Colors look all wrong in downloaded mockup from Adobe Stock

[laurab50424696]

Hello! I just downloaded a mock-up template from Adobe Stock, and when I add my pattern file to it, it completely changes the colors of the pattern. I added my pattern file to a new blank file, and it looks just fine. The one on the right is what it's supposed to look like; the one on the left is how the colors are coming up in the mock-up. Can anyone help? I don't know much about color profiles besides standard RGB vs CMYK, but both files appear to be the same profile. I've worked with lots of mock-ups and have never run into this issue! Kind of wishing I could return this one.

 

[Semaphoric]

Could you show a screen shot including the Layers panel?

[laurab50424696]

Yes, thank you! I attached a screenshot of the file that opens when I double-click on the smart object in the mock-up, and another of the mock-up file itself after I insert my file.

I tried dragging and dropping my image instead of using a new pattern fill layer, and I'm seeing this pop-up. When I click OK, the colors in the new image layer look fine. But they still look wrong on the pattern fill layer. So it looks like the color profiles are different after all. I have never worked with ProPhoto RGB before. If this is the issue, how can I convert it back to regular sRGB?

[D Fosse]

Here's your problem: numbers are color space specific.

• A set of numbers that produces a certain color in ProPhoto, will produce a very different color in sRGB.
• And inversely, any given color will have different numbers in ProPhoto and sRGB.

A copy/paste operation should convert the numbers automatically into the target color space, so that the appearance remains unchanged. In ther words, it's normally not a problem and you don't need to worry about that warning (I have it permanently turned off).

Just make sure - and this is important! - that everything you work with, everything you bring into the template, has an embedded color profile. Then it will be correctly converted.

A special case is adjustment layers. They have to stay in the original color space. If converted, they change their meaning. Remember, numbers are color space specific.

I'd question the usefulness of distributing a template in ProPhoto, but if that's what it is, you have to work with it. The problem is that at the end, you'll be stuck with a layered ProPhoto file. That's fine for archive, but not output. Whatever you need it for, ProPhoto will be the wrong output and you need to convert it. But you can't convert layered files just like that, they will most likely shift in appearance. It has to be flattened to be safely converted.

Whether the final output should be sRGB or Adobe RGB depends on the intended use.

[Test Screen Name]

That's interesting: I thought Adobe had a rule (for the people making stock) that it had to be sRGB. If it had been sRGB you'd have been fine. Looks like this slipped past their checking. If you never worked with profiles then your best bet is probably to change the template to sRGB (convert colours, NOT assign profile), before you do anything else.

[D Fosse]

Yes, that would be a sensible rule.

Converting it first will work if it only contains pixel layers. If there are adjustment layers the colors will shift a little.

[laurab50424696]

Thank you! I ended up doing Edit > convert to profile because I didn't know what else to do, and I unchecked "flatten layers." It seemed to work ok! The mock-up is working fine for me now, and I didn't notice any weird changes in the file.

How do I convert colors instead? In case this happens again, so I can do it right next time.

Thanks so much for everyone's help!

[Lloyd27148620pr09]

Hello, I'm fairly new to using mockups and I'm still learning about color profiles but I'm experiencing a weird phenomenon and all my research brings me to this case although I'm not sure if they are exactly one and the same issue. Basically I dragged and dumped my image onto this mock up that I'm using for a flyer and for some reason the colors are looking weird. I've tried different blend modes but that ain't it. I've attached screenshots of the image in photoshop embedded in the mockup vs the same image before photoshop. Please help me complete this project. Thank you.

[Bojan Živković]

The working file is in CMYK color mode. Could you specify the color mode of the file depicting a hand holding ice creams?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Please set the Status Bar to »Document Profile« and post meaningful screenshots with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Options Bar, …) visible.