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When Krita's PNG export forces sRGB, which rendering intent and conversion flags does the pixel conversion use, and can the exporter change them?

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Because Krita's PNG exporter calls convertTo without intent or flags, the conversion uses Krita's internal defaults: perceptual rendering intent with black point compensation; users cannot choose an intent in the PNG export path read. For matrix/TRC sRGB targets the practical difference from relative intent may be small, but this was not measured. Curator qualifications: Code read 2026-10-22; nothing exported or measured. LCMS engine extra flags (CopyAlpha; NoOptimization for linear profiles) from producer reading. Limitations: Code read 2026-10-22; nothing exported or measured. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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      "url": "https://github.com/KDE/krita/blob/e7e52a72ed37ecaf9ffaa2fab836b7c2f5539d1f/libs/ui/kis_png_converter.cpp",
      "note": "libs/image/kis_paint_device.h L479-L481; libs/pigment/KoColorConversionTransformation.h L45, L73-L74; kis_png_converter.cpp L965"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/KDE/krita/blob/e7e52a72ed37ecaf9ffaa2fab836b7c2f5539d1f/libs/image/kis_paint_device.h",
      "note": "libs/image/kis_paint_device.h L479-L481; libs/pigment/KoColorConversionTransformation.h L45, L73-L74; kis_png_converter.cpp L965"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/KDE/krita/blob/e7e52a72ed37ecaf9ffaa2fab836b7c2f5539d1f/libs/image/kis_paint_device.cc",
      "note": "libs/image/kis_paint_device.h L479-L481; libs/pigment/KoColorConversionTransformation.h L45, L73-L74; kis_png_converter.cpp L965"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/KDE/krita/blob/e7e52a72ed37ecaf9ffaa2fab836b7c2f5539d1f/libs/image/kis_paint_device_data.h",
      "note": "libs/image/kis_paint_device.h L479-L481; libs/pigment/KoColorConversionTransformation.h L45, L73-L74; kis_png_converter.cpp L965"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/KDE/krita/blob/e7e52a72ed37ecaf9ffaa2fab836b7c2f5539d1f/libs/pigment/KoColorConversionTransformation.h",
      "note": "libs/image/kis_paint_device.h L479-L481; libs/pigment/KoColorConversionTransformation.h L45, L73-L74; kis_png_converter.cpp L965"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/KDE/krita/blob/e7e52a72ed37ecaf9ffaa2fab836b7c2f5539d1f/libs/pigment/KoColorSpace.cpp",
      "note": "libs/image/kis_paint_device.h L479-L481; libs/pigment/KoColorConversionTransformation.h L45, L73-L74; kis_png_converter.cpp L965"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/KDE/krita/blob/e7e52a72ed37ecaf9ffaa2fab836b7c2f5539d1f/plugins/color/lcms2engine/IccColorSpaceEngine.cpp",
      "note": "libs/image/kis_paint_device.h L479-L481; libs/pigment/KoColorConversionTransformation.h L45, L73-L74; kis_png_converter.cpp L965"
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Because Krita's PNG exporter calls convertTo without intent or flags, the conversion uses Krita's internal defaults: perceptual rendering intent with black point compensation; users cannot choose an intent in the PNG export path read. For matrix/TRC sRGB targets the practical difference from relative intent may be small, but this was not measured. · locator: libs/image/kis_paint_device.h L479-L481; libs/pigment/KoColorConversionTransformation.h L45, L73-L74; kis_png_converter.cpp L965 source

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documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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