Rumpelstilzchen Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Dear Affinity service team, If I try to choose 'Document Setup' > 'Colour' > 'Assign', it always changes back to 'Convert'. This is very problematic, because I sometimes have to place PDF files with ICC-profils deviating from the ICC-profil of my Publisher document. In this case, the CMYK colour values will change. For example, a 100 % black will change into a combination of all four CMYK colours. This way, I cannot use my Publisher document for the print. It would be very useful, if Publisher would ask me every time when I place a file if I want to assign or to convert the colours. It makes sense because every placed file has to be handled differently. OS: Windows 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Rumpelstilzchen said: If I try to choose 'Document Setup' > 'Colour' > 'Assign', it always changes back to 'Convert'. I think that's because it is not a setting, which would affect things you do in the future (such as Placing images into the file). It is an immediate action, changing your document to the specified color value. Gabe 1 Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 It does look like a conversion happens with Placed documents, since there can be only 1 document color space. And it might be a useful function to let the user influence whether the Placed document is Assigned to the new profile, or Converted. However, I don't think that will work successfully for anything except 100%K Black, as Assign will (I think) change the appearance of any other color. But I think that's just a missing function, and then better expressed as a feature request, not a bug. For now, I think you will need to make copies of those PDF documents before you Place them, and change their color profiles. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumpelstilzchen Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 Hi walt.farrell, Thank you for your great explanation. Now, I understand its real function. I will post my wish in the 'Feature Requests & Suggestions' forum, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 You're welcome. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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