

Take a look at the following article to prevent color mismatch and file pixelation while moving Photoshop files to InDesign: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/photoshop-assets-in-indesign.html

Let us know if that helps.

Thanks,

Mohit

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jillianb8996300Author

Participating Frequently

The printer has asked me to set both profiles to Forgra39. As it is a photobook that I am going to print I have set both Photoshop images to CMYK and the Indesign file but still Im having this issue with the images appearing different.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

The printer requires a PDF in CMYK, but in InDesign you should use RGB anyway. Make the conversion when you export a PDF. If the printer tells you that this has to be done in Photoshop, that is because the Printer has only old knowledge from the past century and should learn modern days workflows.

Do the images have now the same profile as the file and as the exported PDF? In this old workflow differences it is to be an expected error.

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jillianb8996300Author

Participating Frequently

The printer has asked me to set both profiles to Forgra39. As it is a photobook that I am going to print I have set both Photoshop images to CMYK and the Indesign file but still Im having this issue with the images appearing different.