Opening Files from ACR into Photoshop Elements 2022: I shoot RAW and do initial editing in Adobe ACR (the version that came with Elements) and then click the OPEN button to open the...

PlymouthWoodworker Loc: Plymouth, MA

I shoot RAW and do initial editing in Adobe ACR (the version that came with Elements) and then click the OPEN button to open the file in Photoshop Elements 2022. Some time ago the default color space (profile) in PSE was Adobe RGB. I liked this because I save my .tif files with this color space since my printer (Canon Pixma PRO-10) can handle a wider gamut than sRGB. Lately, however, when a file comes in from ACR PSE defaults to sRGB and I have to change the profile before saving my .tif. I convert to sRGB for .jpgs that I want to share. I would like the default to be Adobe RGB but can't find a way to change the default. I have the Color Settings in PSE set to "Always optimize for printing." My camera's (Nikon D7100) color space is set to Adobe RGB (but that should have no effect on RAW files since they have no color space). Can anyone tell me how to set the default in PSE to Adobe RGB?
Thanks.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

"Always optimize..." will set to sRGB. Here's one article:
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/setting-color-management.html?mv=product&mv2=pse
Scroll to "Set up color management."

In the workspace it's: Edit - Color Settings. It doesn't sound like you can default to RGB, but I have PSE ver. 2024.

PlymouthWoodworker Loc: Plymouth, MA

Linda From Maine wrote:

"Always optimize..." will set to sRGB. Here's one article:
https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop-elements/using/setting-color-management.html?mv=product&mv2=pse
Scroll to "Set up color management."

In the workspace it's: Edit - Color Settings. It doesn't sound like you can default to RGB, but I have PSE ver. 2024.

Thanks for your input Linda. In the article you linked it says that if you select "Always Optimize for Printing" it will use Adobe RGB, which is what I want. But it doesn't seem to do that.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

PlymouthWoodworker wrote:

Thanks for your input Linda. In the article you linked it says that if you select "Always Optimize for Printing" it will use Adobe RGB, which is what I want. But it doesn't seem to do that.

Hmm. You have me curious now. I'm going to research and/or play around, but probably not today.

Maybe someone else will come along with the answer in the meantime

maxlieberman Loc: 19027

There are several facebook groups devoted solely to Elements Help. I suggest you sign up for one of them then ask your question there. I belong to Photoshop Elements Help, which has been extremely helpful to me when I've had problems.

PlymouthWoodworker Loc: Plymouth, MA

maxlieberman wrote:

There are several facebook groups devoted solely to Elements Help. I suggest you sign up for one of them then ask your question there. I belong to Photoshop Elements Help, which has been extremely helpful to me when I've had problems.

Thanks for the tip, Max.

maxlieberman Loc: 19027

Good luck with your problem.