POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.beta-test : Same scene renders different in v3.7beta34 versus v3.62 : Re: Same scene renders different in v3.7beta34 versus v3.62 Server Time
6 Oct 2024 00:22:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Same scene renders different in v3.7beta34 versus v3.62  
From: Mike Raiford
Date: 3 Sep 2009 10:46:46
Message: <4a9fd6d6$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:

>   I just figured out the *perfect* example of a situation where you want
> raw, linear pixel values which are *not* gamma-corrected: When you are
> rendering an image which will be used as input to create a heightfield.
> 
>   There 0.5 should mean exactly half height, not a height of 0.73.
> 
>   clipca asked some time ago *why* one would ever want linear, uncorrected
> pixel values. There you have your perfect example.

I think 3.7 needs a simple flag: Gamma_Correction on will apply gamma 
correction to the file, off will not apply gamma correction to the file 
(and will not write a gAMA chunk to PNG files)



-- 
~Mike


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