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  Re: Struggling with gamma...  
From: Alain
Date: 26 Jun 2010 13:05:04
Message: <4c263340$1@news.povray.org>

> On 26/06/2010 10:59 AM, Gyscos wrote:
>> If I understood correctly, the 'over-bright impression' is actually
>> the correct
>> way images should be, right ?
>>
>> But then, the default ambient light is waaaay to high, isn't it ?
>>
>>

> high. That means the box does not need a light source to be fully
> illuminated. If you are using radiosity set the ambient to zero. If not
> try an ambient between 0.1 and 0.2.
>
> There have been a few discussions on this newsgroup about the changes in
> the way Pov 3.7 beta handles gamma so you could search here. Also the
> Wiki has a topic.
>
http://wiki.povray.org/content/HowTo:Fix_old_scenes_to_work_with_the_new_gamma_system
>
>
>

ambient 1 is to high ONLY IF you also have a light source and some 
diffuse value larger than 1


Alain


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