How to overcome ICC profile warning & export an ID file to PDF

I've just run into this.

The fix I've found is to change the PDF Compatibility to v1.5 or above. I think this allows v4 ICC, but PDF v1.4 and below only allow v2 ICC.

Why do I care? well in my RIP the "Modified Display P3" is converting the white point badly wrong (12c 12m 0y 0k). If I move up to v4 and get "Display P3" in the PDF the RIP conversion is good.

Taking a clue from a previous post, I opened and Exported earlier drafts until I found one that did not produce the error. I removed the graphic that was added for the next draft and Exported. No error appeared. I went back to my current version, removed the offending graphic and opened the .jpg which was causing the problem in plain old MS Office Picture Manager. I made it full screen for best definition, snapshotted it using shift/windowsKey/S, dropped it into MS Paint and saved it as a new .jpg. Placed it back in my .INDD and Exported with no error. Problem solved.

Time Adobe adopted better software practice. I was always taught that software should "fail informatively" and fingerig the offending graphic(s) should be an easy thing for Adobe to put into InDesign.

Rob said: "The Display P3 profile also triggers the warning, but the question is should we care?"

Hi Rob,

I don't care at all. With all my tests, like you, I see no difference when PhotoShop converts an image with a Display P3 profile to CMYK compared to InDesign's export using the same destination profile. Or if Acrobat is showing the numbers in a PDF/X-3 file where the profile is named as "Modified Display P3".

Thanks,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

Hi together,

had also this case with an image that had the "Display P3" profile.

It was converted to version 2 when I exported e.g. with the default [PDF/X-3:2002] PDF export setting, because InDesign tries to maintain the RGB data of the image and has obviously some issues with the version 4 entry of the profile.

The message is no error.

It's just a reminder, that the profile was converted to version 2.

No damage is done, I think.

Acrobat Pro's Object Inspector in Output Preview of category Print Production is listing the applied profile as "Modified Display P3":

FWIW:

In a different workflow where all RGB data is converted to CMYK during the export process the version 4 profile is no issue at all, because InDesign does not try to write it to the exported PDF.

CLARIFICATION:

This is only true if the output intent is a version 2 profile like my ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI) profile.

See Rob's reply below where a version 4 CMYK profile (e.g. Coated GRACol 2013) is used. Then the message comes up as well.

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Professional )

Yo this was super helpful thanks homie

I found that this issue occurred when I placed files directly from a multipaginated PDF into the INDD file. So my solve was to export the desired pages as PNGs and place those instead, which worked. Not sure if this would happen with other placed files - like PSDs, etc. But PNGs / JPGs worked. 

Thank you AMELIA5EE7! That worked for me and it was a life-saver! 

heres what did it for me (only solution that neither compromised colour not resolution):
in the export window go to output - color conversion: convert to destination - (IMPORTANT) destination: sRGB (etc)
since i want to keep the rgb profile (the pdf is only to be viewed on screens)

ERROR SOLVED. The color issue is from iPhone photos. When taking them into Photoshop and resaving them, in the last window when you save as psd, jpeg, etc. at the very bottom there's a check box that says "Embed Color Profile" and if it's checked "Display P3" it will generate that error in INDESIGN when exporting the pdf.