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fuzenco
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January 2, 2018
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Quick Export with color profile

  • January 2, 2018
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I understand how the Export > Quick Export works in the latest Photoshop. But there should be an option just as there is in the Export > Export As to include the sRGB profile. I can't believe after all this time, that that option is still not available under Export Preferences.

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      fuzencoAuthor
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      January 2, 2018

      Thanks to everyone who weighed in. D Fosse is correct that certain browsers do acknowledge color profiles. Even Facebook’s guidelines encourage including the sRGB profile in images.

      This leads me to believe that not enough people have raised this issue so Adobe has given it no importance? But why include the settings in the one export dialog but not the other. It would seem like a simple thing to address.

      And don't get me started on why the legacy Save for Web and the new Export As *can* be included in Actions, but the Quick Export function—which this thread is about—is completely ignored by Actions.

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        Pieter27289516gv1f
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        November 24, 2022

        I only happens on this thread now as I was seaching for an answer to a problem I am experiencing. My workflow involves working with photographs in Profoto 16 Bit. As a member of a photography club we require all images to be entered as sRGB in competitions. I have always alternated between convert to sRGB and Quick Export depending on what the purpose of the output is. When I used the Quick Export with the box ticked for "Convert to sRGB" it worked fine for some purposes. I have now discovered that Photoshop 2023 ignores the "convert" option and does not save the image as a sRGB (8 bit)  color profile but leaves it as 16 Bit Profoto. Any suggestions how to fix this or is it a bug?

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        Pieter27289516gv1f
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        November 24, 2022

        Sorry that was unclear - it ignores the convert in "Quick Export"

        gener7
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        gener7Community Expert
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        January 2, 2018

        Ctrl or Cmd k for Preferences:

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        fuzencoAuthor
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        January 2, 2018

        But that does not embed the profile. It just converts to sRGB profile.

        D Fosse
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        D FosseCommunity Expert
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        January 2, 2018

        Correct. Windows and Mac are usually sRGB aware. Most monitors are not profiled in the Web, many apps are not color managed, and most users are not educated in color management.

        Is there any reason for a sRGB profile tag?


        I can't agree with you there, Gene. There is every reason for an sRGB profile tag. I absolutely agree with the OP.

        Case in point: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2431384

        Here's another common scenario: A raw file comes from Lightroom in ProPhoto, because that's the default and the user doesn't know enough to change that default. Looks fine in Photoshop. Exports without a profile. What happens when you reopen that in Photoshop with sRGB or Adobe RGB as working space? Right, the user is confused no end and has no clue what's happening.

        I'd turn it over. Is there any reason to not embed the sRGB profile? In a non-color managed setup it's just ignored and makes no difference anyway.

        In fact I've had a hard time understanding Adobe's policies here. While the graphic applications have always been the industry standard in color management, anything web-related has been the opposite. It almost looks as if they're actively resisting it. Even a new and modern application like Muse isn't color managed.

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