I'm sick of it, Affinity is mixing colors again (Unexpected color conversion when copying elements)

[colorsHaveChangedAgain]

Hi,

I create the first file in publisher, set the color profile to ISOCoatedV2(ECI).
The second file I open an existing one, which has a different profile, so I also choose ISOCoatedV2(ECI) to ensure that both files have the same profile before copying elements. I'm choosing the assign method instead of convert.

From the second file, I copy the elements, paste them into the first file, and contrary to expectations, the colors are converted.
It should be:
- if the files have the same color profile, the colors of the copied elements should not be converted.

I work on complex files and it is very important to me that the colors are not converted.

[NotMyFault]

Hi, you steps refer all the second file. Can you check again?
 

next, assigning a new profile will keep the color values, but change the rendering. Makes less sense if you want to keep the color representation.

it would help if you can upload screen shots of every step (or a screen recording), and use info panel to inspect color values.

[colorsHaveChangedAgain]

I saved the files, restarted Publisher and now the conversion does not occur during copying.
You could say that nothing happened, but this unexpected color conversion is the most annoying thing in Affinity when working professionally.

Imagine that you are preparing files for printing business cards, the lettering is black on a white background and suddenly while copying or embedding elements, almost invisibly the 0 0 0 100 color is converted to 76 67 65 79.
On the monitor, the change is invisible, in print, the lettering is blurred, because the tiny letters are printed from 4 colors, which are slightly shifted.

[NotMyFault]

It really depends on individual circumstances. In case color profiles do not match perfectly, Affinity must convert the colors, and some normalization is applied (I’m not in those details, e.g. if you can avoid this).

Currently there is a bug where you select a profile, and the wrong entry (down one position the list) is applied. This is an unfixed bug, which might play into the game.

 

[colorsHaveChangedAgain]

Indeed, this at first glance looks like a related problem.

It turns out that the conversion does not occur if I select profile number 2.
The problem is with profile number 1, even though you might be convinced it's the same one. What a terrible behavior.

[Dan C]

Thanks for confirming this issue for us @colorsHaveChangedAgain & our apologies for the inconveniences caused here. 

Our team have identified the following issue and we're working to resolve this ASAP - 

If you require assistance in 'rolling back' to a previous build to workaround this issue whilst our team work to resolve this, please don't hesitate to ask

[colorsHaveChangedAgain]

Thanks @Dan C for your response both in this thread and in others.
It's very good that you are active and keep us updated on what's going on with various issues!

[Affinity Info Bot]

The issue "Unable to correctly set colour profile in Doc Setup> Colour" (REF: AF-360) has been fixed by the developers in internal build "2.2.1.2052".
This fix should soon be available as a customer beta and is planned for inclusion in the next customer release.
Customer beta builds are announced here and you can participate by following these instructions.
If you still experience this problem once you are using that build version (or later) please reply to this thread including @Serif Info Bot to notify us.