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  Re: Gamma Handling in Beta 19  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 31 Jan 2007 18:35:36
Message: <45c127c8@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Ben Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:
>> I have tested force replacing the gamma with PNGCrush, and replacing it 
>> with .4545 (1.0/2.2) results in an image that displays correctly in all 
>> programs.
> 
>   I'm puzzled about why the gimp shows the image correctly regardless
> of whether it has a gamma of 2.2 or 0.4545

The libpng spec isn't completely conclusive as to what the right value
should be ... so maybe they support both (that is if gamma is below 1 or
something)

	Thorsten


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