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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.

    Participant
    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?

    Participant
    November 24, 2022

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

    gener7
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 2, 2018

    Ctrl or Cmd k for Preferences:

    fuzencoAuthor
    Known Participant
    January 2, 2018

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

    gener7
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    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?