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Digital1834
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November 9, 2022
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Recently started receiving this color warning message, why? Colors do appear different upon export

  • November 9, 2022
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Hello,

I am using the 2023 version of Adobe Suite. My workflow dictates that I begin images in Photoshop and then bring them into Illustrator for final touches, and/or simply import an existing image file directly into Illustrator, before adding final touches there.

About 6 months ago or so (not sure when, exactly), I began receiving this warning message anytime I bring an image file into Illustrator:

 

If I click OK, the imported image often has subtle but noticeable color differences (compared to viewing it outside of Illustrator).

 

I found some posts here with examples of recommended color settings for Photoshop and Illustrator. I double checked and my current settings already match the recommendations, so I am not sure what is going wrong here, or what I may have accidentally changed to cause this in the first place. 

 

Here are my current color settings in Illustrator and Photoshop, in case that helps:

 

Illustrator 2023 color settings

Photoshop 2023 color settings

 

Thank you for your time!

 

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    hussain25017632x8h4
    New Participant
    November 24, 2023

    I am also facing the similar issue sir. but didnt recive any solution yet.

    Monika Gause
    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    November 24, 2023
    @hussain25017632x8h4  schrieb:

    I am also facing the similar issue sir. but didnt recive any solution yet.

     

    How are you importing images into your Illustrator document?

    Do you receive the exact same warning about the destination profile called "Display"?

     

    If you drag and drop.content from Illustrator to Photoshop, stop that immediately. Doing so will apply the profile from Photoshop to your Illustrator document without warning. Then check and correct the color profile in the Illustrator document.

     

    And also: please learn color management. It's been there for 20 years and it won't go away. Set up your color settings to your needs. 

    DavidMatos
    DavidMatos
    Inspiring
    September 18, 2023

    Same thing here, but worse: profile described is the same and colours heavily change if "conversion" accepted. To make things weirder, original file was created in Ai with the same settings.

    Monika Gause
    Monika Gause
    Community Expert
    September 18, 2023

    "Display! is certainly not at all suited as a destination profile.

    It's a monitor profile. It can get applied to screenshots. But that's it.

     

    Do not set it up as a working profile or as an output profile.

      Ton Frederiks
      Ton Frederiks
      Community Expert
      November 10, 2022

      Looking at your first image, it seems that your document had Display as the Document Color Profile instead of the sRGB working space from your Color Settings. This can happen very easily, if you create a screendump in MacOS it can sometimes have the Display color profile, when opened in Illustrator, that becomes the color profile for that document.

      Placing image files into a new document is the better way.

      To check the Document Color Profile, you can turn this on at the bottom of your document window:

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      Digital1834Author
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      November 10, 2022

      Whoa interesting, this is all new to me! Much appreciated, Ton. I just tried 'Show > Document Color Profile' and you are correct, the document is set to Display. If you don't mind, I'd like to double check that I'm properly understanding the rest of your advice:

       

      1) By 'This can happen very easily if you create a screendump in MacOS', do you mean, if I take a screenshot via the MacOS screenshot function (and then use that screenshot in Illustrator)? Because while I do use that process occasionally, I more commonly use Right Click > Download to obtain the image from a webpage. I'd love to know if Right Click > Download can also cause the Display color profile to be embedded. (The problematic image in my original post here was obtained via Right Click > Download, for reference). 

       

      2) 'Placing image files into a new document is the better way' — I usually just drag the file I want to use out of the Finder, and drop it onto the Illustrator artboard I'm working on. Do you mean that I should avoid doing that, and instead use 'File > Place'?

       

      Thanks again for your help!

      Ton Frederiks
      Ton Frederiks
      Community Expert
      November 10, 2022

      If you have the warnings for missing/mismatched profiles turned off in your Color Settings, you can create a document with an RGB profile that you are not aware of by Opening an image.

      If you create a new Illustrator document using File > New, it will always use the working profile that you have set in your Color settings.

      File > Place or drag&drop should not make a difference. I always have the profile warnings turned on in my Color Settings, which allows me to choose what to do when profiles don't match.

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      Digital1834Author
      Known Participant
      November 9, 2022

      Ps. I am using a Macbook Pro 2019, running Big Sur 11.6.8 in case that is relevant.

      Kevin Stohlmeyer
      Kevin Stohlmeyer
      Community Expert
      November 9, 2022

      Have you checked Adobe Bridge color settings? Bridge and syncronize all CC color managed apps in one source. Found under the Edit menu.

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      Digital1834Author
      Known Participant
      November 9, 2022

      Thanks for your reply! I actually do not use Bridge, nor have I installed it. 😅  Does that change anything? I am game to install Bridge if it would help (I should have learned how to use it by now anyways) 

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