On 1/18/2010 6:17 PM, Warp wrote:
> FlyerX<fly### [at] yahoocom>  wrote:
>> Does the display_gamma setting modify the output image at all?
>
>    display_gamma affects the preview window. Its purpose is to be the
> proper gamma for your system (that's usually 2.2).
>
>> I kept file_gamma as 1.0 and did not use assumed_gamma.
>
>    file_gamma should usually be the same as display_gamma, because that way
> you are telling which display_gamma you were using when you made the image.
>
>    (I have to admit that I don't remember now why display_gamma and file_gamma
> are two separate values instead of being just one and the same.)
>
>> So with POV-Ray 3.7 do I have to gamma correct all the renders
>> separately in another program?
>
>    No, you specify the proper file_gamma.
>

Making file_gamma the required value worked.

Thanks,

FlyerX

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