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  Color profiles with After Effects / Photoshop / Illustrator

  Posted by Philip Johns on July 29, 2010 at 3:27 am

  I’m having issues with colors not matching using After Effects.

  I have an illustrator file (using sRGB IEC61966-2.1) and a Photoshop file using the same working space. I’ve saved the Illustrator file as an illustrator document and the photoshop as an RGB jpeg and imported them both into After Effects.

  Ok, so in Illustrator and Photoshop, the blue logo color is:
  RGB = R:0, G:73, B:144
  CMYK = C:100%, M:72%, Y:0%, K:18%

  However when I import these two files into After Effects, the Photoshop file retains the correct RGB, but the illustrator file converts the blue to:

  RGB = R:12, G:38, B:119

  It’s doing my head in – anyone know why the colors aren’t the same as in Illustrator?

  Thanks in advance,

  Phil

  Philip Johns

  Philip Johns replied 15 years, 9 months ago 34,853 Members · 1 Reply
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  Philip Johns

  July 29, 2010 at 4:00 am

  Never mind, I sorted it out…

  I was saving the file in Illustrator as CMYK, not RGB – AE doesn’t like that. In Illustrator I went File > Document Color Mode > RGB Color. Now all colors match perfectly in AE.

  Philip Johns

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