PhotoShop Elements 2023 displaying wrong colors

[OlyForever]

I don't remember when this started. It may have been after the Sequoia upgrade on MAC Mini M1. As you can see from reference image below, the left side is PSE and the right side is Apple Preview (or Photos). Same file source open. If I edit the image in PSE to look like the right, I end up with severe color issues when I print it from PSE.

Image - Mode - Set to sRGB. I looked at PSE setting and even reset all to default. No go!

The odd thing is that color is accurate on RAW files I process myself. Sometimes I get this issue when receiving photos from friends and family asking me to print images.

I'd like to understand what can be causing this and how to avoid it. I wasted a number photo papers and ink because of this. My only option at this time when I get requests is toped, edit and print from Photos app.











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[Kaj E]

I am not on Mac and don't have PSE, only PS.

When you say: "Image - Mode - Set to sRGB.". I assume it is in PSE.

It looks like you have assigned sRGB from a wider gamut, instead of converting to sRGB.

See if you can find these or similar alternatives, when changing image profile.

If the "Image - Mode - Set to sRGB." is for the printer it needs to be the same as the actual color space of the file or the paper profile depending on the printer, assuming printer manages colors.

Does your printer require sRGB? If not it is worth printing from a wider gamut and let printer manage colors. Or better yet soft proof and let the software handle management (with printer manages color unchecked), but that takes some learning.

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[OlyForever]

SO as I was typing this and went to take a second look at PSE settings, I opened the test file and ALL IS WELL> I DON'T KNOW how this happened as I didn't even restart my system.

Computers....don't you just love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm displaying the same file on my monitor using PSE and Preview and Apple Photos app. What I provided is a screen shot of the monitor to highlight how bad PSE is displaying this file. Before I concern myself with the printer, I need to get the correct image on the monitor.

Yes I tried converting the file within PSE to sRGB or ADOBE profile

I have had my EPSON 1430 printer for almost 10 years and never had this problem with PSE until recently. I can edit and print fine with Apple Preview and Apple Photos.

 

[bmoag]

I would agree with the first response: the color mismatches are due to problems with your color management. Elements has enough color management settings to process raw images although it really seems intended for jpegs.

These kinds of things happen in Windows and macOS regardless of system level color management when raw color is not properly managed or jpegs are tweaked in the wrong color space.

I suspect macOS is showing you the image with one color “tag” and Elements with another..

Many people accidentally find a way of doing things that works for them, until it doesn’t.

The problem can be avoided by reviewing your color management and settings in Elements and probably, as the above answer suggested, how you convert from raw to jpeg.

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[tbcass]

SO as I was typing this and went to take a second look at PSE settings, I opened the test file and ALL IS WELL> I DON'T KNOW how this happened as I didn't even restart my system.

Computers....don't you just love them!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm displaying the same file on my monitor using PSE and Preview and Apple Photos app. What I provided is a screen shot of the monitor to highlight how bad PSE is displaying this file. Before I concern myself with the printer, I need to get the correct image on the monitor.

Yes I tried converting the file within PSE to sRGB or ADOBE profile

I have had my EPSON 1430 printer for almost 10 years and never had this problem with PSE until recently. I can edit and print fine with Apple Preview and Apple Photos.

Computers are rarely the problem. More often than not it's user error.

 

[OlyForever]

At some level I agree with your assessment. But even the smartest users run into random system freezes, crashes, app crashes, buggy apps, network disconnects and the all time king of computer issues created by OS upgrades causing app incompatibility issues.

i see this on highly reliable MAC OS and don’t get me going on the trauma caused by Windows systems.