Conserving black limit on output with Edit Colors

Hi there,
I'd like to try and solve a problem I often face when I come to ouput my illustrations..
Normally, what will do is go into inDesign and look check the black seperations at 300% and if there is too much black present I create a selective colours layer in photoshop and reduce the blacks levels.. but using this technique I find that a lot of the image detail is lost (the blacks become grey and the whole contrast of the image is flattened)
After searching around I've seen in Photoshop that it's possible to change the colour profile preferences (Edit > Colour) then the drop down next to the CMYK profile and then personalise (I hope this is the correct translation but something to that effect)
Once I enter the CMYK personalise settings I'm presented with the curves showing the ink limits (the default total ink value is 300%)
The problem is that once I apply the profile to my saved TIFF and re-import it into inDesign there are still black areas at over 300%.
Is there a way to limit the black density to 300% using this or another technique ?
Thanks in advance

I’m afraid you might be misunderstand some things.
If by »Edit > Colour« you mean »Edit > Color Settings« that will refer to a subsequent change of Color Mode, for example when changing an RGB-image to CMYK with Image > Mode > CMYK Color.
If you want to change an image’s profile you should instead use Edit > Convert to Profile.
But those custom profiles are usually pretty unsatisfactory.
It would be better to use a decent proper ICC-profile; for the FOGRA standard (relevant in Europe) for example there are versions available with 300% Total Area Coverage.
But if you work on CMYK files you always risk exceeding the TAC with Blend Modes, Adjustments etc.
So you might want to consider working in a proper RGB-file and separating a copy at the end or even placing the RGB-image and separating on pdf-Export in Indesign.
Could you post a sample image?

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