POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : Gamma issues : Re: Gamma issues Server Time
16 May 2024 00:43:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Gamma issues  
From: clipka
Date: 15 Jul 2014 15:21:02
Message: <53c57f1e$1@news.povray.org>
Am 15.07.2014 20:19, schrieb Warp:

> Anything that smoothly transitions from one color/shade to another
> (such as in gradients or in the lighting of curved surfaces) will
> look different depending on the assumed_gamma, regardless of whether
> the specified colors look the same or not. (That's because they will
> not look linear with assumed_gamma 1.0.)
>
> Without going into the discussion of how accurate this is to reality,
> the only way you can currently achieve the 3.6 results is by using
> #version 3.6 or assumed_gamma 2.2.

... which reminds me (thanks, Warp) that I once had this high up on my 
agenda for stuff to address once the 3.7 release proper would be out, 
but somehow lost it out of sight... must have run out of round tuits or 
something.


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