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Krish TechnoLabs
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March 15, 2019
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Colour Changing when copying image

  • March 15, 2019
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When i try to copy image from browser to photoshop,image colour changes automatically,right one is browser image and left one is photoshop image

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Correct answer D Fosse

That means the images have different native color spaces, but at least one of them lacks a color profile to identify that color space.

A lot of images on the web are untagged (lack an embedded color profile). Always assign sRGB to these files before proceeding. If you paste an untagged web image into, say, an Adobe RGB file, you get this. With an embedded profile, it will get correctly converted during the paste and the color is maintained.

The same thing happens if your Photoshop document is untagged.

Bottom line: never, ever, work with untagged material in Photoshop. This is what happens.

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D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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March 15, 2019

That means the images have different native color spaces, but at least one of them lacks a color profile to identify that color space.

A lot of images on the web are untagged (lack an embedded color profile). Always assign sRGB to these files before proceeding. If you paste an untagged web image into, say, an Adobe RGB file, you get this. With an embedded profile, it will get correctly converted during the paste and the color is maintained.

The same thing happens if your Photoshop document is untagged.

Bottom line: never, ever, work with untagged material in Photoshop. This is what happens.

Inspiring
July 15, 2022

Hello, I have purchased an image on Adobe stock.  Should those be untagged? 

 

Anyhow, I'm selecting part of a single image purchased on stock.adobe.com and I'm pasting it onto the same image, just a bit lower than the selected area.  The pasted portion has a darker tint.  Why?

D Fosse
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July 15, 2022

An image should never be untagged. There should always be an embedded profile.

 

If there is no profile you need to assign one. Since you don't know which one it's supposed to be, pick the one that looks reasonably right (sRGB, Adobe RGB, ProPhoto, P3).