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Preset photoshop to open images by using embedded profile

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July 10, 2018
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Hi,

When I open a new image in adobe photoshop, every time a message box opens and asks:

Embedded Profile Mismatch
The document "Screenshot ..." has an embedded color profile that does not match the current RGB working space.
Embedded: Display
Working: sRGB IEC61966-2.1
What would you like to do?
• Use the embedded profile (instead of working space)
• Convert document's colors to the working space
• Discard the embedded profile (don't color manage)

How can I preset that a new image always opens automatically by using the embedded profile (instead of working space)?

Thank you in advance.

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Correct answer c.pfaffenbichler

Edit > Color Settings

Color Management Policies to »Preserve Embedded Profiles«

Profile Mismatches »Ask When Opening« off

D Fosse

Community Expert

Coated FOGRA39 is fine if that's what the printer wants.

But what's this -

Color: “Embed Color Profile: Apple Wide Color Sharin…” - on

- where on earth did that come from - ?

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zizibe1Author

Inspiring

Oh, I'm sorry. I should've written:

File > Save As…

Format: TIFF

Save: “Layers” - on

Color: “Embed Color Profile: Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 126...” - on

The printer companies never complained about this color space.

D Fosse

Community Expert

Assuming this is for screenshots, the proper way to deal with this is to assign the display profile - which MacOS does for all screenshots, so far so good - but then convert to a standard color space, normally sRGB. If you do this a lot you might want to record an action and assign an F-key.

If these are not screenshots, but normal image files, you certainly do not want your display profile anywhere near them. If you consistently get this message everywhere, you have something wrong in your setup.

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zizibe1Author

Inspiring

Thank you for your reply.

I got this message every time I opened screenshots I'd taken on my MacBook or photos I'd taken on my iPhone 7 Plus.

I assigned my display profile like this:

Apple menu > System Preferences > Displays > Color > CX217 (calibrated profile of my display)

If I understand correctly, I’ll need to convert files to the sRGB color profile to prepare my images for consistent display quality.

So I changed my settings in photoshop like this:

Edit > Color Settings

Working Spaces: RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1

Color Management Policies: RGB: Convert to Working RGB

Profile Mismatches: "Ask When Opening" on

1. Is that correct?

2. Normal image files: What do you mean by "you have something wrong in your setup"?

rob day

Community Expert

Thank you for your reply.

These are my color settings now:

Working Spaces: RGB: sRGB IEC61966-2.1

Color Management Policies: RGB: Preserve Embedded Profiles

Profile Mismatches: "Ask When Opening" off

At the bottom left of the image window, I chose „Document Profile“ instead of „Document Sizes“.

I also assigned an F-key:

Photoshop > Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts… > Shortcuts for: “Application Menus”

In the scroll list, I selected “Edit” > “Convert to Profile..” and typed “shift + cmd + c”. Then I clicked “Accept” and “OK”.

Every time I open a new screenshot or a new photo taken on my iPhone 7 Plus in Photoshop, I press “shift + cmd + c” and “OK” to convert it to “sRGB IEC61966-2.1”.

By the way, the red color is less bright when I convert a screenshot from “Display (8bpc)” to “sRGB IEC61966-2.1”.

What about images I use for print? When I open a TIFF file in Photoshop for example, at the bottom left of the image window I see “Coated FOGRA39 (ISO 12647-2:2004)”. Do I have to convert it to a certain color profile too?

By the way, the red color is less bright when I convert a screenshot from “Display (8bpc)” to “sRGB IEC61966-2.1”.

If you use a larger space like Adobe RGB for your general editing, your reds won't get clipped. So you could set your RGB Working Space to Adobe RGB and set the Policy to Convert to Working RGB with Ask When Opening unchecked. In that case you could skip the extra conversion step and all of your files would be in a larger space that is more suitable for print. If you need to save for web you could make the conversion to sRGB on export.

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Anonymous

Hi

Go to Edit > Color Settings and check the settings there