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Color Conversion Problems between Illustrator and Photoshop (and Mac and PC)

Apr 6, 2012 5:26 PM

Hi guys (and gals) Hope someone can help me here.

 

Got an issue working with a web design companywho when opening my eps logo file from Illustrator (I'm running all CS5.5 they're running CS4) into their version of Photoshop the color values are different. I'm not talking about 'not looking the same' but when clicking on the colors they have different numeric values. I'm running Mac OS X ad they're running a Windows based OS.

 

My Illustrator file is in RGB mode. It has an Adobe RGB profile attached to it. I've set the web design company's PC version of Photoshop color settings to Adobe RGB and preseve embedded profiles as a setting.

 

However the conversion issue still happens. Tried exporting my color palatte as a .ase swatch file and imorting a new swatch set into their Photoshop and still getting the different color values.

 

Anyone experienced this issue before? Am I missing changing a color/profile setting on one of the machines/software packages?

 

Any advice greatly appreciated.

 

Cheers

Phil

886 Views   2 Replies   Latest reply: emil emil, Apr 6, 2012 7:59 PM
 
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  • John Danek
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    1. John Danek,
    Apr 6, 2012 6:05 PM   in reply to philwiles
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    Rendering Intent could be different in their Photoshop vs. your Illustrator.  Or vice versa.  Any deviant in any of the OS settings and app settings can affect numbers.  Have them ( or you ) "Save-for-Web" out of Illustrator or "Export" out of Illustrator instead of opening the file in Photoshop.

     
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    2. emil emil,
    Apr 6, 2012 7:59 PM   in reply to philwiles
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    philwiles wrote:

     

    ... my eps logo ..

    Why are you using EPS? It is kind of outdated format these days.

    EPS  does not support color profiles. The default Save as EPS options in Illustrator include CMYK conversion which changes the values. To avoid this uncheck "Include CMYK Post Script" in the save options. Then when you open the file in Photoshop the RGB  values will be the same and if you want it displayed the same, in Photoshop choose Edit > Assign Profile and choose the same profile - Adobe RGB in your case. The color settings in Photoshop will have no effect and can remain unchanged.

    If you do that using the same computer the colors will be identical in values and appearance. If you do it on different computers the values will be the same and the color appearance will depend on if both computers have been calibrated to display colors accurately.

     
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