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December 30, 2017
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Indesign CC 2017 does not accept color management

  • December 30, 2017
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Hello!
I work on Mac with high Sierra 10.13.2 with adobe CC 2015, 2017 and 2018.
I have been working with Adobe for 25 years and therefore know the subject color management settings & synchronization.
In Photoshop I have a color set made up of ECI RGB and ISOcoated v2 and other parameters such as rel.fartric with TK, etc.

Then I synced with the bridge the suite on this set. Photoshop and AI do not accept this set but InDesign does. The error message comes:

"Some parameters of the color settings file could not be used. The default values ​​are used."

I have created a new color set from Indesign with eciRGB v2 and ISOctd v2 and get the same problem as prescribed.

Have already tried everything, even the whole Adobe cc package uninstalled and reinstalled again.
It did not help. In the 2015er and 2018er version, the indesign color management works flawlessly. Only with the 2017er version hooks it. If you create a new document after restarting the program, it will always be created with sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and Coated Fogra39 (ISO 12647-2: 2004). Only when you go into the color settings, and unchanged with ok confirmed (the settings are all right in there with eci rgb and isocoated) created indesign the new documents with the eci rgb and isocoated v2 profiles. I will despair soon !!!
There are no umlauts in the name in it. Have also tried several times to reset the profiles and save again. Then the error message always comes as described by clemens. Although it saves the file in the Setting folder, it does so in conjunction with the complete path.

The file that Indesign stores as a color settings file is as follows:
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Adobe / Color / Settings / Test.csf
(this long line is the filename !!!)

The file was saved in the Settings directory under:
/ Users / username / Library / Application Support / Adobe / Color / Settings

As already explained, the correct information under the color setting is in it, but after a restart of the program only active when you call color settings and again confirmed with OK. And only in Indesign 2017!
If you open a new page right after the restart, ID will include the profiles sRGB IEC61966-2.1 and Coated Fogra39 (ISO 12647-2: 2004).
When opening existing files, no message box appears on "Deviation from profile or policy".

I have still tried the folder writing rights repaired or re-adjusted

In addition, I have the plate still run on the first aid in the hard disk utility.
Unfortunately, the error still exists.

What I have to say about this problem is that this error exists in three workplaces.

I think it's a bug in Indesign.
Have already discovered 3 or 4 cases on the net, but also with older Indesign versions,
but all with the same mistake. Unfortunately, there was nowhere a solution for it.

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    Correct answer jonas-ffm

    In CC2018 we have no Problem with the CM-settings on OS 10.13

    Only CC2015-2017 loses the settings.


    update: for some reason, without any further change from my side, CMM now seems to be back to work in CC18. When I open a document, ID asks me if I want to change the document to the (different) working color space -- as expected.

    I think that the ID start up script now does the job, but didn't yesterday. 

    Let's see what happens tomorrow ;-)

    12 replies

    rob day
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 30, 2017

    The file that Indesign stores as a color settings file is as follows:

    / Users / username / Library / Application Support / Adobe / Color / Settings / Test.csf

    (this long line is the filename !!!)

    Have you tried renaming the .csf file from the finder? The .csf file getting a file path as it’s name isn’t normal.

    Known Participant
    December 30, 2017

    Yes, I've tried that several times. Only Indesign 2017 stores this long file name like this

    rob day
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 30, 2017

    Hi Steve, I didn't answer by mail and I didn't have an attachment with me.


    Does it happen with any profile combination? If you use AdobeRGB as the RGB working space and resave the csf do you get the same error?

    Derek Cross
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    December 30, 2017

    You might find this online video tutorial useful (you can get a 30-day free trial):

    InDesign: Color Management