vince j Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 HI, I'm brand new to Affinity and learning my way around! I have followed the tutorials on how to export to JPEG, however, the output when viewed through Win 10 photo show the image with more saturation than what I had selected. I have tried to export with both the meta and the ICC profile clicked on and also off. The profile selected is sRGB IEC1966-2.1. My camera reports the same, but also RGB/16. I have been fighting with this all night - any ideas ? Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BofG Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I'm pretty sure Windows photo viewer isn't properly colour managed. What if you open the jpeg in Affinity? Or even in a browser? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince j Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 Brilliant thank you for that. Yes, it looks correct through Chrome and Firefox. I am a newb at the stuff. When I look at the image through GIMP with the Affinity imported colour profile ie not converted to Gimp RGB, it shows the same problematic colour saturation. So, any thoughts on that? Many thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BofG Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 I don't know much about GIMP. If you export from Affinity and embed the document profile then it should look the same in all colour managed applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince j Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 Many thanks. Last question: if I should go to print, how can I be certain that the I have the correct settings and i don't get a colour shift in my print? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BofG Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Ah, well that can get a lot more complicated The issue is that print uses CMYK inks, which gives a smaller range of colours, so there has to be some compromise. Best thing to do is find out from the printer what colour profile they need your document in and then apply that profile as a soft proof adjustment layer so you can see on screen a good approximation of the print output. You can then make adjustments against this. Exporting will then need to have that Layer turned off, and export according to the printer's requirements. Alfred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vince j Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 Excellent. This is all new to me. Many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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