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7 Aug 2024 15:19:41 EDT (-0400)
  Re: gamma question  
From: Simon
Date: 30 Aug 2001 00:28:37
Message: <3b8dc0f5@news.povray.org>
Kari Kivisalo wrote:
> Simon wrote:
> >
> > Does povs gamma correction affect each color of the pixel
> > or only the brightness?
>
> Gamma correction is applied to each RGB component separately.
> That's how it's done on all RGB systems. Thus both color
> and brightness are affected. Maybe you have some specific
> scene where colors differ from expected?
>
Yes, your room.When I render it with assumed_gamma 0.5 and displa_gamma 1,
the brightness is ok but the colors are all a bit to gray.

It looks almost the same when I render it without assumed_gamma and
with post_process{exponent{rgb 0.5}}


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