Extracting and writing ICC_Profile to jpgs and pngs recursively

[Velo145]

The script (MultiExport) I used in Adobe Illustrator to export jpg files does not embed sRGB IEC61966-21, which the normal Illustrator export to jpg does. So, I tried to extract the ICC profile from a regularly Illustrator-exported jpg using this:

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exiftool -icc_profile -b -w icc MY.JPG
Which saved the ICC profile in the name of the image (.icc) to the same directory. I changed the name of the ICC profile in Finder to sRGB IEC61966-21.icc, and then tried to write it to a jpg without the profile with this:

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exiftool "-icc_profile<=sRGB IEC61966-21.icc" MY.JPG
I got the error:

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Error opening file sRGB IEC61966-2.1
Nothing to do.
So, instead of changing the ICC profile name in finder, I tried opening it in Mac ColorSync Utility, and did a "save as" to rename it from there. Same error.

What I want to do is recursively write that ICC profile to a directory (with sub-directories) of jpgs. I'd like to do the same to a directory of 24 bit png files, which I've read may or may not be possible.

Can someone help me with how to accomplish? I am already missing something, but I also am not sure how I would reference a ICC profile, let's say located on my desktop, to be written to a whole directory recursively.

[Phil Harvey]

Your command doesn't match up with the error message.  The error message filename is wrong, so it must have been wrong in that command too (ends with "-2.1" not "-21.icc").

Here is what I get on Mac:

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> ls sRGB*
sRGB IEC61966-21.icc
> exiftool "-icc_profile<=sRGB IEC61966-21.icc" a.jpg
    1 image files updated
- Phil

[Velo145]

Thanks for the catch Phil. So I wrote this to accomplish what else I wanted and it worked:

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exiftool -r "-icc_profile<=sRGB IEC61966-2.1.icc" -overwrite_original -ext jpg -ext png /TO/MY/DIRECTORY
Wahoo.