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PSD files as titles in Premiere Pro --> color profile

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September 25, 2019
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I've created some PSD files in sRGB for Youtube videos which will be used as titles in my video. I do have a little experience in color management for print and screen publishing.

Sadly I found no way to get proper color transfer with this file to Adobe Premiere. My shiny red corporate color (CMYK 0/100/100/0 sRGB 227/4/19) is always wahsed out and dark in Premiere and the rendered video.

The trick I've found is to export the titles from Photoshop with web/legacy export which converts the images/photos into the target color space without integrating a color profile.

Does anybody have an idea which color profile could work without the web-export-workaround? I've already tried AdobeRGB and Rec.709 with the same washed out result.

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Ann Bens

Community Expert

Start with FAQ: How to reset (trash) preferences.

Export Ps project as an png

Migth want to look into Ai with regard to the K2 image. (i would have made it in Ps)

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tillmanna20475192Author

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I already created a JPG with web export which worked well. PNG should have the same result. But I think I will switch to PSD files withour color profile for those cases. It seems not to influence the result in a bad way but I'm really surprised that Adobe does not process color profiles correctly in PR. Or I didn't find the correct workflow for that. I already googled a lot but nobody has described it yet.

Ann Bens

Community Expert

Your Pr version looks odd. Did you download from Adobe?

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tillmanna20475192Author

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Yepp, it's the current version with CC license 😉 How do you handle jobs like that? Do you work with PSD composings like that?

Ann Bens

Community Expert

And the console?

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tillmanna20475192Author

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If you're talking about the two product images: Also linked smart objects --> PSD images (AdobeRGB ). Background is a gradient adjustment layer.

Maybe the solution is just to work with images without color profile but I'm wondering why there isn't a proper solution from Adobe.

Ann Bens

Community Expert

This K2 system image how is that created?

Drawn, imported image or ....

Did you change stuff in the console?

If so set it back to default.

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tillmanna20475192Author

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It's a linked Smart Object in the PSD composing. Also sRGB color mode - source is Illustrator.

Ann Bens

Community Expert

Turn of composite in Linear color in the the sequence settings.

What are the dimensions of these psd's

Is psd set to Set or Scale to framesize?

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tillmanna20475192Author

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I switched it off and replaced with the PSD file. Same color result 😞
The PSD created as fullHD 1920×1080px. I think this shouldn't make a difference.

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tillmanna20475192Author

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Hi Ann, Many thanks for the quick reply! I attached the screenshots...

Screenshot-PSD-AdobeRGB-premiere.jpg shows the darkend red in Premiere what should be shiny clean red --> export result is the same
Screenshot-PSD-AdobeRGB-PS.jpg shows the same PSD file inside Photoshop
Screenshot-sequence-settings.jpg --> sequence settings
Screenshot-export-setting-AME.jpg --> Export Preset in Adobe Media Encoder
Screenshot-PR-build.jpg ---> Premiere version
Operating system is Windows 10 and I haven't activated color management in PR general settings because we only produce Youtube stuff.

More notes

For sure the PSD file is in RGB mode 😉 --> AdobeRGB and sRGB profile have the same result
I just realized it's possible to save PSD files without color profiles and this is a solution which works but…
- Normally PS users do not work with color profiles 😉
- It's not possible to do proper color management without profiles in images – not sure about videos