Wrong color when exported

[Msv Editz]

This wasn't the first time I encountered this issue. When I had exported a png image, the color appeared slightly different from my original document. I'm unsure if this specific issue has to do with the color profile management, or another glitch. I am using the latest version of Affinity Designer / Affinity Photo on windows. I provided some screenshots to elaborate a bit more:

Original document - https://prnt.sc/o717it
Exported document - https://prnt.sc/o716uh

[walt.farrell]

Can you supply an actual sample document (.afphoto or .afdesign) and the actual exported PNG file to demonstrate the problem? That's often much easier to work with than guessing from a screenshot.

In any case, what are the color settings for the original document, and what were your export specifications? What application do you use to view the exported file with to say that it is different from the original?

[Msv Editz]

Original file document - Electro banner Twitch.afphoto
The exported file is png. And there's a distinct difference here apart from the pdf document. It appears this way when I send the exported image elsewhere. My color settings seem correct by default since other images I can export look normal to me.

[- S -]

It's likely because your original document is using a ProPhoto RGB (ROMM RGB: ISO 22028-2.2013) document colour profile.

Then whatever you're viewing the exported PNG file with is probably ignoring or stripping the ROMM RGB colour profile and assuming that the document colour profile is sRGB.

For this particular document try clicking the 'More' button in the PNG export settings, setting the 'ICC Profile' to 'sRGB IEC61966-2.1' and ticking 'Embed ICC Profile'.  This will try to export it as sRGB as best as possible—however it will still likely be different to the original.  It would better to start off with the document colour profile set to 'sRGB IEC61966-2.1' when you first create the new document.

[Msv Editz]

The 'Embed ICC Profile' and  'sRGB IEC61966-2.1' options were already selected when I viewed the exporting settings, however, they had not been synchronized with creating new documents which you previously mentioned. Thank you!

I'm still rather disappointed at Affinity's lack of optimized performance. I used to send several crash reports, now I occasionally run into color management bugs.  

[Gabe]

On 6/28/2019 at 6:11 PM, Msv Editz said:

now I occasionally run into color management bugs

Hi @Msv Editz

Sorry for the delayed reply. 

Can you please describe the bugs you find? 

What you've described above is not a bug, but just a colour management issue you encounter when you don't work in the required colour space. For the web, you should always be converting to sRGB. For general use, sRGB should be good 99% of the time. 

Thanks,

Gabe.