ICC Profiles not showing in Photoshop

[paulc65657246]

Hi, can anyone help, please? I have loaded two ICC profiles into Photoshop as recommended. However, when I come to print and try to locate the two ICC profiles, they do not appear in the list. Any ideas? I am running a MAC, software version macOS Mojave Version 10.14.5

Thank you.

Best regards

Paul

[davescm · Accepted solution]

There could be a couple of things :
1.The location of the files, i.e. where exactly did you put them?

2. The ICC profiles are listed in the print dialogue with their internal name which can be different to the *.ICC filename. Have you scrolled all the way through the list and checked alternative names?

Dave

[paulc65657246]

HI Dave, can I upload screen shots to show you the path of the location of the files?

[davescm]

Hi You can upload a screenshot using the image button, but to see that you either have to reply using the blue button next to your first post. Alternatively reply to this post then click 'more' and edit your post to add the screenshot.

[paulc65657246]

Dave, I have uploaded screen shots. First one shows the location of the two ICC profiles and second one shows what I see in Photoshop when trying to print. Can't see the two profiles. Thank you for your help. Best regards Paul

[davescm · Accepted solution]

Hi -
I don't use a Mac so can't confirm this,  but you appear to have installed the files in a different folder to that recommended by at least one of the paper manufacturers. Can you take a look at this and see if it helps:
https://www.redrivercatalog.com/profiles/how-to-install-printer-icc-profiles-el-capitan-osx.html

or this:

https://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/printer-profiles-epson-mojave-cc2018

Dave

[paulc65657246]

Dave, thank you they are appearing now. Appreciate your help. Enjoy the rest of your day. Best regards Paul

[davescm]

You're welcome

[NB, colourmanagement · Accepted solution]

Hi Paul

First check you put the file where icc profiles should go, easiest to find on a mac is the "hard disk name"System/Library/Colorsync/Profiles

However, the screeenshot showing you seem to have put them in the 'recommended' folder looks OK too. That’s where Adobe keeps its "kinda favorite" profiles. So that shouldn’t be the issue. 

Profiles can be corrupted, but lets leave that posibility for now - unless you can redownload.

I suggest you also check the internal profile names, sometimes the listed name difffers to the filename

thatcould be the problem 

Colorthink software does this best, but you can check it like this too:

double click one of the profiles, it will open in the mac Colorsync Utility 

there click on 1 "desc" "localised description strings"

the title bar of the open window shows the filename, the ASCII name is the internal name.

 

That's the name you'll see listed in aplications like Photoshop [in this case "ProStarRGB.icc"]

editing the filename does not change the internal name,

that’s what I did here, changed ProStarRGB.icc to ProStarRGB copy.icc

I hope this works for you

if so, please do mark my reply as "helpful" and if you're OK now, please mark it as "correct" below, so others who have similar issues can see the solution

thanks

neil barstow, colourmanagement

[paulc65657246]

Neil, thank you for your help. Very helpful.

[defaultdklgt6qwsvb2]

The problem is probably in photoshop expecting too much data from a profile. some profiles have only necessary tables for converting colors, like paper-profiles.

For instance, I have 2 profiles, sRGB, and an RGB printer profile created with Argyll. Both are readable in photoshop.

But for predistorting an image when printing it on the RGB printer without color management, the printer profile CAN NOT be directly applied, so I create a color-link profile, contaning such A2B prediatortion table with collink.

But the colling tool puts there ONLY A2B table, without excessive data about black/white points ets...

So Photoshop completely ignores this profile. Very bad behaviour.

[defaultdklgt6qwsvb2]

Sorry, I missed the option, hidden in completely different place:

More types of color profiles are supported in Image->adjustments->color lookup.

Seems like this feature does exactly the same as convert color profile, but using colorlink (device-link)and other profile types. Photoshop needs some logical menu revamping for finding features easier.