AE changing color profile of psd doc

[Walter Soyka]

[ellen osborne] “I am importing a file from photoshop to AE. Working space is ProPhoto RGB in photoshop and AE. AE is changing my psd doc into sRGB upon import. How do I stop it from doing that?”

If you are embedding the color profile in the PSD when you save, Ae should read it correctly. Make sure that the Color > ICC Profile box is checked in Photoshop’s save dialog when you save.

If you want to override a color profile in Ae, you can right-click the footage item in the project panel, then Interpret Footage > Main… and change the profile under the Color Management tab.

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[Ellen Osborne]

Thanks. I changed it under the interpret footage and that worked. In Photoshop under edit>color settings, I do have “preserve embedded profiles” on as a choice, but I didn’t see the option you spoke of above.

[Walter Soyka]

[ellen osborne] “Thanks. I changed it under the interpret footage and that worked.”

Cool.

[ellen osborne] “In Photoshop under edit>color settings, I do have “preserve embedded profiles” on as a choice, but I didn’t see the option you spoke of above.”

When you File > Save, look at the Color area under the filename and make sure that ICC Profile is enabled.

Note that the image’s profile may not match the working space of ProPhoto, in which case, Ae may have been reading it correctly as sRGB. You may convert it to ProPhoto in Photoshop with Image > Convert to Profile…

Walter Soyka
Principal & Designer at Keen Live
Motion Graphics, Widescreen Events, Presentation Design, and Consulting
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[Ellen Osborne]

Got it. The box wasn’t checked. Thanks!