POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : dark appearance of uploaded .png images : Re: dark appearance of uploaded .png images Server Time
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  Re: dark appearance of uploaded .png images  
From: Ger
Date: 10 Apr 2014 15:32:59
Message: <5346f1eb$1@news.povray.org>
Kenneth wrote:

> I'm beginning to think that there is something wrong with my
> computer/monitor set-up (Windows XP on a CRT monitor): The .png images
> that various POV-Ray users are uploading to the newsgroups look 'dark' on
> my system, and I have no idea what the cause is. (Well, I'm guessing that
> the images *should* look brighter, although I don't know for sure.)
> 
> This dark appearance shows up in a range of applications, not just a
> specific one-- the latest Firefox (v28.0); my older Photoshop; and in
> Windows' Picture And Fax Viewer. My own .png images made in POV-Ray look
> fine on my system, as do ..jpegs.
> 
> To better show this, I've made .jpeg screenshots of two recent uploaded
> images, by FractRacer and Pekka Aho. They are accurate reproductions of
> how the .png originals appear on my end. Can someone compare my .jpegs to
> the original uploads, to see if they visually match?


Check your monitor calibration with http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

-- 

Ger


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