Issue exporting from Lightroom to Adobe Photoshop CC - Getting error "The embedded ICC profile cannot be used because the ICC profile description is invalid."

[PaddyO]

Hello,

I recently replaced my old laptop with a Dell XPS 15 laptop with 4K display.

After installing Adobe Light Room and Photoshop CC 2018 on it - I started encountering issues exporting photos from Light Room to Photoshop. Specifically, when I attempt to export an image from Light Room to Photoshop - I receive the following error "The embedded ICC profile cannot be used because the ICC profile description is invalid. Ignoring the profile". When I click "Continue", Photoshop loads the image but the color is messed up and looks awful.

I checked around on the web and can't find any instructions on how to fix this.

Does anyone know of a way to resolve this issue?

Thank you!

Patrick

[D Fosse]

Open your Lightroom Preferences. What's the default profile set to?

[PaddyO]

Hey D Fosse,

Thanks for the response. Here is a screenshot of my default profile settings from Lightroom. Does this help?

Thanks,

Patrick

[D Fosse]

Well, try another export color space. If that works, it would seem your ProPhoto profile is damaged.

BTW - It doesn't have to be ProPhoto just because it's the default. In fact it probably shouldn't be unless you are aware of the special considerations that working in ProPhoto requires.