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Bug 610944 - Option to save images without embedded ICC profile
Option to save images without embedded ICC profile
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Product: GIMP
Classification: Other
Component: Plugins
unspecified
Other Linux
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Assigned To: GIMP Bugs
GIMP Bugs
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Reported: 2010-02-24 13:46 UTC by Jason Simanek
Modified: 2010-03-03 14:22 UTC
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Description Jason Simanek 2010-02-24 13:46:02 UTC
For web designers it is essential to have the option to either include or exclude color profiles on images that are created with Gimp. It would be great to have a checkbox on the save/export dialog or the Save for Web plugin dialog that would allow you to exclude the color profile.

The reason for this is the mixed-bag of browsers that either don't support color profiles or support them inconsistently. Safari/WebKit only color manages images, but doesn't color manage colors defined in HTML or CSS. Firefox color manages everything (this is the desired action), but color management is still not on by default. So when a website needs graphics to match colors defined in HTML or CSS in the browsers that do and don't support color management Gimp's image output isn't very useful.
Comment 1 Sven Neumann 2010-03-03 12:27:47 UTC
You can unset the color profile on the image before saving it. That's a much better solution than including such options in each and every save plug-in. If you disagree, feel free to start a discussion on the gimp-developer mailing-list (which you should have done anyway before opening a bug report).
Comment 2 Jason Simanek 2010-03-03 14:22:47 UTC
Okay. I'll join the developer mailing list. I've heard about the option to 'unset the color profile' on the image before, but the option doesn't seem to exist. I'm running Gimp 2.6.7 on Ubuntu Karmic 9.10. Under 

File > Image > Mode > 

I have the options 'Assign Color Profile' and 'Convert Color Profile'. Neither of these gives me the option to 'unset the color profile'. If the option isn't available next to these color profile options, what is the next logical place for that option to be? 

Adding it to the Save for Web plugin (why else would you NOT want a color profile included?) makes sense to me because that is the least destructive way to do such a thing. I think this is similar to the act of switching from RGB colorspace to indexed colors. Sure, you can do it on the document itself, but suggesting that that is the best approach is disregarding the real world workflow of producing images for the web.

On the other hand, is it possible that Ubuntu has mucked up something here? Scribus likes to point the finger at Ubuntu a lot. This option to 'unset the color profile' might exist, but doesn't on Ubuntu for some reason?

But I'll try to bring it up on the developer mailing list as you suggested. Pardon the faux pas.