Inspiring

Answered

Photoshop 2025 (MacOS 15.2) Color Settings preferences not saved?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
January 12, 2025
2 replies
1648 views

Hello,

Every time I start Photoshop 2025, my previous color management choices have been reset to their defaults and I have to go back to Edit > Color Settings to load a .csf file corresponding to my settings.
I also want Photoshop to warn me if the profile of the opened document doesn't match, but it's set to "Keep Embedded Profiles" by default.
Is there a preference I've set wrong or is my Photoshop 2025 installation corrupted? Or is it a permissions issue under Mac Sequoia 15.2?

Thanks for your help.

macOS

Correct answer jane-e

I found the solution: my problem came from the synchronization with Bridge
By @frmorel

As I started to read this thread I was getting ready to comment about setting this in Adobe Bridge, which will set the color settings for Adobe apps.

In the apps, watch for a symbol that looks like one of the two below. The one on the left means the settings are synchronized; the one on the right means that application is using different settings.

See these links for details:

Thanks for letting us know you found the solution. 😊 I've marked your answer Correct.

Jane

F

frmorelAuthor

Inspiring

I found the solution: my problem came from the synchronization with Bridge - whose "Colors" preferences were incorrectly set.
I was not precise enough in my initial post: what interests me is to have a warning if the opened document does not have a profile, or a strange profile. By default, the "warn me" checkbox was not checked (but now everything works correctly).

NB, colourmanagement

Community Expert

@frmorel you'll need to check "profile mismatches" and: missing profiles" in the "ask when opening" section of Photoshop's color settings

see below:

I hope this helps

neil barstow - adobe forum volunteer,

colourmanagement consultant & co-author of 'getting colour right'

See my free articles on colour management

Help others by clicking "Correct Answer" if the question is answered.

Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here. "Upvote" is for useful posts

F

frmorelAuthor

Inspiring

Yes, it was these essential checkboxes that interested me but they were always unchecked by default before I changed the settings in Bridge (Edit > Color settings).

D Fosse

Community Expert

warn me if the profile of the opened document doesn't match, but it's set to "Keep Embedded Profiles" by default.

By @frmorel

Obviously your color settings should stick, and I don't know why they don't. Maybe permissions in your user account.

However:

"Preserve Embedded Profiles" is the way color management is intended to work. I would strongly advise against ever changing that setting. It will get you in trouble sooner or later.

With this setting, the embedded document profile will always override your working space. Again, this is how it should work and how it is designed to work.

It doesn't matter if the embedded profile doesn't match the working space. The working space isn't important. This warning can just be disabled, it tells you nothing useful.

Photoshop's color settings are full of legacy options from a time when color management wasn't widely implemented. These options are kept there because there's always users somewhere relying on old workflows.

NB, colourmanagement

Community Expert

@D Fosse "It doesn't matter if the embedded profile doesn't match the working space. The working space isn't important. This warning can just be disabled, it tells you nothing useful."

we'll have to agree to differ on this.
if the incoming file has an input/ device (scanner/camera) icc profile embedded it would be advisable to convert to an apt working space, because device profiles may be non linear.
I've seen users attempt edits in scanner colourspaces with rather unexpected results in colour balance.
yeah I know there's the little info box but so many bidets I've worked with forget to check that.

The mismatch warning on opening is, I think, a useful one to leave checked.

neil barstow, colourmanagement net - adobe forum volunteer - co-author: 'getting colour right' google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management Help others by clicking "Correct Answer" if the question is answered. Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here. "Upvote" is for useful posts.

Sign up

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Sign in to Adobe Community

To post, reply, or follow discussions, please sign in with your Adobe ID.

Scanning file for viruses.

This file cannot be downloaded