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  Re: Beta 37 changes to file gamma?  
From: Quietman
Date: 29 Apr 2010 17:23:56
Message: <4bd9f8ec$1@news.povray.org>
"clipka" <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote in message 
news:4bd9de4e@news.povray.org...
> Am 29.04.2010 17:42, schrieb Quietman:
>
>> I find using the defaults (2.2?) produces very bright washed out files. 
>> The
>> best fix I have found so far is to set both gamma settings to 1. It makes
>> the renders look natural in tone and colour for me.
>
> I take a bold guess that this is probably because you're used to the way 
> older POV-Ray versions did it, and have developed an instinct how to 
> achieve the desired results for the old versions. Unfortunately that 
> instinct don't work with the /more realistic/ model used in 3.7.
>
> You may also have been fooled by earlier betas which couldn't handle input 
> images properly (they did indeed get those input images too bright and 
> washed-out).
>
> Well, I guess I'm trying to evangelize you here, but in the end it's your 
> choice of course.

If I use the default settings of 2.2 how do I make my renders look less 
washed out? I don't use anything fancy or complicated, usually one light 
coloured white... I really don't know what to do about this.


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