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Here is my situation: I'm working on a set of labels. We are adding a new product to the line, so there are existing labels. So for the new label, I started from one of the already existing labels in Photoshop. I made the necessary changes and saved it out as an eps. It looks identical in color to the other .eps files. Next I opened an illustrator file of one of the existing labels where I have a placed an eps file and then the text done in illustrator. When I replace the existing eps file with the new eps file, the color shifts slightly.
I don't understand why. One photoshop file is built off an existing one. They look the same in Photoshop. Place it in illustrator...different. I haven't changed anything.
The only the thing that has changed is the older file was built in CS3 and the new one is in CS5. Would that matter? How can I fix this?
Thanks very much.

In Photoshop >>edit >> assign Profile >> and choose the color profile you were working with in CS3. If you do not know which profile you were working with assign US Web Coated SWOP 2 to both files.

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