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Iain Malcolm
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January 23, 2023
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How do I get the color space metadata set properly when exporting tif files?

  • January 23, 2023
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If I export a file (tif, jpg etc) with srgb color space, then the "color representation" in file-properties-details is correctly set to srgb.

If I export to rec2020 (an icc profile I have imported) then the "color representation" is reported as uncalibrated, prophotorgb ( one of the other built in profiles) also shows as uncalibrated.

 

How do I export a 16bit tif with rec2020 profile so that the color representation is set correctly?

 

I have used exiftool to display the metadata for the expoted file and rec2020 is not present anywhere.

 

I am processing sequences of images to create an hdr video.

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Correct answer Per Berntsen

Lightroom can only export in sRGB, Adobe RGB and ProPhoto.

I was wrong. You can choose Other in the Export dialog, and if you check Include display profiles, REC2020 will become available.

But Windows will still report it as "uncalibrated."

To check that the profile is embedded, open an image in Photoshop, and choose Document profile in the status bar, bottom left corner.

 

 

 

 

Windows (File Explorer > Properties) only understands sRGB, and will report any other profile as "uncallibrated".

You have to convert the files to REC2020 in Photoshop. Edit > Convert to profile.

If you have a lot of files to convert, you can create an action, and apply the action to all the files in a folder using File > Automate > Batch.

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Per Berntsen
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Per BerntsenCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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January 23, 2023

Lightroom can only export in sRGB, Adobe RGB and ProPhoto.

I was wrong. You can choose Other in the Export dialog, and if you check Include display profiles, REC2020 will become available.

But Windows will still report it as "uncalibrated."

To check that the profile is embedded, open an image in Photoshop, and choose Document profile in the status bar, bottom left corner.

 

 

 

 

Windows (File Explorer > Properties) only understands sRGB, and will report any other profile as "uncallibrated".

You have to convert the files to REC2020 in Photoshop. Edit > Convert to profile.

If you have a lot of files to convert, you can create an action, and apply the action to all the files in a folder using File > Automate > Batch.

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    Iain MalcolmAuthor
    Inspiring
    January 23, 2023

    Ah! so it is really there - just windowss being dumb as usual.

     

    Yup I;ve checked in ps and is is really there - not sure why exiftool doesn't see it though - I'll check that again

    TheDigitalDog
    TheDigitalDog
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    January 23, 2023
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    Ah! so it is really there - just windowss being dumb as usual.


    By @Iain Malcolm

    Seems so. I just exported a raw in Display P-3 color space as a JPEG, and the Mac Finder reports this correctly:

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