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leosantare
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Convert To Profile (DCI-P3 D65 Gamut With sRGB Transfer)

  • May 31, 2025
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Hello,

 

Is there a way to convert an image with a sRGB IEC61966-2.1 color profile to a DCI-P3 D65 Gamut With sRGB Transfer color profile? When I go to select a profile to convert to, it's not an available option as seen in the screenshot below. Is there a way to extract the DCI-P3 D65 Gamut With sRGB Transfer color profile from an image I have and then be able to use it when converting other images?

 

90% of my photos have the DCI-P3 D65 Gamut With sRGB Transfer color profile as seen in the screenshot below. I would like to convert my other photos so it says EXACTLY the same thing for the document profile. This is mainly me wanted everything exactly the same and not really making a difference otherwise. However, this is very important to me.

 

Thank you,

Correct answer davescm

'I disagree, DCI-P3 D65 Gamut With sRGB Transfer is a document profile. It says so right in photoshop...'

 

Photoshop is stating the the current document profile is 'DCI-P3 Gamut with sRGB transfer'. It is not saying that the profile is a standard document profile. DCI-P3 was developed for the film industry, although as you have found, some consumer electronics such as phones do use it or its Display P3 variation.

If you are determined to convert, and I would not as an image converted from sRGB does not gain any colours when converted to the wider colour space, a Display P3 profile can be downloaded from here : https://www.color.org/chardata/rgb/DisplayP3.xalter

 

Bear in mind though, that if you post images on the web, the safest way is to export and convert at the export stage to sRGB. That way, users are more likely to see what you see.

 

Dave

 

 

 

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NB, colourmanagement
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NB, colourmanagementCommunity Expert
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May 31, 2025

@leosantare Just so we can help, why would you wish to do that? What is the use for the converted images? 

For extracting a profile from an image you may find a solution here: https://rawpedia.rawtherapee.com/How_to_extract_and_examine_ICC_profiles

 

I hope this helps neil barstow, colourmanagement net - adobe forum volunteer - co-author: 'getting colour right' google me "neil barstow colourmanagement" for lots of free articles on colour management Help others by clicking "Correct Answer" if the question is answered. Found the answer elsewhere? Share it here. "Upvote" is for useful posts.

 

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leosantareAuthor
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May 31, 2025

Hello,

Thanks for your help. As I already explained, 90% of my pictures have the DCI-P3 D65 Gamut With sRGB Transfer color profile. These are all pictures taken from from Samsung Galaxy. Moving forward, I will continue taking pictures with my Samsung Galaxy and therefore all my pictures will continue having the DCI-P3 D65 Gamut With sRGB Transfer color profile.

 

Like I said, I have a few old pictures that have the sRGB IEC61966-2.1 color profile. I wiish to convert these over to the DCI-P3 D65 Gamut With sRGB Transfer color profile so all my pictures will have the same color profile. It's that simple. 

 

I am able to convert all my pictures with the DCI-P3 D65 Gamut With sRGB Transfer color profile to sRGB IEC61966-2.1 if I want. This will result in all my pictures having the same profile. However, I would have to convert all my pictures moving forward. I would rather just convert the few old one I have and then not have to convert moving forward.

 

I disagree, DCI-P3 D65 Gamut With sRGB Transfer is a document profile. It says so right in photoshop and I provided a screenshot. Either way, I wish to make an image state DCI-P3 D65 Gamut With sRGB Transfer instead of sRGB IEC61966-2.1.

D Fosse
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D FosseCommunity Expert
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June 1, 2025

Please let me know. Thank you


Photoshop allows you to use any RGB profile as document profile. Even any random monitor profile or printer profile. That doesn't mean you should do it.

 

The document profile should always be a standard profile. That's how color management is intended to work. Standard profiles are sRGB IEC61966-2.1, Adobe RGB or ProPhoto. Lately we need to include Display P3 in that list, simply because so many Mac users do it. But Display P3 was still originally specified and intended as a default system monitor profile in MacOS.

 

A profile with the name "DCI-P3 D65 Gamut With sRGB Transfer" is not a standard profile.

 

If you're still set on using this profile, get a Mac user to send it to you. It will be installed by MacOS. Display P3 has P3 primaries, sRGB tone curve, and a D65 white point.

 

There is no particular advantage to using Display P3 as document profile. There is however a distinct danger in doing it, particularly if that profile is also set up as the system monitor profile. That means you are working without color management. It will look good on any other system set up the same way - but you can quickly get into trouble if you move outside that bubble.

 

 

    D Fosse
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    D FosseCommunity Expert
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    May 31, 2025

    That's the characteristics of Apple's default "Display" profile (P3 primaries, sRGB tone curve, D65 white point).

     

    Display P3 is basically a monitor profile, it is not a document profile. Used as a monitor profile, it will be reasonably ballpark right for the new generation of P3-type wide gamut displays - but if you want color accurate display, you need to use a calibrator.

     

    Adobe installs an "Image P3" profile for use on document level which is very similar, but I think it has a D50 white point. Which doesn't really matter because the white point will be remapped to the target white point.

     

    If you're trying to do this because you have a P3 display and use applications that don't support color management, then I suppose this is one way around that, but I would strictly consider this on a case by case basis. Remember, it will only look acceptable on your display, on other displays all bets are off.

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