Illustrator file placed in Photoshop shifts colors. Both files have same color profile.

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May 15, 2024
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This is an extremely frustrating issue. I'm placing an AI file into a PSD file and the colors shift subtley. Both files share the same Display P3 color profile and are synced via Bridge. At my work we have experienced this issue numerous times and we are getting complaints from our client about it. These programs are 30+ years old and there should be no issue placing an AI file into a PSD. I have tried numerous troubleshooting steps to no avail. The only solution I have come up with is to export the AI file to a generic SVG web vector format. That solved the color shift issue and allowed the file to still be an editable vector opening in AI.

Adobe, please fix this issue. I'm using the latest versions of both programs.

The native files should not be color shifting.

macOS

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mel31877633zuyj

Participant

try to use this setting in illustrator before you drag your ai files to psd

D Fosse

Community Expert

Please show screenshots.

Just to be sure, since you say "synced via Bridge" (which is irrelevant): Do both files have the same color profile embedded? Not working spaces, but embedded profile.

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Chris33370797xpalAuthor

Participant

Both files have the same Display P3 color profile assigned.

Both documents were created on my computer using the same Display P3
working space profile and both files have had the same Display P3 profile
manually assigned as well. The colors were sampled before and after. We've
done numerous troubleshooting tests.

Copying and pasting the AI file into a PSD makes the colors shift slightly.
The color shift is even more pronounced when dragging and dropping the AI
file into a PSD.

For example, a yellow color, fdf551, will shift to fcf551 when the AI art
is copied and pasted into the PSD.

The same fdf551 color will shift more dramatically to f3e955 when the AI
file dragged and dropped into a PSD.

All of these files are using the same profile and were created on the same
computer with the same working color space assigned across the
Adobe programs. The profiles have been manually assigned as well as a test.

This is also happening to my coworker on his computer with files he is
creating independently.

We are both using the latest versions of the Adobe products.

Saving the AI file as an SVG and placing it in the PSD works to retain the
correct color values. This should also work with the native AI format, but
it does not. That is the issue.

D Fosse

Community Expert

Hi.

Thanks for addressing this.

This PSD file is 8 bit.
However, the issue also happens when I place the AI file into 16 bit PSD
files.

We do save out the AI files in EPS format for delivery. But, for this we
have tried several different formats and profiles for copy and pasting and
drag and drop into PSDs to try to sort this out.

We are required to use the Display P3 profile by our client for all of our
creative work.
All of their templates utilize that profile. It is part of their workflow.
All I can say is that it is a very large multinational corporation. I can
only presume that they use that profile for a valid reason.

Regardless, we are working on Macs and basically locked into using that
profile. There is no way around it. We're just trying to get our work done
correctly and delivered with no issues.

I'm hoping you can find a solution for us to use the native AI files
instead of exporting our AI files to SVG.

Thank you.

@Chris33370797xpal

OK, I've tested, and I can reproduce this. I get the same numerical change from fdf551 to fcf551 - or to use more transparent numbers, from 253-245-81 to 252-245-81. Other colors give similar results, some with a number off in two or even three channels. But never more than one value.

And I did this with Adobe RGB files, so it's irrespective of color space used. The PSD master is 16 bit.

Now, as you can all see, this is a very subtle change, just one number in the red channel. But still, there's no particular reason it should change at all.

As for the "more dramatic change", I'm not able to get that. I suspect that might be an untagged file in the mix.

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