For example, the OpenEXR file format allows for color information to be specified by chromaticities, from which an ICC profile can be constructed. OpenEXR and ICC profilesĪs a very important aside, not all image file formats support embedded ICC profiles.
What is embedded color profile information?Īn image's embedded color profile information is an answer to the question "What's the right ICC color space profile for this image?" Color profile information is embedded in the image's metadata, right along with other information such as the type of camera that took the picture, keywords describing the image, and a whole host of other information about the image. This article shows you what forms this embedded information can take, gives a list of reasons why some images don't have profile information, and explains why your image editor needs this information. " Embedded" means the color profile information is embedded in the image's metadata.Įvery color-managed image editor has a setting somewhere that asks you what to do with images that don't have color profile information. Why don't all images have embedded color profile information?Ĭolor profile information is information that tells an ICC-profile color-managed imaging program like Gimp or digiKam/showFoto what ICC color space profile should be used to interpret the image's RGB values.What does embedded color profile information look like?.What is embedded color profile information?.
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