POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : TerraPOV and assumed_gamma : Re: TerraPOV and assumed_gamma Server Time
30 Jul 2024 06:23:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: TerraPOV and assumed_gamma  
From: Ive
Date: 3 Sep 2009 05:48:45
Message: <4a9f90fd@news.povray.org>
SharkD wrote:
> By default, TerraPOV uses an assumed_gamma value of 1. However, this 
> messes up the rest of my scene. What adjustments do I need to make to 
> the media to make it look right with the default gamma value for 3.61?
> 

You'll have to adjust *your* scene to work in linear color space (i.e. 
gamma 1.0) as gamma correction does not only change brightness, it 
changes also the hue and TerraPOV (or e.g. lightsys) will only work in 
linear color space (also default for POV-Ray 3.7) as expected.

-Ive


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