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Simon37488132gmvl
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June 5, 2024
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Colours becoming washed out when saving as PDF on Photoshop

  • June 5, 2024
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I have a few images that are in RGB that I need to save as PDFs before printing, but the colours are seemingly changing and becoming "dull" when I save as PDF. This doesn't happen with JPG, PNG, or SVG. I have tried to stop the problem by saving setting the colour conversion to "No conversion" but that hasn't seemed to change anything.
















Additonally I heard that it could be an issue to do with the PDF reader I am using so I installed Adobe Acrobat Reader but that is showing the colours in the same washed-out way.

I have attached screenshots of the save as PDF settings that I have used, as well as screenshots of the colours as they appear in photoshop vs. PDF.

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Correct answer rob day

Hi @Simon37488132gmvl , Also check your Acrobat Page Display Preferences are not set to Use Overprint Preview. If that doesn’t work can you attach the Photoshop PDF?

 

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rob day
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rob dayCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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June 5, 2024

Hi @Simon37488132gmvl , Also check your Acrobat Page Display Preferences are not set to Use Overprint Preview. If that doesn’t work can you attach the Photoshop PDF?

 

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Simon37488132gmvlAuthor
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June 6, 2024

Hi Rob,

That hasn't fixed the issue but when I open the PDF in photoshop the colours are correct so I can tell it's an issue with the PDF reader not the file itself which is all I needed to verify. Thank you for the help though!

BobLevine
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BobLevineCommunity Expert
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June 5, 2024

This is the InDesign forum, but if you want to retain RGB (which you should) use the PDF/X-4 setting.

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