Why do PhotoShop CS3 files sometimes look different when imported into Indesign CS3?
ICC color management profile If you place a Photoshop image with an embedded ICC color management profile, InDesign reads the embedded profile, provided that color management is active. You can override the embedded profile for the image using the Import Options dialog box or assign a different color profile to the graphic in InDesign. Overriding the color profile in InDesign will not remove or alter the profile embedded in the Photoshop image. Spot-color channels Spot-color channels in Adobe Photoshop PSD or TIFF files appear in InDesign as spot colors in the Swatches panel. If the image uses a spot color that InDesign does not recognize, the spot color may appear gray in the InDesign document and print incorrectly as a composite. (The image will print correctly on color separations, however.) To simulate the graphic as a composite, you can create a spot color with the correct color values, and then alias the PSD color to this new spot color. The graphic will then print correctly as c
