SUDDEN ERROR MSG - Could not complete the Paste command because ICC profile is invalid

[SundayGladiator]

Any ideas? Anyone run into this yet?

I'm doing a simple copy/paste of an RGB graphic from Illustrator 29.7.1 into Photoshop RGB psd (26.7.0).

First I've ever run into this issue since upgrading both AI and Ps.

Thoughts?

[SundayGladiator]

Worth noting I just upgraded to Ps 26.11 and AI 29.8.2. Same issue.

[LAMY2017]

Thanks for the update, SD. I couldn't find Ps 26.7 anywhere.

I'll search the Community for similar problems pasting while you poke around in Illustrator to see if you have a corrupt ICC profile.

You are not alone -- here is a post from Feb 2024 ICC color profile is invalid on Win10 that seems to have been forgotten.

[my search term was for "Could not complete the Paste command because ICC profile is invalid" and this post (color profile is invalid) was the only one the system coughed up]

[SundayGladiator]

So the kludgy workaround I'm finding is to create a new PSD file, then past the RGB graphic into it. From that PSD file, I'm able to copy/paste into the targeted PSD file.

Guessing it has something to do with the target PSD file. I looked under Edit>Color Settings in both Ps and AI, and they mirror each other.

I'll continue the kludgyness of creating a whole new PSD file into order to paste from AI, and then hopscotch over to the desired PSD.

Fun!

[SundayGladiator · Accepted solution]

Love solving my own technotes. 🙂

Turns out I needed to reassign the color profile on my target PSD file.

The PSD is defaulted to a nebulous 'Apple Wide Color Profile' instead of the standard sRGB IEC61966-2.1. Why.. no clue.

When I re-assigned to the sRGB profile, the copy/paste from AI to Ps started working again.