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phototocanvaspdx
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May 3, 2024
Question

Getting very odd colors when converting profiles

  • May 3, 2024
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I print for a living. Photos and fine art. The majority of customers provide files in sRGB unfortunately. Adobe RGB and ProPhoto RGB are my working spaces and until recently nothing changes when I convert the files upon import. But the last couple updates everything changes. When you convert an sRGB image to Adobe RGB it should look the same. Converting it is essentially pointless but I like keeping everything standard. But now converting makes some random files look really off. The same files look totally fine in LR Classic. And in Apple Preview. And Qimage One prints them fine. But opening them in PS to crop or manipulate them tweaks them out even if I dont actually convert. Any one else having these problems?

Running Mac Sonoma 14.2.1 and the lates PS. 

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D Fosse
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May 4, 2024

Oh, and one more thing: you cannot have policies set to "convert when opening". That's precisely when this can happen. It needs to be "preserve embedded profiles".

D Fosse
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 4, 2024

Do all the incoming files have an embedded profile? It sounds like they may not.

 

Policies for handling untagged files varies a lot from application to application. Photoshop will assign the working space and treat the file as such, including for conversions.

 

This is the simple way to keep track:

Bojan Živković11378569
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May 4, 2024

 @D Fosse when facing this type of problem, it is the first one that comes to mind.

 

"But opening them in PS to crop or manipulate them tweaks them out even if I dont actually convert"

It seems Photoshop may be applying changes to a photo automatically. This could be due to the File > Scripts > Script Events Manager setting. If 'Enable Events' is checked, simply uncheck it.