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zwei
Inspiring
October 15, 2018
Answered

InDesign Color Settings Not Sticking

  • October 15, 2018
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For some reason my InDesign 2019 will not retain the color settings I choose. As soon as I quit the app and restart it goes back to "Emulate Adobe InDesign 2.0 CMS Off"

I have reinstalled the app.

I have wiped all settings.

I have cleared the Adobe Color Cache folder.

I am running Mac OS Mojave (which works fine with color settings in InDesign 2018). I also checked another Mojave machine with ID2019 and the settings were fine on it.

Anyone else running into this?

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Correct answer zwei

Answered here... Apparently when I deleted my color cache I hadn't closed all the apps or something. I also opened Bridge first after deleting the cache this time (not sure if that matters or not, but it worked.)

Color settings won't sync/stick in CC 2019 Apps [macosx 10.14]

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LaubenderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 23, 2021

"Please let me know if there is another fix."

Not that I know…

 

You may ask this in the other linked thread from March 17, 2021, because this one began with an issue in InDesign 2019 in October 2018.

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

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Community Expert
LaubenderCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 22, 2021

Hi D-B,

see this thread from a week ago:

 

Color Settings - Reverting to Emulate Adobe Indesign 2.0 CMS Off
craigb17, Mar 17, 2021
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/color-settings-reverting-to-emulate-adobe-indesign-2-0-cms-off/td-p/11906003

 

Follow Rob Day's suggestions:
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/color-settings-reverting-to-emulate-adobe-indesign-2-0-cms-off/m-p/11908713#M418778

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender

( ACP )

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D-B17442210
Participating Frequently
March 23, 2021

Thanks.  I tried that fix today and it worked for less than an hour before reverting back. Please let me know if there is another fix.

rob day
Community Expert
rob dayCommunity Expert
Community Expert
March 23, 2021

Did you try setting your Color settings to a default CSF, quitting all of your CC apps, deleting the ACEConfigCache2.lst file, and restarting your computer? What OS are you running?

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D-B17442210
Participating Frequently
March 22, 2021

I am currently dealing with this issue on indesign version 16.1.

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johngettler18107253
Participating Frequently
November 2, 2018

Adobe says the color settings issue has now been fixed in the new 9.0.1.216 update.

Re: Color settings won't sync/stick in CC 2019 Apps [macosx 10.14]

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johngettler18107253
Participating Frequently
October 29, 2018

These are the steps that have been working for me and my creative team:

1. If you use an Adobe supplied Color Settings preset, go to next step, otherwise use Photoshop Color Settings, to create your desired color settings, and then Save a named Preset.

2. Quit all Adobe apps

3. Hold down the Option key, and choose the Go Menu.

4. Chose Library.

5. Go to Preferences/Adobe/Color

6. Delete this file: ACEConfigCache2.lst

7.  Go into Bridge 2018 (or 2019 if you have already deleted Bridge 2018), and go to Edit, Color Settings, and chose your desired preset, and click Apply.  If done in Bridge 2018, you don't need to do it in Bridge 2019.

8.  Quit Bridge, and now all your 2018 and 2019 apps will be "Synchronized" and will not revert back to the factory defaults!

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    Carol5E41
    Participant
    March 26, 2021

    This worked and I'm using the CC 2021. My color settings got messed up with the last auto update and I'd tried various solution with no luck – but this worked perfectly.

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    zweiAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    October 16, 2018

    Answered here... Apparently when I deleted my color cache I hadn't closed all the apps or something. I also opened Bridge first after deleting the cache this time (not sure if that matters or not, but it worked.)

    Color settings won't sync/stick in CC 2019 Apps [macosx 10.14]

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      Dynamic Office
      Legend
      October 16, 2018

      As a rule of thumb and certainly if you work professionally, never update on day 1.

      Leave it a few weeks, I even consciously work on 2 version behind to make sure I have minimal bugs as it's my livelihood.

      2 things are infinite;

      The universe & Adobe's buggy software.

        LIL11
        LIL11
        Participant
        October 16, 2018

        That is so true!!!

        Stephanie Noé
        Stephanie Noé
        Participant
        October 16, 2018

        Same problem. Color Settings dont syncronize anymore. I just installed the old version again.

          LIL11
          LIL11
          Participant
          October 16, 2018

          I am. For example, earlier today my hot pink color ACTUALLY looks hot pink in my text. Now since I've updated to 2019, the text color in my original file (created in IDD 2018) looks like a dusty rose NOT hot Pink

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            Jonathan Sainsbury
            Participating Frequently
            October 30, 2018

            Document Setup/Intent

            I'm in the same boat everyone else here. Created a layered PSD in RGB, linked to InDesign, using CC 2018 apps. Then upgraded to CC 2019 apps. Suddenly, the RGB preview in InDesign looks terrible, like generic CMYK. The RGB file looked correct in the InDesign Links panel, and in Bridge, and Photoshop.

            Wasted a day trying to sort it out. it was not Bridge settings. It was not color profiles. It turned out to be the Document Setup. I'm designing a book cover for both eBook and print. I start in RGB and then convert to CMYK once approved. The Doc Setup had the Intent set for Print. It forced a CMYK preview. Changing the Intent to Web restored the RGB preview.

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