Document Setup: colour always changes from 'Assign' to 'Convert'

[Rumpelstilzchen]

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

[walt.farrell]

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.

[walt.farrell]

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.

[Rumpelstilzchen]

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.

[walt.farrell]

You're welcome.