Layer changes color when moved to another doc.

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December 9, 2020
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Updated to the latest (22.1.0) today and now have another issue. Dragging a layer from one doc to another changes the color. See attached. I have tried different layers to different docs with same results!!!!

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c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Please set the Status Bar to »Document Profile« and post more meaningful screenshots including the Layer Panel etc.

youthful_Dazzle0D45Author

Inspiring

So, Reset PS, nothing still same. Uninstalled and re-installed. Images are in ProPhoto as I use. Now, PS will n ot let me save, see attached.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Where is the other window in which the image looked different?

D Fosse

Community Expert

Several ways to break color management come together here.

Windows "Photos" does not support color management at all, and will ignore all document color profiles as well as your monitor profile. It will never display correctly, ever, under any circumstances.

You have a ProPhoto file in Photoshop, and you are dragging an untagged image onto it, one that doesn't have a profile at all. If the profile had been embedded, it would have been converted on pasting. But that doesn't happen when there is no profile.

ProPhoto is a very dangerous color space to use unless you take a lot of precautions. It's for highly experienced users, not for beginners. It absolutely requires full color management at all times.

don't rely on Windows "Photos" for accurate colors
always keep track of your color profiles and always make sure the profile is embedded
avoid ProPhoto until you understand the implications of using such an extremely large color space

youthful_Dazzle0D45Author

Inspiring

Images are 16bit/RGB/ The windows Photos was used to make a screen copy of what was going on- rather than posting two seperate images from PS. All images are stricly worked on from LR to PS. I started a fresh psd doc and the same results.