Xplo Eristotle wrote:
>
> http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/index.htm

That site is by a famous net kook so the information presented there
is questionable at least. His initial assumptions about linear/non-linear
coding are wrong which affects all his conclusions. The widely accepted
as correct presentation about gamma and color is

http://www.inforamp.net/~poynton/Poynton-color.html

Poyntons comments about the aim site author:
http://www.inforamp.net/~poynton/notes/Timo/Concerning_Timo.html


Finally, if you don't know who to trust see what the authors of POV-Ray
STRONGLY RECOMMEND. An exerpt from The Holy Manual of POV-Ray:
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| If you are creating new scenes or rendering old scenes, it is     |
| strongly recommended that you put in an appropriate assumed_gamma |
| global setting. For new scenes, you should use an assumed gamma   |
| value of 1.0 as this models how light appears in the real world   |
| more realistically.                                               |
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Kari Kivisalo                                   http://www.kivisalo.net

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