RWRCymru Posted October 11, 2019 Share Posted October 11, 2019 I've downloaded some icc profiles from an online printing company (Zor.com) and have installed them on my Windows 10 PC (Windows>System 32>spool>drivers>color). In Affinity Photo I have then used the File>Import ICC Profile option. However when I try to use the soft proof adjustment layer in Affinity Photo the profiles don't show. When I look at the profiles available for soft proofing, there are profiles available that aren't in my Windows folder and many in my Windows folder not available in Affinity Photo. In some cases the names are similar but not identical e.g. identical except for spaces added, capitals etc. Finally, there are some suspicious profiles available in Affinity Photo that look like the profiles I want but with different names e.g. I've downloaded "Zor_ALU.icc" for aluminium dibond and there is a profile in Affinity Photo "Oce Arizona 6170 Antalis Dibond Digital Quality Smooth.icc" which looks like the printer for this type of media. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong and how I can resolve the situation and where does Affinity Photo pick up its icc profiles/profile names from in soft proofing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff stokerg Posted October 14, 2019 Staff Share Posted October 14, 2019 Hi RWRCymru and Welcome to the Forums, It would appear those are the correct names for the Profiles. So if you select Oce Arizona 6170 Antalis Dibond Digital Quality Smooth that the soft proof adjustment will use that for the Adjustment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWRCymru Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 Stokerg, Thanks for that. Presumably this means that Zor.com have created a profile and called the file "Zor_ALU.icc" but that Affinity is "seeing" inside the profile and reading/listing "Oce Arizona..." from a line or header inside the file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 9 hours ago, RWRCymru said: Presumably this means that Zor.com have created a profile and called the file "Zor_ALU.icc" but that Affinity is "seeing" inside the profile and reading/listing "Oce Arizona..." from a line or header inside the file? Apple's ColorSync Utility shows this for item #2: Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWRCymru Posted October 15, 2019 Author Share Posted October 15, 2019 R C-R, Thanks for that - it seems to confirm my assumption about what is going on. Color management is certainly a confusing area for me, an area that I'm only just getting in to after receiving a disappointing print. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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