Premiere Pro Display assumptions (Mac)

Hi, I'm new to video and Premiere Pro. I'm looking at the way Premiere Pro displays my video and I have a hunch it thinks my display is calibrated to a gamma of 1.8 Back in the early days that was considered the mac standard but for some years now we've been using 2.2. I can't see any controls in Premiere Pro to control this, can anyone shed any light on this?
I've been running a color-managed photography workflow for many years based on photoshop, I know video is a completely different beast, just trying to nail down the basics here and get up to speed. Sorry if I'm overlooking something obvious.
Thanks,
Dave

All the other ways I can view them (QuickTime, iMovie etc) they look normal.
Dave,
This could well be due to a difference in how the players are either set, or in the difference between their display and that of PrPro.
I would guess that you do not have a calibrated (Video) monitor being fed out via FW. Is that correct?
As a test, you might want to do some test footage, and then author to DVD-Video, playing it on your normal set-top player. Provided that the TV, attached to it, has been reasoably well adjusted, you might get an idea whether iMove and QT are closer to the correct gamma. In most video drivers, on can establish different Presets. Since you have a calibrated print workflow, you will want to keep that, but may have to switch your Custom Preset for Video work. My nVidia allows for many Custom Presets and on-the-fly switching, depending on what I am editing - still in PS, or Video.
Good luck,
Hunt

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