Matching iMac screen color to Canon I9900
I just bought a new computer and went to a MAC. I have been using Elements on my Windows machine for years and had excellent color matching. On the Mac it is awful.
I have calibrated the screen, tried the different profiles , using color sync and still the pictures are fair at best. This is driving me crazy. Does anyone have experience with this and can guide me in the right direction. The best print I get is using the SRGB IES61966 2.1 profile. My calibrated iMac profile looks awful. I selected the correct papar, quality, and size but no luck.
Thanks
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What do you mean by "selected it in PSE as a profile"? The working color spaces for PSE are Adobe RGB and sRGB, or no color management at all. Don't embed your monitor profile into your files without a good reason to do so. Also, are you sure you aren't double managing color?
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