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Aldo Oliosi
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October 10, 2022
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Different image between Photoshop - Indesign and Acrobat

  • October 10, 2022
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The image in photoshop is different from indesign which instead corresponds to the generated pdf, the system is calibrated and the right profile is set, but the processed images are different. The suite is properly connected and synchronized, I don't understand what the problem could be. Do you have any information about it? Thank you

 

 

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Per Berntsen
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October 10, 2022

One more thing to try: Go to Edit > Preferences > Performance, uncheck Use graphics processor and click OK.

Does that make a difference?

 

Aldo Oliosi
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October 10, 2022

nothing changes, I made another screen capture and copied the pdf image, this is the result

Per Berntsen
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October 11, 2022

Everything seems to be set up correctly at your end, but we haven't seen your PDF export settings from Indesign, particularly the Output tab, which handles color conversion.

I'm no expert on this, but hopefully, somebody else will chime in.

 

 

 

 

Aldo Oliosi
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October 10, 2022

I tried to do the procedure but the result doesn't change

davescm
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October 10, 2022

I agree Per.

The testing I did showed that the monitor problem was being ignored by Acrobat DC Pro. So no Photoshop bug but a definite Acrobat DC Pro bug

 

Dave

Per Berntsen
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October 10, 2022

Well, there is a color management bug in Acrobat, but not in Photoshop. If the bug in Acrobat was fixed, it would display identically to Photoshop, so just ignore the wrong colors in Acrobat.

Your real problem seems to be that print output doesn't match Photoshop, which it should, if you have a sound and correct monitor profile, you are using the correct CMYK profile, and the printer is doing their job properly.

 

To rule out a defective monitor profile, try setting it to sRGB. Close Photoshop, Indesign and Acrobat. Press the Windows key + R, type colorcpl in the box and press Enter.

Add the sRGB profile, then set it as default.

Now open the image in Photoshop. Does it display closer to the printed output now?

 

davescm
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October 10, 2022

I've also seen that issue here and reported it in UserVoice a year ago. No fix yet though.

 

It looks like Acrobat DC Pro is ignoring the system monitor profile and just assuming an sRGB profile (or close to it)

https://acrobat.uservoice.com/forums/590923-acrobat-for-windows-and-mac/suggestions/44373573-bug-colour-management-in-acrobat-pro-dc

 

I also discussed it here:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat-discussions/colour-management-incorrect-in-acrobat-dc-pro/m-p/12482496#M335777

 

Dave

 

 

Aldo Oliosi
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October 10, 2022

Yes correct I would like to see the right colors on Photoshop, but the print is much closer to those of Acrobat, instead I should see both in the same way ... I'm going crazy today I spent 3 hours in typography evaluating the various settings but it seems just a Photoshop bug

Per Berntsen
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October 10, 2022

I assume that Photoshop displays correct colors, and that you want the image to print with those colors.

Does the printed output look like Photoshop or Acrobat?

The bug in Acrobat should only affect on screen display, and not the printed output.

Aldo Oliosi
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October 10, 2022

I cannot share the image because it has copyright, the passage was the arrangement in photoshop and saving in CMYK with fogra39 profile, subsequent embedding in an Indesign document and saving as a high quality print pdf. The monitor has been calibrated with pantone i1display and the whole system is coordinated with Europe 3 pre-press. The problem is that the one that comes closest is the pdf document.

TheDigitalDog
Inspiring
October 10, 2022

Without access to the original data to try in all three, it is very difficult to see what's the cause here. 

What was the original (PDF in Acrobat) that got ripped into Photoshop, ID to Acrobat, etc???

Can you upload the original to something like Dropbox and explain step by step how each iteration came about that produced the screen captures? 

Author “Color Management for Photographers" & "Photoshop CC Color Management/pluralsight"
Aldo Oliosi
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October 10, 2022

In fact I was thinking of a bug, unfortunately in letterpress printing the pdf is more correct and I can't figure out how to fix it.