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• • May 5, 2014 at 1:36 pm #68300
    Mrs B

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    Hi
    I have been trying to import PNG files into my INDesign document but the colour isn’t correct. For example if I import a red image it appears in my document as a lighter shade of red. When I import the same image as a PSD the colour is fine.
    How can I remedy this rather than have the same image saved as a PSD and PNG?
    Thanks

  • May 5, 2014 at 5:23 pm #68301
    David Blatner

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    If it is an RGB image, then perhaps you need to set your edit > transparency blend space to RGB? (If you’re using PNG files, I assume this is for onscreen display, not print?)

  • May 6, 2014 at 12:21 am #68303
    Mrs B

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    Thanks David, I tried this but sadly it still doesn’t make any difference. I’m not printing anything from the InDesign document, I’m just using it to arrange images on a layout then converting it to a JPG to use.

    When I save an image in Photoshop as a PSD file it embeds the RGB colour but it doesn’t give that option when saving it as a PNG. Perhaps this is why it doesn’t work. I might just need to figure out how to embed the RGB colour on a PNG.

  • May 6, 2014 at 7:44 am #68313
    Masood Ahmad

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    B, As David said there seems to be some problem with the color settings. Also try turning OFF the Colour Settings in InDesign:
    Go to Edit > Colour Settings > and select “Emulate Adobe InDesign 2.0 CMS Off” under the Settings: drop down list.

    Also try saving the file as jpg or tiff and see if the problem persists.

    Something to note down:
    PNG images are RGB itself.

  • May 6, 2014 at 9:40 am #68317
    David Blatner

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    Mrs B: So you get a very different result if you save the same image as PSD and PNG, when you place it in InDesign?

    I am curious why you want to save as PNG if you can just save as PSD?

  • May 6, 2014 at 10:05 am #68319
    Mrs B

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    Masood: I tried what you suggested and that didn’t work either, made it worse in fact.

    David: I design digital images that people can then download but not everyone can open PSD’s so I sell them as PNG’s. Because I can’t get correct colour match with INdesign and PNG’s that’s why I have to convert them all to PSD. Very frustrating and time consuming really.

  • May 7, 2014 at 4:15 am #68330
    Masood Ahmad

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    Sorry for the mess up. But I’m now pretty confident that the colour profile of the PNG is not matching with the InDesign colour setting. Have you tried exporting it to a PDF. Try it and let us know the results whether it is same as PNG or it differs. Also try saving the PNG as JPG or Tiff, it will add some bytes but the results will be better.

    The only thing that is creating a problem is definitely the colour profile.

  • May 7, 2014 at 5:17 am #68332
    David Blatner

    Keymaster

    When you save the PNG from Photoshop, are you using an sRGB profile with it?

    I’m baffled by this, because I cannot get a PNG to look different between Photoshop and InDesign, and it’s the same if I use PNG or PSD. The RGB PNG always looks fine.

    So either something is wrong with the PNG, or your color settings, or… not sure!

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